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Radio 2EA Workers in action for jobsSYDNEY — "Restructuring" has struck again. This time the potential victims are about 300 workers at the Special Broadcasting Service's Radio 2EA, migrant languages radio for New South

By Tim E. Stewart NEWCASTLE — An end to the Austudy loans scheme, more funding for universities, an increase in child-care facilities and better public transport were demands made by 80 students at a September 23 sit-in at the Newcastle

WOLLONGONG — Supporters of women denied work in BHP's Port Kembla steelworks picketed a BHP shareholders' meeting in Sydney on September 25. The women, many of them supporting families on unemployment benefits, made the trip

PERTH — Robe River is continuing its intimidatory tactics against its Karratha work force. The latest victim is 53-years-old maintenance worker Cliff Sutton, who has been stood down for refusing to accept a transfer as a trainee haulpak driver.

About 200 people gathered outside the NSW parliament on September 24 to protest against the privatisation of Port Macquarie hospital. Three bus loads, mainly pensioners, from Port Macquarie were joined by supporters from pensioner's groups in

Just say no "Joining the Australian Labor Party gives you a real say ... A real say in encouraging Victorians to work together and in changing the workplace for the better by improving our skills, safety, profits and long term job security."

SYDNEY — A council-conducted referendum has recorded a 60% vote against NSW government plans to privatise Port Macquarie's public hospital. About 85% of local residents participated in the September 19 vote. The people of

BRISBANE — The state elections on September 19 recorded a 2.7% swing away from the major parties. When counting was completed, 7% of votes were for alternative candidates. Of 89 seats in the state parliament 25 were contested

Nazis try to dupe unemployedSYDNEY — The fascist threat made a daring public appearance last week in Campsie, when an organisation calling itself the Unemployed Peoples Union held a function in this suburb with a vibrantly

Victorian branch of Green Party formedMELBOURNE — A meeting of 20 people here on September 12 decided to form a Victorian branch of the Green Party. Among those in attendance were representatives from the

Great new ideas #573 "Labour's task is to identify with the hopes and aspirations of individual men and women across the country, so that they in turn identify with us." — From Agenda for Change, the British Labour Party's blueprint for

MELBOURNE — About 200 people attended a September 12 protest against the proposed Williamstown Mobil oil refinery expansion into a two-kilometre buffer zone around the plant. Construction in the zone, which