Peter Perkins, Sydney
How did one of the best metropolitan passenger rail networks in the world get thrown into chaos this month leaving angry commuters stranded on overcrowded platforms, unsure of how they were going to get home or to work?
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NSW postal workers strike to defend jobs
Jenny Long, Sydney
On February 12, Australia Post parcel workers struck for 24 hours over proposed network and technology changes that will undermine jobs, wages and conditions. The Communications,
Tony Iltis, Melbourne
Activists from the Western Suburbs Community Coalition Against Racism (WSCCAR) picketed the Melbourne Magistrates Court on February 12 to protest charges laid against TAFE student Hussein Farah.
He has been charged with five
Jeff Shantz, Toronto
The working class Saguenay-Lac Saint Jean region in Quebec has been hit hard by recent plant closures. In May, the bankruptcy of the Forest Co-operative of Laterriere left 650 people out of work. Another 650 jobs were lost just
Dr Margaret Perrott
The medical defence insurance debacle continues to claim victims, even though the federal government pretends that a solution has been reached.
The January 24 Illawarra Mercury reported that "the crisis [in medical indemnity
Student organisations and activist groups have decided to mobilise as many young people as possible on March 20, to protest the occupation of Iraq.
The National Union of Students is supporting the protests, and will produce a poster advertising the
Bryan Sketchley, Melbourne
The Victorian Labor government has offered its 25,000 public servants a pay cut (in real terms), and a reduction in working conditions, in the current round of enterprise bargaining.
By scrimping on public servants'
Kerryn Williams
Since winning leadership of the federal ALP, Mark Latham's profile has sky-rocketed. An extensive campaign by the establishment press has branded him the "new generational leader" with "vision" and "ideas", who has "rattled" the
Kathleen Scott, Sydney
After almost 18 months of bargaining and three strikes, University of Sydney staff have secured a landmark agreement that includes one of the best paid maternity packages in the country.
Enterprise bargaining at Sydney
James Caulfield, Canberra
The University of Canberra became the first institution to endorse implementing domestic full fees since the Nelson Review "reforms" were passed in parliament last year, after a motion put by vice-chancellor Roger Dean was
The DeportedA BBC and Arte France co-productionSBSTuesday, February 24, 7.30pm
REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN
The Deported follows what happens to five asylum seekers, some from Afghanistan and some from Mali, after being deported from France. Most Air
Rohan Pearce
Since the January 28 testimony of David Kay, the retired head of the US "weapons inspections" team in Iraq, before the US Senate's armed services committee, the war makers in Washington, Canberra and London have been scrambling to
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