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PERTH — A 10-year-old Aboriginal girl was pepper-sprayed and handcuffed by four police officers at Millen Primary School in East Victoria Park on June 14. According to an Aboriginal tutor at the school, the girl was denied the right to go to

Peter Boyle With columnists for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Australian attacking Green Left Weekly in the same week, we must be doing something right. On August 8, Gerard Henderson, SMH columnist and executive director of the Sydney Institute

Chris Spindler, Melbourne Twenty-five Finlay Engineering workers might have signed away most of their redundancy entitlements when they signed individual contracts (AWAs) the day after their two union shop stewards were sacked on April 4. Under

Annolies Truman, Perth Beginning August 6 residents of Lancelin, a seaside town 123 kilometres north of Perth, have been subjected to the effects of US military exercises conducted in the Lancelin Defence Training Area (DTA). US Navy pilots

CANBERRA — On May 25, the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) held a lunchtime protest outside the ACT Legislative Assembly to oppose a planned cut to superannuation contributions for all future ACT government employees. Labor Chief Minister

Peter Boyle Tucked away in the business supplement of the August 16 Sydney Morning Herald was this cheerful news: "The rich are spending like there's no tomorrow. "Upmarket retailer David Jones has reported a surge in fourth quarter sales growth as

Gerard Morel, Melbourne At a lunchtime rally outside the Liberal Party's Victorian head office on May 26, US anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan and the Democrats' Senator Natasha Stott-Despoja called for an end to the US military's imprisonment of

On September 24, refugee supporters placed 80 pairs of children's shoes outside the office of the Liberal member for Dobell, Ken Ticehurst, out of respect for the 80 children still held in detention by the Coalition government. The protest was a

PERTH — Garry Graham is one of the 40 workers being sued by Kwinana contracting firm Total Corrosion Control who will appear in the Federal Court in Perth on August 29 facing fines of up to $28,600. The 43-year-old, who has four children aged

PERTH — Federal workplace relations minister Kevin Andrews received a rowdy reception when he arrived at a business luncheon in the outer suburb of Middle Swan on May 16. He was greeted by 100 angry workers chanting, "Work Choices, no choice —

#2 Sydney Social Forum a success SYDNEY — More than 300 people attended the third Sydney Social Forum on September 17 19 at the University of Technology, Sydney. The forum was launched with a public forum titled "Keeping it common", which

Justin Tutty, Darwin The latest instalment in the rapid industrialisation of Darwin is the proposal for a coastal industrial estate at Glyde Point, on the Gunn Point Peninsula — the eastern-most arm of Darwin Harbour. The proposal is vast by