BY MAX LANE
Following a meeting of the Indonesian cabinet security committee on April 28, security minister Susilo Bambang Yudotomo announced that Jakarta may consider resuming "security operations" and abandon peace negotiations in Aceh.
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Qld electricians win 25% pay rise
BRISBANE — After months of negotiations and substantial industrial action, on April 29 contract electricians won a 25% pay rise as part of a new industry standard in south-east Queensland.
More than 30
BY TONY ILTIS
MELBOURNE — A May 1 forum organised by the Socialist Alliance hosted a lively debate about whether the budget should be blocked, after Greens speaker Pamela Curr explained her party's opposition.
The forum, attended by 60 people,
BY AHMED NIMER
RAMALLAH — Before the US-led invasion of Iraq, the US and British governments made it clear that they were planning for an immediate resumption of Palestinian-Israeli negotiations and a rapid implementation of the US "road map" to
BY TIM DOUGHNEY
GEELONG — Six cleaning staff employed at the Gordon Institute, the largest provider of technical and further education in the Geelong region, have lost their jobs after a change of contractor.
Waynes Cleaning Systems, a
BY SARAH STEPHEN
The Coalition government argues that it is impossible to provide a world-class health care system that is free to all citizens at the point of delivery. Yet that's exactly what a Third World country in the Caribbean has been able
BY ALEX SALMON
PERTH — The WA branch of the mining division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union picketed the opening of Rio Tinto's annual general meeting on May 1. The unionists were protesting the company's attacks on workers
BY ANDREW HALL
CANBERRA — Members of Australia's largest union, the Community and Public Sector Union, have begun voting for national office bearers to lead the CPSU for the next two and a half years.
The broad left coalition Members First,
BY SARAH STEPHEN
The nightmare of US health care — where medical bills are the highest cause of bankruptcy and 42 million people have no access to care — may be around the corner for Australia, as the Coalition government prepares to use the
BY DON MONKERUD
APTOS, California Despite staunch backing from fundamental religious groups, the Bush administration continues to face opposition over the war in Iraq from mainstream religious leaders. Many wonder how religious groups that claim
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