Jazzed up, anti-racist and danced out
By Arun Pradhan
MELBOURNE — More than 400 people packed the Prince of Wales Hotel on June 16 to hear a range of artists perform in Green Left Weekly's Jazz Against Racism. The audience was treated to
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Fight to save Sydney bushland
By Lachlan Malloch
SYDNEY — Residents and concerned environmentalists are vigorously protesting against the destruction of a large section of beautiful bushland in the Manly Dam catchment area in Sydney's northern
'Brucegate' scandal spurs demand for Carnell to go
By James Vassilopoulos
CANBERRA — ACT Chief Minister Kate Carnell is embroiled in a major crisis which could result in her being sacked or her minority Liberal government being thrown out.
Flexible: The high level of youth unemployment acts as a pressure on young people to accept extremely poor workplace conditions and low wages. This means young people are more easily forced to accept jobs which are largely casual positions with
In need
"[Kosova]'s going to be like Bosnia or Cambodia. There will be almost as many foreigners trying to help as those who need it. And they will need restaurants and bars and brothels, and this place will never be the same." — A UN official,
Eyewitness report on Indonesian elections
BRISBANE — Fifty people gathered in the Paddington Workers Club on April 24 to hear from Karen Fletcher and Graham Matthews, who recently returned from Indonesia. The new documentary Indonesia in
MUA officials withstand challenges
By Dick Nichols
The final results of the 1999 elections for the Maritime Union of Australia are now in. Both nationally and at branch level, the incumbent leadership has managed to withstand the challenge of
By Tom Flanagan
SYDNEY — Housekeeping staff at the Hyde Park Plaza in Sydney have won an important victory. Their employer, Mirvac, backed off from its attempt to contract out their jobs after a lively and well-attended picket on June 25.
DIG: The last history of Burke and Wills
A short story by Craig Cormick
ROBERT O'HARA BURKE waves his top hat triumphantly and leads Mr Wills and Mr King into the fortified stockade at Cooper's Creek. They've covered the last hundred miles with
Environmental law 'reform': another Democrat sell-out
By Jim Green
After several weeks of secret negotiations, the Australian Democrats and the federal Coalition government have agreed on more than 500 amendments to the Environment Protection and
The theft of Telstra
The Senate vote to privatise more of Telstra is another theft of public assets and is not in the interests of consumers or telecommunications workers.
Last year, Telstra made a net profit of $3 billion, and it is expected to
Albury residents protest against freeway
By Karen Burns
CANBERRA — Sixty people travelled from Albury on the NSW-Victoria border to Parliament House on June 21 to protest against the federal government's refusal to consider alternatives to
J18 rally attacks corporate tyranny
By Erin Killion
SYDNEY — On June 18, a global carnival against corporate tyranny was held. It began here with an "Anti-Business Lunch", a rally of about 350 people in Martin Place. Speakers came from a range
UN delays vote in East Timor
By Jon Land
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced on June 22
that the UN-administered vote in East Timor, scheduled to take place on
August 8, would be delayed until August 21 or 22. In a
By James Smith
SYDNEY — There is a perception amongst some that Bob Carr's NSW Labor government is a working people's government. The government's fifth budget, announced on June 22, reveals where its allegiance really lies. Treasurer Michael
Telstra
Rather than being progressively sold off Telstra should be restored to full public ownership.
Finance can be obtained from the Reserve Bank. Ideally, compensation for higher income earners should not exceed 25 percent of stock value.
If
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