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CPSU members reject performance-based pay

CPSU members reject performance-based pay By Nick Everett — On April 14 the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) Centrelink Section Council voted to recommend to its membership the introduction of a new "performance-based" pay system within

Student bureaucrats refuse support for anti-VSU campaign

By Ruth Ratcliffe BRISBANE — The University of Queensland student union executive has shocked students and anti-voluntary student unionism campaigners by formally disassociating itself from the Cross Campus Anti-VSU Collective (CCAVSUC). At its

Telstra: making life harder

Telstra: making life harder By Leo Wellin Cutting a birthday cake on the day you announce your resignation after being denied a redundancy is giving life a cruel twist. Such is the experience of Bill Bogan, a Telstra employee for more than 37

Protest against Sydney nuclear reactor

Protest against Sydney nuclear reactor By Molly Wishart SYDNEY — Six hundred people attended a rally on April 11 to protest against a new nuclear reactor proposed for Lucas Heights in southern Sydney. The rally was held outside the front gates

Women in revolutionary movements

Women in revolutionary movements By Maureen Sexton ADELAIDE — Inspired by International Women's Day, women members of Committees in Solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean organised an event on April 9 on the topic of women in

Western hypocrisy hit

Western hypocrisy hit By Martin Iltis MELBOURNE — A speak-out against the Balkans war on April 9 was chaired by Resistance organiser Kerryn Williams, who explained that the United States and other Western powers are hypocritical when they claim

Shadowboxing with Mark Latham

By Tom Flanagan SYDNEY — About 90 people attended a seminar titled "Globalisation and the Third Way" presented by the International Socialist Organisation on April 16 at the University of Technology, Sydney. Speakers were ALP parliamentarian Mark

'Crime wave' blamed on youth

Crime wave' blamed on youth By Ruth Ratcliffe BRISBANE — According to the Queensland Victims of Crime Association, Ipswich is in the grip of a juvenile "crime wave" being waged by a small group of notorious child criminals. This claim follows

Rape Crisis Centre in crisis

Rape Crisis Centre in crisis By Stephanie Roper EESYDNEY — The NSW Rape Crisis Centre has been threatened with loss of funding after operating in deficit for the last two years. The centre says it has been forced into a budget deficit by the

Arrests at Jabiluka Westpac protests

Arrests at Jabiluka Westpac protests By Jim Green Protests outside three Westpac branches in Cairns, two in Brisbane and one each in Sydney, Surfers Paradise, Noosa and Canberra on April 13 continued the campaign to highlight the role of the

Speak-out against war

Speak-out against war BRISBANE — "Stop the bombing in Kosova!" was the call by the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance at an emergency speak-out held in the Queen Street Mall here on Friday, April 9. Brisbane DSP organiser Graham Matthews

'Draconian' net censorship proposals attacked

Anti-censorship group Electronic Frontiers Australia has attacked federal government plans to censor the internet as ignorant and draconian. "The proposal by the government sets the debate on internet censorship back three years", said EFA chair Kim