Jim McIlroy & Coral Wynter, Caracas
Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez announced a major housing program on March 26, pledging the construction of 150,000 new homes by the end of the year and the possible expropriation of houses being sold
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Iraq Ablaze: Inside the InsurgencyBy Zaki ChehabIB Tauris, 2005Distributed in Australia by Palgrave MacMillanRRP $45.
REVIEW BY ROHAN PEARCE
Much of the Western media has presented one-dimensional reporting of the armed rebellion gripping Iraq,
Changing ClimateExhibition by Ron GuyCusp Gallery, 238 High Street NorthcoteApril 4-22Phone (03) 9482 2731
REVIEW BY VANNESSA HEARMAN
Ron Guy is an artist and a shift worker, as well as the union representative on his job. He is a passionate
Bronwen Beechey, Auckland
In an historic victory, the Unite workers' union has won a union employment agreement with Restaurant Brands, New Zealand's biggest fast-food chain. The new contract awards significant pay increases and improvements in
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
The implications of the Howard government's draconian new workplace laws have dominated the airwaves over the last couple of weeks. You would therefore think that the decision by a meeting of 1800 union delegates to support a
Vannessa Hearman
Following Indonesia's withdrawal of its ambassador to Australia, Hamzah Thayeb, from Canberra in response to the granting of temporary protection visas to 42 West Papuans, the Australian government has been at pains to point out
The number of trade union members in Australia rose by 70,000 in the 12 months before the federal government gained control of the Senate, according to an Australian Associated Press report on March 28.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
"Electricity output has dipped to its lowest point in three years in Iraq, where the desert sun is rising toward another broiling summer and US engineers are winding down their rebuilding of the crippled power grid", Associated Press reported on
Emma Clancy, Sydney
Two 17-year-olds from Sutherland have been exploited by an unscrupulous boss in the building industry who owes them more than $10,000 each in unpaid wages, according to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union's NSW
Kiraz Janicke, Sydney
Federal Liberal MP Bronwyn Bishop has introduced a private member's bill to make it an offence to destroy or damage the Australian flag. The bill imposes a six-month prison sentence or a fine of up to $11,000.
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