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  • Resistance clubs in successful O-Week

    Resistance clubs in successful O-WeekBRISBANE — Resistance Clubs on campuses all around Brisbane launched a lively year of activity with highly successful Orientation Week stalls and meetings over the middle weeks of

  • Qld Social Security bans lifted

    Qld Social Security bans liftedBRISBANE — Work bans imposed by Public Sector Union members in the Department of Social Security in Queensland were lifted on February 23. This followed a vote at workplace meetings to accept

  • Anti-racist rally in Brunswick

    Melbourne — A coalition of groups and individuals, Brunswick Against the Nazis (BAN), is planning a mass counter-demonstration against the extreme right-wing group National Action (NA) at the Brunswick Town Hall on March 5.

  • Bid to mine Starcke

    The Wilderness Society revealed on February 23 that the Queensland Department of Minerals and Energy is pushing for 10,000 hectares of Starcke to be gazetted as a mining reserve. The 225,000 hectare wilderness area was acquired the day before from

  • Massacre in Hebron: 'Army also fired'

    The Israeli settler who massacred around 50 Palestinian worshippers on the morning of February 25 at the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron, was a well-known leader of Kach, an extreme right-wing Zionist organisation. Wearing a

  • Women win against 'Big Australian'

    In a landmark victory against sex discrimination, some 700 women who took up the fight against the Big Australian, BHP, have finally won their case. An out-of-court settlement was announced at a press conference in Wollongong on

  • Police intervene at 'smoke in'

    Police intervene at 'smoke in'BRISBANE — Up to 40 police intervened in a "smoke in" at the University Of Queensland on February 23. The action was organised by the Student Union and the student club High Society.

  • Democratic Socialists campaign for Brisbane Council

    BRISBANE — "Green, democratic and socialist — this is the guiding theme of our campaign in the upcoming council elections", Susan Price, Demcratic Socialist candidate for Central ward in the March 26 Brisbane City Council poll,

  • Timorese ask Keating to back peace initiative

    DARWIN — Jose Gusmao, cousin of jailed East Timorese resistance leader Xanana Gusmao, has called on Prime Minister Paul Keating to support the National Council of Maubere Resistance (CNRM) peace plan. Gusmao presented a

  • Bans, strike by Melbourne council workers

    MELBOURNE — A strike by Richmond Council workers is into its fourth week, and another 26 local councils in Melbourne are affected by industrial bans. The key issue in the dispute is job security. Job security is threatened

  • Ferguson gags Bougainville address

    Ferguson gags Bougainville addressAn invitation to Rosemarie Gillespie to speak about Australia's involvement in the war on Bougainville at a conference of regional Trades and Labour Councils, held at the Clyde Cameron

  • Rally demands end to ocean dumping

    Rally demands end to ocean dumping HOBART — Four hundred angry people filled the Parliament House lawns for a loud and vibrant march and rally on Saturday, February 26, to voice their objections to Pasminco-EZ's jarosite dumping plans.