BRISBANE — Thousands of Centrelink call-centre staff attended lunchtime meetings around the country on December 9. The meetings were called by the Community and Public Sector Union to condemn management's introduction of a new computerised
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Brendan Rosser & Lucy Palmer, Newcastle
On December 10, 30 activists gathered outside the army recruitment centre for an international human rights day "die-in", in solidarity with the people suffering in Iraq.
The protest proceeded to the
On December 3, a group of apartheid victims vowed to step up their fight for reparations after a New York district court rejected their claim against multinational companies including Barclays national bank, Ford Motor Company, Mobil,
Christmas in East TimorSt Cecilia's Choir, DiliMary McKillop Institute of East Timorese Studies$20, plus postage and handling. To order, phone (02) 9623 2847 or visit <http://www.mmiets.org.au>.
REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN
The Mary
On November 29, a US government committee "clarified" in a new regulation that it was illegal to publish books by Cuban, North Korean, Sudanese or Iranian authors without explicit government authorisation. Several groups, led by the PEN American
The Decline of the Tea LadyBy Jenny StewartWakefield Press, 2004195 pages, $24.95
REVIEW BY ALEX TIGHE
This humorous, yet insightful contribution to discussion on management caused me to ponder my own memories of my early days working in the
Your beak is the needle,The thread is your song,And you mend the torn air,When the madness is gone,And the harmonies old, of the bushland unfold,When you mend the torn air with your song.
And when harmony reignedIn the forest of green,And no
Jess Melvin
Prime Minister John Howard's refusal to sign the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in South-East Asia (TAC) at the 10th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit — held in Vientiane, Laos, on November 29-30 — flows from
Joel Wilson, an Australian Manufacturing Workers Union member working at Coode Island and Stephen "Longy" Long, a Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) delegate at Coode Island spoke to Green Left Weekly's Sue Bolton about their
Mark Stephens
The latest AIDS epidemic update released by UNAIDS for World AIDS Day shows that the majority of the 40 million are now living with AIDS will soon be female.
Over the past two years, the number of women living with HIV has risen in
On schedule
"I noticed today that the elections are on schedule for June the 30th." — Emperor George Bush II, November 20, referring to the US-dictated January 30 Iraqi parliamentary elections.
Free enterprise
"A third or more of the
Fortress Europe: Out they Go — With Europe tightening its refugee policy and border control causing thousands of deaths, human rights are in jeopardy and international law is being violated. SBS, Monday, December 20, 1.55pm.
Chiefs: Sitting Bull
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