More than 2000 Australians die annually due to workplace accidents and disease.
Each day, 50 young workers suffer work-related injuries, five of them leading to permanent incapacity.
A worker is injured seriously enough to lodge a workers'
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Sue Bolton, Melbourne
Within 24 hours of sending out a sign-on statement calling for Australian trade unionist Craig Johnston to be released from jail, unions, left parties and activists in 10 countries had signed their support for the statement.
Gemma Pinnell is the Australian Greens candidate for the traditionally Labor-held seat of Melbourne. In the 2002 Victorian state election, Pinnell gained the highest Greens vote across the state when she polled 28% in the seat of Richmond. She spoke
Jim McIlroy, Brisbane
"The huge publicity circus surrounding Pauline Hanson's surprise announcement of her candidature as an independent in the Queensland Senate race, in contrast to the absolute refusal of the big-business media, in particular the
Max Lane
In a move criticised by Indonesian human rights organisations, interim home affairs minister Hari Sabarno announced on September 15 that officers of the National Intelligence Body (BIN), a civilian agency reporting directly to the
It is no secret that the US would like to oust radical left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez from power. So it came as no surprise when US President George Bush ordered the imposition of partial sanctions against Venezuela on September 10,
Scott Poynting
There's a very old joke about a man sprinkling a mysterious white powder all around the walls of his house. A bystander asks, "What's that for?" The man replies, "To keep away dangerous elephants". Says the bystander, "But there's no
Jane Beckmann
The Socialist Alliance lost one of its most colourful members with the recent death of Ken Morley. Ken died from illness at the age of 78.
Ken was born in Newcastle and spent his life as part of the working class. The son of a miner
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FoE criticises carbon forum
BRISBANE — On September 14, Friends of the Earth Australia spokesperson Stephanie Long expressed disappointment that the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum being held in Melbourne had delivered nothing new for
Conn Hallinan
Behind a recent, highly controversial indictment by the US Department of Justice, the administration led by US President George Bush is manoeuvring to revive military ties with the Indonesian army (the TNI), one of the world's most
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