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Ben Courtice, Melbourne PM John Howard is "Public Enemy No 1" and "we must get him out of office", Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC) secretary Brian Boyd told 1800 union delegates on March 29. Boyd announced the next union protests against

Anthony Defraine & Tom Flanagan, Lismore Students and staff held a spirited protest outside the Southern Cross University council meeting on May 21. The council was initially expected to consider increasing HECS charges for 2005. Although a

Kathy Newnam, Darwin At a November 23 public forum, 50 people heard three Medical Association for the Prevention of War members challenge the myth that the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor in Sydney is necessary on medical grounds. Dr Peter Tait

Abolish profit system, says socialist candidate BRISBANE — "We need a total change in politics. We need a new society, for the millions, not the millionaires", Coral Wynter, the Socialist Alliance candidate for the federal seat of Brisbane, told

Dick Nichols, Melbourne The March 18 Victorian state conference of the Socialist Alliance, held in Melbourne's Trades Hall, focused on the fight against the Howard government's Work Choices legislation and its racist policies against Muslim and

Freedom of speech under a cloud ADELAIDE — On May 14, Adelaide's Murdoch-owned sole daily paper, the Advertiser, reported that the Adelaide City Council had passed new by-laws that place restrictions on the "handing out of advertising material

SYDNEY — On November 4, 50 people rallied outside the electorate office of federal Liberal MP Jackie Kelly in the western suburb of Penrith to protest against the Howard government's planned new IR laws. Members of the manufacturing and

Ben Cavalli& Fred Fuentes, Perth The highest decision making body of academics at University of Western Australia (UWA), the academic board, narrowly voted on August 11 to recommend that the UWA senate reject the current proposal to introduce

3 Students discuss Iraqi resistance SYDNEY — On April 29, Green Left Weekly journalist Rohan Pearce addressed a Sydney University Resistance Club forum on the growing resistance to the US occupation of Iraq. "Those who believed that the

Sue Bull, Geelong Trades halls and labour councils throughout regional Victoria are mobilising their members for big rallies in November against the federal Coalition government's proposed industrial relations laws. There will be community

Kiraz Janicke, Perth Two-hundred people heard Ali Kazak, head of the Palestinian delegation to Australia, speak at public forums in Perth, Fremantle, Darlington, Curtin University and the University of Western Australia (UWA) during the first week

Stephen Garvey, Melbourne On April 21, the Victorian state Labor government announced new legislation to force an end to strikes considered detrimental to community interests. The Emergency Powers Act would establish an "independent" statutory