Forward into the past
By Peter Sykes
Some of the most popular writers of a century ago envisaged futures in which poverty and oppression had been eliminated and people led simple lives, working together in peace and harmony for the betterment of
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Tug crews strike over job cuts
By Dave Andrews
FREMANTLE — Tug crews in Fremantle and Kwinana walked off the job for 36 hours on February 21 to protest against threatened job losses. The strike, by members of the Maritime Union of Australia,
WA's laws to stay
By Roberto Jorquera and Sean Healy
PERTH — Prime Minister John Howard has categorically ruled out federal intervention to overturn Western Australia's mandatory sentencing laws. Speaking on Perth radio on February 25, Howard
By Chris Spindler
MELBOURNE — In a bold move, the rank and file Workers First group in the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union has announced it will run a candidate against incumbent national secretary Doug Cameron. Long-time militant and
Yanner wins job back
ABORIGINAL ACTIVIST Murandoo Yanner has been reinstated as coordinator of the Carpentaria Land Council (CLC). The board of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission on February 22 overturned a ruling last month by
How the generals got away with murder in East Timor
By James Balowski
"In a forest west of Dili, Filomena Amaral is about to learn the details of how her husband, a village schoolteacher and church leader, was tortured and killed. Photographs of
Why?
By Brandon Astor Jones
"All criticism is dominated by outworn theory that the man is the cause of the work as in the eyes of the law the criminal is the cause of the crime. Far rather are they both the effects." — Paul Valery,
Avoidable tragedy
Following the accidental death of a 19-month-old child in Melbourne after being left unattended in a car for two hours in the summer heat, the establishment media have published pages of articles on the evils of gambling and
By Erica Haines
ADELAIDE — Members of the Rail, Tram and Bus Union have agreed to accept a package offered by the state government. The agreement will partially settle a dispute which began on January 28, when the government announced that the
Refugee rights protest
PERTH — Twenty people picketed the immigration department's office here on February 19 to protest against the government's treatment of refugees and asylum seekers.
The action, organised by Resistance, demanded that