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BY ALICE MENNIE CANBERRA — Along with more than 100 aged care nurses from across NSW, I travelled to Parliament House on September 10 to protest about the unequal treatment of aged care nurses. We had one simple demand — to increase our wage
Songs of ProtestVariousBlatant Propaganda ProductsSend $10 to PO Box 1327 Woden, ACT 2606 or visit <http://www.BlatantPropaganda.com> REVIEW BY ANDREW HALL The Songs of Protest CD is a great collection of Australian music artists with a
BY KATHLEEN SCOTT SYDNEY — Sydney University staff have overwhelmingly rejected the federal government's interference in university enterprise bargaining negotiations. A federal government announcement on September 22 led to an 11th-hour decision
BY ROHAN PEARCE The inquiry into the apparent suicide of David Kelly, an advisor to the British defence ministry who was involved in compiling British Prime Minister Tony Blair's September 2002 dossier on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction,
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On February 4, Prime Minister John Howard made a statement to federal parliament, in which he set out his government's reasons for supporting a US-led war on Iraq. The principal reason, Howard said, was that "the Australian government knows that Iraq
BY PAUL OBOOHOV CANBERRA — Members First, the rank-and-file network in the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), has nominated Andrew Hall as a candidate to be the union's national president. An election for the position will be held in
ME NAM ::: Rivers is an exciting photography exhibition that celebrates waterways and community activism to protect them, in Australia and in the Asia-Pacific region. It is sponsored by AID/Watch. Through the use of images of water, its
SAN FRANCISCO, September 20 — Dolores Huerta, a co-founder of the United Farm Workers, walks at the head of the march which began the "Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride". Marchers are leaving from cities across the west coast of the US and
BY PAUL BENEDEK SYDNEY — A militant ticket — the Rank and File Group — will stand candidates in the NSW Australian Manufacturing Workers Union election. Dave Fox and Adam Leeman hope to win positions as national conference delegates on a
BY LUKE FOMIATTI SYDNEY — In the biggest ever protest on the campus, more than 100 students and staff from University of Western Sydney, Parramatta campus marched on the senate inquiry into higher education, which was holding one of its two NSW
Further Medicare rally planned MELBOURNE — At its September 25 meeting, the Defend and Extend Medicare (DEM) group voted to follow its planned October 3 rally with another on November 7. DEM joint coordinator Joe Toscano, arguing for the