Snouts in the troughMELBOURNE — Under Jeff Kennett's new order, austerity is the watchword in the public sector. To underline the point that all are to be hit equally, the premier says that he will do nothing to help
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Green Left fund off to a great startSYDNEY — The Green Left Weekly 1993 fund drive got off to a marvellous start at the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance Activist-Education conference, when $49,000 was
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Credibility problems Western Australian coalition industrial relations spokesperson Graham Kierath, denying that his industrial relations reforms would make anybody worse off or lose their jobs, admitted that "Kennett does cause us
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WICKHAM, WA — Robe River unionists have condemned ACTU president Martin Ferguson for mishandling the dispute currently under way at Robe River and have called for his resignation unless he reverses his position and begins
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SA Liberals threaten to privatise transportADELAIDE — Proposals from the state Liberal Party demonstrate that this city's already debilitated public transport system is going to be further eroded following a change
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Summer of protests in TasmaniaHOBART — The Wilderness Society's "long hot summer" campaign of national forest protests began in Tasmania on January 11. TWS national director Karenne Jurd says 150 volunteers have
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About 30 boats of the Sydney Peace Squadron took to Sydney Harbour at 7 a.m. on January 9, to protest against the arrival of the giant US aircraft carrier Ranger, with its four companion ships. Three
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MELBOURNE — The Victorian government began its public sector cutbacks last year by slashing 9300 jobs, closing 52 schools and four campuses. Education has been worst hit with 3700 cleaners, 2175 teachers, 500 public
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SYDNEY — The Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance Activist Education conference, held here January 2-6, attracted 275 people from around Australia and overseas. Under the banner "Socialism Now More Than Ever",
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Protest at deportation of Palestinians Story and photo by Miriam Tramer Jewish, Arab and other Australians joined forces in a protest picket against the Israeli deportation of 415 Palestinians into Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon.
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MELBOURNE — Sweeping cuts to Victoria's public transport system are being denounced as socially and environmentally irresponsible. Of 14 suburban rail lines, only four appear to have escaped severe
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Bleak prospects for TasmaniaHOBART — Unemployment in Tasmania reached 12.6% according to seasonally adjusted figures released on January 14. This is the highest figure recorded in Australia since monthly surveys