By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — On November 27, a Supreme Court judge here refused to order the release pending trial of Grigory Pasko, a Vladivostok naval journalist charged with treason after reporting on the dumping of nuclear waste by the Russian
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Howard attempts to entrench youth wages
By Ruth Ratcliffe
The Howard government has proposed legislation which would entrench junior wages and extend them to the 200,000 workers under 21 who currently receive adult wages. The vast majority of
Ramos Horta: 'A common struggle'
By Liam Mitchell
SYDNEY — The links between the struggle for freedom in East Timor and democracy in Indonesia were the focus of public meetings in Sydney and Melbourne on November 28 and December 3. Both
See you next year
This is last issue of Green Left Weekly for this year. We will be back after a break, with the first issue for 1999 to be published on January 20. Don't miss it!
Review by Bernie Wunsch
Throwim Way Leg: An AdventureBy Tim FlanneryText Publishing, 1998 — 320 pp., $24.95 Review By Bernie Wunsch
"In New Guinea Pidgin, 'throwim way leg' means to go on a journey — to thrust out your leg for the first step
This week in history
December 14, 1882: Australia's first women's trade union
In the 1880s, Melbourne's 4000 women tailors worked 12-16 hour shifts six days a week. More than half of these women came together in 1882 to launch the Victorian
By Zanny Begg
From December 7 to 11, delegates to the national conference of the National Union of Students will be gathering in Ballarat. It's a pivotal conference, one which finds Labor stronger and the left weaker than in many years. The time
NTEU wins increase in permanent employment
By Tyrion Perkins
SYDNEY — Hundreds of fixed-term contracts are to be converted to permanent following an agreement the National Tertiary Education Industry Union has negotiated with the University of
Who owns Australia?
By Norm Dixon
The Salvation Army expects to help a record 100,000 families cope during the Christmas period. Other charities are gearing up to help similar numbers. The 1.7 million Australians who survive below the poverty
By Jim Green
SYDNEY — In September 1997, when the federal Coalition government announced the decision to build a new nuclear reactor in the southern Sydney suburb of Lucas Heights, a "stringent" environmental assessment was promised. Instead, the
ACT government workers to strike
CANBERRA — ACT government workers will strike for 24 hours on December 17 if the ACT Liberal government fails to retract the threat of forced redundancies.
Meanwhile, workers in the ACT Chief Minister's
By Jacquie Moon
Many people were disgusted by last month's brutal murder of Matthew Shepherd, a young, gay US student. But there's also the story of Melbourne high school student James Anderson, who committed suicide after suffering continual
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