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PM John Howard's proposed industrial relations "reforms" include changing the way minimum wages are set to keep them low. The government wants to replace the Australian Industrial Relation Commission's role in setting the minimum wage with a new
John Miller, Washington DC While media baron Rupert Murdoch toasted Australian PM John Howard at an exclusive business executives' dinner in the US capital on July 18, protesters outside decried his bullying of East Timor over maritime petroleum
Bronwyn Jennings, Melbourne One hundred delegates and council members attended the Australian Education Union's Victorian state conference on July 16. Victorian Trades Hall Council secretary Brian Boyd condemned Howard's planned industrial
James Vassilopoulos, Melbourne A forklift driver in Footscray ran out of petrol on his way to work. When he turned up, the boss told him that he was sacked, mistakenly believing that the new industrial relations laws had already been introduced, so
GREAT BARRIER REEF — This is a recent photograph of live bombing at Raymond Island in the mouth of Shoalwater Bay, inside the Great Barrier Reef marine national park. Raymond Island has been a regular target for ship-to-shore bombardments and
London bombings I I logged on to the Green Left Weekly website today for the first time. It was my husband who suggested I look at it. I live in Adelaide but am English. I lived for 10 years in London before leaving in May 2003 to move here, as
The Age of Commodity: Water Privatisation in Southern AfricaEdited by David A. McDonald and Greg RuitersEarthscan, 2005303 pages, $55 (pb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON One billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water and two billion
Kathy Newnam, Darwin The campaign against the federal government's planned nuclear dump in the Northern Territory is gathering pace. Anti-nuclear campaigners in Darwin have begun to organise a coalition against the dump and are planning a public
No issue in this country is more pressing than the Coalition's onslaught on the very existence of trade unions. The Howard government's intent goes far beyond routine union-bashing. The goal now is, effectively, to abolish them. Howard's "final
Sue Bull, Geelong As the campaign against PM John Howard's industrial relations legislation hots up, 88 women unionists in Geelong met over dinner to discuss the fight ahead. The July 21 dinner brought together women from all sections of the

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