Jobs: what's really happening Whilst different sections of the community blame everyone other than themselves for the high levels of unemployment, it's important to look at what is actually happening in the existing employment areas.
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Solidarity with Cuba MEXICO CITY — Some 15,000 Mexican and other Latin American personalities have signed a letter of support for the Cuban Revolution which will be presented at the Madrid Ibero-American Summit. The document, which was
Light, heat, quick and convenient transport, power for industry: energy is a usually unnoticed but essential component of just about everything we do. In economically developed countries such as Australia, we use more energy to support our
Anger over Tas bribery payout By Teresa Dowding HOBART — Angry Tasmanians are preparing to present a petition to state parliament against a $360,000 payout to politicians and others involved in the Edmund Rouse bribery scandal and
'Assistance' for Romanian workers LONDON — The British Conservative government is funding the visit to Romania of union officials from the right-wing Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union. AEEU official Nigel Harris explained that
Traditional energy generators have generally not assisted the necessary moves towards renewable technology. While hydro and biomass are long-established, if under-used, parts of the power hierarchy, wind, solar and wave power must still battle to
By Joe Vialls Despite strong protests from a multitude of countries including Egypt and Syria, the Bush administration is still considering further "military" action against Iraq. The last US excursion up the Persian Gulf resulted in the
Little is known, outside of Serbia, about the oppositional movements challenging the Slobodan Milosevic government from within. On July 1 Green Left Weekly correspondents FRANK NOAKES and PETER ANNEAR spoke with MLADEN LAZIC, professor of
By Norm Dixon The Bougainville Interim Government has welcomed the election of Papua New Guinea's new government led by Paias Wingti. The interim government's representative in Australia, Moses Havini, told Green Left Weekly that he believed
By Max Lane Governments of 18 industrialised countries, including Australia, have agreed to provide Indonesia with further loans totalling US$4.8 billion. The biggest lenders are the World Bank and Japan, followed by the other big Western
Fidel Castro's rousing six-minute address to the Earth Summit in Rio said everything delegates had come from around the world to hear, says Dr Judy Henderson, Australian Council for Overseas Aid representative at the Earth Summit in June.
By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — Plans by the Victorian government to introduce mandatory reporting of physical and sexual abuse of children have met with strong opposition from sections of the welfare sector while being welcomed by others.
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