By Emma Webb
ADELAIDE — Nearly a year after its formation on March 26, the Arabunna Going Home camp is planning to return to the shores of Lake Eyre. The camp was established to protest the Roxby Downs uranium mine which, according to the
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University plan is no solution
By Keara Courtney
CANBERRA — The Australian National University (ANU) has found $97 million from within its budget to fund its "Year 2000 growth plan". Of this, $70 million will come from the profit made from
Yanner forced to stand down
By Bill Mason
Aboriginal leader Murrandoo Yanner has been forced to stand down from his position as coordinator of the Carpentaria Land Council because of a politically motivated 18-month suspended jail sentence for
Homeless people evicted
SYDNEY â A group of homeless people were abruptly evicted from a disused
warehouse here on January 31 by oil giant Shell. The homeless people had
been squatting in the warehouse for almost one year.
According
Opposition mounts to NSW pay offer
By Frances Sheehan
SYDNEY — Opposition is growing amongst members of the NSW Public Service Association (PSA) to the state Labor government's latest pay offer. Members are also angry at their union leaders'
By Sarah Peart
MELBOURNE — The national education committee of the National Union of Students, meeting on February 3, decided to call a national day of action on April 5 on the theme "Public education, not privatisation!". Reaching that decision
National Textiles workers confront Howard
By Adam Leemanand Alison Dellit
NEWCASTLE — On February 4, sacked workers from National Textiles protested outside the Williamtown RAAF Base. A delegation of the workers met with PM John Howard in an
International news briefs
Indonesian students oppose fee increases
JAKARTA — Four hundred students demonstrated on February 2 at the University of Indonesia to protest against the proposed withdrawal of subsidies for student university fees.
Burmese demand justice
By Grant Coleman and Jane Armanasco
PERTH — Members of the Burmese community held a protest outside the Thai consulate here on February 3 to demanding that those responsible for killing 10 Burmese freedom fighters be
Why the West allows Russia to butcher Chechens
By Norm Dixon
"Troops descended on the town ... and detained at least a dozen men and 20 cars ... Villagers had a similar wake-up call two days earlier when ... troops swept in and beat or harassed
If you believe the advertisement that the personnel firm Officeteam ran in a number of major newspapers on January 29, temporary work is now the cutting edge of the revolution. "Your resistance to the bonds of 9-5 slavery is about to be rewarded.
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