BY LALITHA CHELLIAH
MELBOURNE On June 20, 200 people attended a meeting in the federal electorate of Batman to discuss campaigning against the cuts to Medicare proposed by the Howard government. The meeting was organised by the ALP, the
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Peter Frost (Write On, GLW #542), criticises GLW for publishing my article on the "independent libraries" project in Cuba (GLW #541), I would like to make a number of points.
Firstly, he incorrectly asserts that some of the 75 opponents of
BY JOHN PERCY
Green Left Weekly continues to climb up the web rankings, confirming it as the most visited political web site in Australia.
Last week GLW's Alexa (<http://www.alexa.com.au>) ranking rose to 57,727, while the next most
BY IAN JAMIESON
FREMANTLE In a massive jolt for incumbent officials, rank-and-file activists in the Maritime Union of Australia have won a number of positions in the union's national quadrennial elections, including the WA state secretary
ATO blames GST for budget blow-out
MELBOURNE On June 4, a Senate estimates committee was told that the Australian Tax Office has paid $860 million to IT services company EDS over the last five years. The contract's original budget was $480
BY SUE BOLTON
Of the 213 trade unionists assassinated around the world last year, 184 were murdered in Colombia, according to the Brussels-based International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU).
On June 10, the ICFTU released its Annual
BY ALLEN MYERS
PHNOM PENH A garment worker and a police officer were killed on June 13 during a violent clash outside the Terratex Knitting and Garment International Factory Ltd. A large number of other workers and police were injured.
The
COMMENT BY DAVID LAFFERTY
Currently, all tertiary students pay an affiliation fee, separate from the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS), to their student union.
This fee varies slightly between universities. A full-time student can
BY RUTH RATCLIFFE
DARWIN "While I am on my feet, I would like to say very categorically that I welcome the very decisive sentencing that happened for those members of NAP [Network Against Prohibition] who invaded this parliament the May
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Getting a visa to stay in Australia depends on who you know and who you pay money to, rather than the veracity of your claim. That's the conclusion to be drawn from the "cash for visas" scandal currently engulfing immigration
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