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  • Sydenham residents won't move for third runway

    SYDNEY — A Federal Airports Corporation discussion paper proposing to demolish the suburb of Sydenham because it will be severely affected by noise from the new Sydney airport third runway, "is just another case of jumping

  • ACTU and ACF launch green jobs program

    "A major new effort to develop jobs which protect the environment", was how the January 18 joint statement by the Australian Council of Trade Unions and the Australian Conservation Foundation described their joint Green Jobs

  • Call for Hilton investigation

    Call for Hilton investigation "We believe it is necessary to launch a campaign on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Sydney Hilton bombing. On February 13, 1978, three innocent people were horribly murdered and others were mutilated

  • Determined campaign to defend Victorian schools

    Determined campaign to defend Victorian schoolsMELBOURNE — Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett is continuing to implement his vision of education — against the wishes of teachers, students and parents. Education

  • EYA launches high school tour

    EYA launches high school tourYoung environmentalists are gearing up to start the Environmental Youth Alliance's new high school tour for 1993. EYA aims to reach up to 200 high schools around the country, equipped with the

  • 'We need to change the way people think'

    PERTH — It is not just a matter of getting people into parliament: "We need to change the way people think and view and operate within the world", Stewart Jackson, secretary of the WA Greens, told Green Left Weekly. The

  • Perth forum discusses left alternative

    Perth forum discusses left alternativePERTH — More than 100 people attended a special Politics in the Pub here on January 22 to discuss prospects for a left alternative. It was chaired by Ian Alexander, the retiring

  • Summer forest campaign

    Summer forest campaignHOBART — The slogan "Yes to EIS" (environmental impact statement) was chalked on every corner pavement in Hobart on January 18, as the Wilderness Society launched its "long hot summer" campaign

  • Loose cannons

    Business as usual "It's true I expect controversy. But on the other hand, we have capitalism now. We're in business. This is money." Polish entrepreneur Ryszard Stunzo, who plans to open a restaurant in Gierloz (the site of Hitler's Wolf's Lair)

  • Leading us down the garden path

    Leading us down the garden pathADELAIDE — South Australia's national parks and wildlife reserves are heading for a crisis, battling feral animals, weeds and a lack of funds from the Labor government. Although land

  • Robe threatens to evict workers

    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

  • SA Liberals threaten to privatise transport

    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