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2 Free Craig Johnston campaign gains support SYDNEY — The campaign to free jailed Victorian union militant Craig Johnston has achieved its first union support in NSW, with the adoption of motions of support by three local branches of the NSW

John Tognolini, Sydney Tens of thousands of teachers rallied outside the NSW parliament on May 27 to protest Labor Premier Bob Carr's interference in the public school teachers' pay case before the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (IRC). The

SYDNEY — Anthony Albanese, the Labor MP for the federal electorate of Grayndler, opened a forum on public health care at Marrickville Town Hall on October 18. Attended by 260 people, the forum was also addressed by shadow health minister Julia

2 'Make refugee rights a political issue' BRISBANE — "The best thing we can do to help the refugees is to make refugee rights a key political issue", Aladdin Sisalem, the last asylum seeker to be held on Manus Island, told a public meeting of

Protest for free education MELBOURNE — About 250 students converged on the State Library on March 12 in protest against university fees and funding cuts. Victorian National Tertiary Education Union president Jeannie Rea told the crowd that free

Susan Price, Sydney On February 21, staff at the University of NSW launched their 2006 enterprise bargaining campaign. The launch, organised by the UNSW branch of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), coincided with the first day of

SYDNEY — Anne Gardiner, an opposition candidate for general secretary of the Public Service Association (PSA), the union covering state public servants in NSW and general staff on NSW universities, has described NSW Liberal Party leader John

HOBART — With 78% of the vote counted by the end of polling night on May 1, Socialist Alliance candidate Kamala Emanuel had received 860 votes or 5.27% in the Tasmanian upper house seat of Elwick. Greens candidate Helen Burnett gained 14.79% of

Lizzie Nagy& Kylie Moon The Senate sat an extra day on August 13 to enable the passage of the Marriage Amendment Act, which declares that marriages between same-sex couples in other countries will not be legally recognised as such in Australia.

Mission impossible "One of the hardest parts of my job is to console the family members who have lost their life." — Emperor George Bush II, April 13. Untermenschen I "One senior [British] Army officer told The Telegraph that ... American

Sue Bull, Geelong On July 31, militant unionists from Melbourne and Ballarat converged on Geelong for a day of discussions with local unionists about how to build unions that are fighting instruments in defence of their members' economic and

Unoccupied I "This is [US President George] Bush's 33rd visit to his ranch since becoming president. He has spent all or part of 233 days on his Texas ranch since taking office, according to a tally by CBS News. Adding his 78 visits to Camp David