BY BONNY CAMPBELL
SYDNEY On October 22, Klaus Rohland, the World Bank country director
for Papua New Guinea, East Timor and the Pacific Islands, addressed a lecture
at Sydney University on instability in PNG and the Pacific. The abstract
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BY SUE BOLTON
On October 24, the Victorian state council of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union appointed Dave Oliver as state secretary of the AMWU, and industrial officer Steve Dargavel as assistant state secretary, with responsibility for
BY PETER ROBSON
NEWCASTLE On October 21, a rally of 300 students forced Newcastle University vice-chancellor Roger Holmes to commit to the full retention of resources and services at the Huxley Library.
A university administration proposal
BY NICK EVERETT
SYDNEY For
the last two months, a coalition initiated by the Australian Fair Trade
and Investment Network has been meeting to organise a Stop the WTO agenda
rally for noon on November 14 in Hyde Park. Another coalition,
Weapons of mass destruction
Our politicians and other theorists, who will not be at risk at the sharp end of action, talk glibly of the need to eliminate weapons of mass destruction (WMD). We know they are talking about weapons such as chemical,