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Protest against human rights violationsSYDNEY — More than 100 people gathered outside the Global Cultural Diversity Conference on April 28 to protest against continued human rights violations in East Timor, Bougainville

MELBOURNE — The Victorian government has invested over $1 million in an advertising campaign which promotes the economic and social benefits of a Grand Prix in Albert Park. This amounts to a campaign of

Rail union militant campaigns for membership controlBRISBANE — Gary Dale, a suburban train guard with Queensland Rail, has launched a campaign for membership accountability and militant policies in the state branch of the

Melbourne rally for East TimorMELBOURNE — About 500 East Timor supporters picketed the opening of the "Great Expectations: The United Nations at 50 Years" Conference at Melbourne University on Thursday, April 27. The

Just one month into his four-year term, NSW Premier Bob Carr has angered trade unionists with his proposed cuts to the NSW public sector. Carr is taking steps to corporatise State Rail freight services, and has warned that

Governments and media alike are promising extensive benefits from the recommendations on competition policy known as the "Hilmer Report". A recently released Industry Commission (IC) study on the report projects

Adelaide campaign for East Timor takes offADELAIDE — The campaign in support of a free East Timor is well and truly under way here, with several successful meetings and events over the past month. On April 7, Resistance

PERTH — About 120 people from a variety of progressive movements and organisations attended the conference here over the Easter weekend. The agenda, which comprised more than 30 panel, feature and workshop sessions,

Correction GLW #183 reported that the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1994 had been passed by the Senate on March 30. In fact, debate on this bill and the amendments being proposed by the Greens (WA) was deferred until the Senate

MELBOURNE — From the opening public meeting on Thursday evening, which was addressed by Russian socialist Boris Kagarlitsky, to the final Sunday afternoon plenary discussion on the vexed question of the Labor Party, the

BRISBANE — Some 160 people gathered at Brisbane's Resistance Centre over the Easter weekend. The conference was the largest, most thought-provoking and inspiring gathering of socialists to be held here for many years.

Public meeting on jobs and the environmentADELAIDE - The Native Forest Alliance (NFA) organised a successful public meeting of 60 community activists on April 21 to discuss the campaign against the woodchipping of