NEWCASTLE — On July 21, 70 truck drivers protested outside the Coles store in the NSW Central Coast town of Wyoming after being left with no job security by Coles-Myer and the Linfox trucking company following the closure of the nearby Coles-Myer
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Jon Lamb, Darwin Ranger uranium mine workers, along with the residents of Jabiru and the traditional owners of Kakadu, remain deeply concerned about the recent contamination of drinking water and water systems surrounding the mine. The mine was
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SYDNEY — Proposed anti-terror legislation may allow police to spy on those who try to contact the Terrorism Hotline, according to the March 18 Weekend Australian. The Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill 2006 is now before the federal
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GEELONG — On July 16, the Socialist Alliance launched its campaign to contest both Geelong lower-house seats in the federal election. Candidates Tim Goodenand Chris Johnson discussed the alliance's commitment to defend workers' rights and the
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Susan Price, Sydney On the night of November 22, following threats of eviction, the University of Newcastle moved to changed the locks on the offices of the National Tertiary Education Union on the campus. The NTEU had previously made attempts at
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2 Public sector shuts down ADELAIDE — Historic strike action closed down most of the South Australian public service on March 26. For the first time in more than 20 years, members of the Public Service Association walked out en masse in
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Dirty tricks on Grocon site On June 29, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) steward Nazza Ottobre was moving the union office in Grocon's Eureka Towers construction site from the basement to the next level when he found a
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Sue Bolton New Zealand unionists in Auckland and Wellington joined unionists in 22 other countries on November 15 to protest outside Australian embassies against the Australian government's attacks on workers. Two Unite organisers, Simon
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Leigh Hughes, Adelaide Thirty years after the month-long occupation of Flinders University in 1974, students have used the tactic to force their administration to consult better over fee increases. Vice Chancellor Anne Edwards is planning to
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DARWIN — On October 27, around 40 inmates in the Berrimah prison staged a sit-in protest to demand improved conditions. The demands of the prisoners included provision of a second telephone (there is currently only one phone for 120 people in M
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Bill Bartlett, Hobart Members of the Acosamrel Salvadoran housing cooperative have been galvanised into action in the face of a threat to wind up the cooperative and hand its assets over to another organisation. The cooperative was formed in 1991
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Kerry Vernon, Newcastle The University of Newcastle will expel the offices of staff unions from its campus in November in order to receive an extra $6 million in funding from the federal Coalition government. A letter of expulsion was sent to the