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  • Protests target Tasmania's anti-gay laws

    Protests target Tasmania's anti-gay lawsProtests demanding the repeal of Tasmania's anti-gay laws were held in a number of cities on July 14. Rohan Gaiswinkler reports from Hobart that 800 people attended a rally in

  • Gay businesses push boycott campaign

    Gay businesses push boycott campaignThe struggle to repeal Tasmania's anti-gay laws has taken on a new edge with the launch of a boycott campaign by gay businesses around Australia and internationally. The campaign aims to

  • Refinery workers fight for jobs

    Refinery workers fight for jobsWorkers at Caltex's Kurnell refinery voted on June 30 to take industrial action against the company if it moves against the remaining laboratory workers at the plant, members of the Australian

  • Students organise against education cuts

    ADELAIDE — A new student group is campaigning to stop the Brown government from implementing cuts to education recommended in the recent audit report. Secondary Students Against Cuts, a Resistance-initiated campaign, was launched at a teachers' protest rally in May.

  • Union women's conference calls for action

    CANBERRA — In a period of international trade agreements, Australian workers can't ignore international issues and working conditions, Greens Senator Dee Margetts told a Canberra Public Sector Union dinner on June 22. The dinner

  • Lesbians and gays rally in Brisbane

    Lesbians and gays rally in BrisbaneBRISBANE — 1500 people rallied on July 2 to support lesbian and gay rights. The rally, which commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, was followed by a

  • WA forest blockade begins

    PERTH — WA's forest blockade began here on July 2 with several hundred people attending a two-day festival near Pemberton, about 400 km south of here. The festival included talks and workshops on forest-related issues

  • Loose cannons

    Not true, unfortunately "Money market 'gone to hell'" — headline in Sunday Telegraph, June 26. Forward planning "The Royal Australian Navy is spending $70 million to buy and convert two American warships into helicopter carriers so

  • Federal government to fund student organisations

    Federal government to fund student organisationsMELBOURNE — The federal government brought legislation before parliament on June 30 to override the "voluntary student unionism" (VSU) legislation enacted by the

  • Kerrupjmara protest against neglect

    Kerrupjmara protest against neglectMELBOURNE — During the early hours of June 28, 40 members of the Kerrupjmara Aboriginal community set up a tent embassy on the main street of Portland. Racism and neglect have driven them

  • She can wear the pants

    She can wear the pantsPERTH — The trivial farce over women workers wearing trousers in the WA parliament ended on June 30 when the speakers of both the Legislative Assembly and Council indicated that women could now

  • SA nurses reject wage freeze

    SA nurses reject wage freeze ADELAIDE — The SA branch of the Australian Nurses Federation has rejected the wage freeze proposed by the state Liberal government in its May financial statement. The ANF federal executive reported to