HOBART — On August 26, 100 trade unionists protested for workers' rights outside the state Liberal Party conference. The conference was attended by workplace relations minister Kevin Andrews and PM John Howard. Represented at the protest were the
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#1 Socialist candidates protest Kodak closure MELBOURNE — On September 21, two Socialist Alliance candidates in the October 9 federal election — David Glanz (standing in Wills) and Sue Bolton (standing for the Senate) — participated in a
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Karen Fredericks, Melbourne A mass meeting of 150 La Trobe University staff gathered on June 24, at two days' notice, to condemn a paltry enterprise bargaining offer from the university, contingent on increased student fees and the Coalition
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Sarah Stephen, Sydney Staff at the University of New South Wales face an unprecedented attack in the wake of vice-chancellor Fred Hilmer's pursuit of his vision for UNSW as one of the "top three" universities in Australia. Before the ink was even
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#2 Meat workers win after long battle LAUNCESTON — On September 15, an 18-month industrial dispute came to an end at Blue Ribbon's plant in St Leonards. Seventeen workers received $500,000 in wages owed, which had accumulated since the
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Paul Oboohov, Canberra Sixty members and supporters of Save the Ridge blockaded tree-clearing machinery to prevent it leaving a fenced compound on the Bruce/O'Connor Ridge on June 18. They aimed to stop tree-clearing for the Gungahlin Drive
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The people's champion is laid to rest, by the rank and file your soul is blessed, your casket draped with the flag of stars, for you did not break behind those bars, and behind those bars you served your time, for the workingman's gain is
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Americans are honorary Iraqis "Iraqis are sick of foreign people coming in their country and trying to destabilise their country." — Emperor George Bush II, May 5. On Bushworld "You've got to understand that military options are always my
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Unknown activists put up cardboard cut-outs of soldiers around this city to commemorate September 11, 2001.
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Ruth Ratcliffe, Sydney Three years after the Tampa affair, when Prime Minister John Howard's government refused to allow 400 asylum seekers who had been rescued by a Norwegian freighter to set foot on Australian soil, 250 refugee-rights supporters
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Office closure angers union members NEWCASTLE — Rank-and-file members of the Community and Public Sector Union have reacted with disbelief and outrage to a proposal by the CPSU National Management Committee (NMC) to close the Newcastle organising
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Russell Pickering, Perth In a landmark ruling, the Federal Court on September 19 granted Western Australia's Noongar people one of Australia's largest native title claims. Covering more than 193,000 square kilometres, from Hopetoun in the south to