Tim Gooden
It's absolutely critical that there is a serious campaign to free former Victorian secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Craig Johnston from jail. This is not just because Craig is a nice bloke who's done a lot of good
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Doug Lorimer
According to a report compiled by the Iraqi health ministry, the US-occupied country faces a soaring death toll from preventable diseases including typhoid and tuberculosis.
The report, released on October 13, notes that Iraqi's
Peter Boyle
In the wake of the October federal election, former Australian Labor Party president and current senior vice-president of the ALP Barry Jones has condemned the rightward trajectory of his party.
"Australia now has two mainstream
Eva Cheng
The attacks on recently elected pro-worker parliamentarian Leung Kwok-Hung, commonly known as Long Hair, have continued, as has his defiance in the face of them.
A motion in the Legislative Council, Hong Kong's quasi parliament, for a
Pip Hinman
Author and filmmaker John Martinkus, who was kidnapped in Baghdad by Iraqi resistance fighters on October 16, has been accused by foreign minister Alexander Downer of deliberately putting himself in danger, and of "giving comfort" to
Eva Cheng
Ignoring months of workers' resistance, the cabinet of President Noh Moo-Hyun's government finalised a bill on October 19 that will seriously restrict public sector workers' rights to organise and bargain collectively. In response, the
James Barrett, Johannesburg
The streets of Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban reverberated on October 16 with cries of "Free Free Palestine", "Isolate Apartheid Israel", "Boycott Israel" and "No to Bantustans", to mark the forthcoming visit of
Leslie Feinberg, New York
"We have called on the anti-war and peace movements to join us on October 17 and they are coming by the tens of thousands", Million Worker March leader Clarence Thomas explains, "because the war in Iraq, just like the
On October 16, at least 15,000 Tahitians participated in the largest protest march ever staged in French Polynesia, marching through the streets of Papeete, the capital, to demand the dissolution of the territory's parliament and new elections. The
The national minimum weekly wage is $467.40 gross per week (less than $25,000 per annum). Federal MPs and Senators receive a basic annual salary of $106,770 per year.
In addition, pollies receive an electorate allowance of between $27,300 and
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