Good governance
"We are not going to repair or rebuild everyone's home ... Even if we were able to, it would not be a good idea; it would not be good governance." — Stephen Lewarne, head of reconstruction in the United Nations administration in
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INDIA: Bihar assembly besieged
Responding to a call by the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist (Liberation), thousands of protesters staged a militant gherao (siege) of the assembly building in the poor, northern state of Bihar on July 11.
Editorial : Support democracy in Fiji
The Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) appointment on July 14 of coup leader George Speight's nominees, Ratu Josefa Iloilo as Fiji's president on July 13 and Ratu Jope Senilopi as vice-president, marked the
BY KAMALA EMANUEL
HOBART — While the "walk for reconciliation" across the Tasman Bridge planned for July 23 has the endorsement of the political establishment as well as Aboriginal people, calls are also being raised for far more substantial
Centrelink staff outraged at minister's attack
BY JIM McILROY
BRISBANE — Union members in Centrelink offices around the country are outraged at attempts by family and community services minister Jocelyn Newman to blame them for GST-related
Unionists set upon by cops, then lawyers
BY ALANA KERR
SYDNEY — Having failed to keep construction union officials out of enterprise agreement negotiations at its Rooty Hill factory on July 7, giant construction parts company CSR has now
Some 25,000 public sector workers swamped the streets in Hong Kong's central business district on July 9, in a massive show of opposition to galloping privatisation and worsening employment conditions. On the same day, most eligible voters didn't
Socialist solutions to the country crisis
BY SUE BOLAND
It is only three weeks since dairy deregulation in New South Wales and already there are casualties: their incomes slashed almost in half as a result of the deregulation on July 1, 50 dairy
Lucas Heights reactor contract signed
BY JIM GREEN
SYDNEY — Construction of a new nuclear research reactor in the Sydney suburb of Lucas Heights is now due to begin in 2002, after the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
NOWSA vox pops
Evelyn, NSW: I've always had an interest in feminism, and when I came to uni I joined the women's collective there straight away ... There should have been more workshops [at NOWSA] on organising actions.
Sharon, Vic: I first
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