By Zanny Begg
The federal government has launched a new measure aimed at teaching young people their "A B C". The $143-million scheme will link the payment of unemployment benefits for 18 to 24 year olds to their literacy and numeracy levels. From
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Scotland's new socialist party
ALAN McCOMBES is editor of Scottish Socialist Voice and an executive committee member of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP). He spoke to Green Left Weekly about Scottish politics and the formation of the SSP.
Suspension of needle exchange increases HIV risk
By Tom Flanagan
SYDNEY — "Redfern is surely one of the most urgent and obvious places in NSW for a government-funded injecting room. It is not the place to suspend a needle exchange program",
MUA ex-official attacks 'character assassination'
By Dick Nichols
BRISBANE — Jeff Langdon, former organiser with the Maritime Union of Australia's (MUA) south Queensland branch and well known for his work during the Patrick dispute, has
Drugs: high time for decriminalisation
By Simon Frew
Last week, the establishment media in Sydney went into a frenzy after the Sun Herald printed a photo of a 16-year-old boy (initially described by the media as 12 years old) shooting up heroin.
Newcastle union leader quits
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union organiser Mary McGill has refused to comment publicly on her reasons for resigning as president of Newcastle Trades Hall Council.
McGill was elected president in 1997. According
By Peter Montague
A report in the Journal of the American Medical Association in April 1998 estimated that adverse reactions to prescription drugs kill about 106,000 people in the USA each year — roughly three times as many as are killed by
Newcastle dockworkers strike
For the first time in many years, workers employed by Forgacs at the Hexham Engineering Works and at the Carrington Dry Dock have made common cause around negotiations for a new agreement. In the past, the workers,
Tough if you're not in business
"Addressing a conference of all Labor candidates and campaign directors ... [NSW Labor Premier Bob] Carr painted the Labor Government as a tough law enforcer ... and a keen promoter of business interests." — Sydney
You can't leave it to parliament
@box text int = When the Kennett government was first elected in Victoria, it announced a series of cutbacks and attacks in rapid succession, hoping that any potential opposition would be stunned into inaction.
Victory at Australian Dyeing Company
By Maurice Sibelle
MELBOURNE — After 67 days on the picket line, 80 locked-out workers at the Australian Dyeing Company won a major victory on February 5. ADC management agreed to a 10% wage rise over two
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — For the head of administration in the Bykovsky region of Volgograd province on January 28, there could be no doubt that local teachers were angry at having been denied their pay since August. The teachers barricaded him
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