BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — Two bills, passed into law at the end of 2000, reveal just how thoroughly former militant unionist Premier Jim Bacon has been tamed by business. The workers' compensation act and the industrial relations act have both
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BY JIM McILROY
The federal government's program to outsource public sector information technology (IT) services to private industry has taken a big hit with the release of the Humphry Review on January 12. The review criticised the outsourcing
BY GRANT COLEMAN
PERTH — On December 12, the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union (LHMU), Australian Hotels Association (AHA), and the Chamber and Commerce Industry (CCI) finalised a deal to increase WA hospitality pay rates to the
Voices of the ValleyVarious artists, produced by Geoff FrancisAvailable from Hobart Resistance Bookshop, the Wilderness Society Shop or order from <glazfolk@trump.net.au>.
REVIEW BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
The Voices of the Valley CD —
Improving on perfection
"I believe the system is as safe as it could possibly be, but that doesn't mean that we can't make it safer." — NSW transport minister Carl Scully on the state's public transport system.
Executioner
"I am mindful of
BY TIM STEWART
Since the election of the federal Liberal-National Coalition government in 1996, very few unions have been prepared to adopt an attitude of struggle at all costs. Instead of employing tactics aimed at winning gains against the bosses
BY SUE BOLAND
It is getting harder and harder to organise international conferences of the left these days. Rich imperialist governments have taken to routinely denying visas to delegates from Third World countries, even when those delegates have
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522.
Access News — Melbourne community TV,
BY ANA KAILIS
PERTH — Supporters of refugee rights here have formed a new Refugee Rights Action Network to demand the immediate release from detention of all asylum seekers and a complete overhaul of Australia's border policy.
The January 16
BY LYNDA HANSEN
BRISBANE — Each week, US-backed counterrevolutionary groups broadcast 2800 hours of propaganda into Cuba, using a frequency that the country's government cannot block without also playing havoc with aircraft navigation controls,
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