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SYDNEY — An organisation hoping to become a national green party, the Greens, was launched here on August 30. Representatives of Queensland, NSW and Tasmanian green political groups told the media they had agreed on a

Brewery struggle continuesPERTH — The struggle to turn the old Swan Brewery site into parkland continues. One of the protesters arrested on the site on August 28, Uniting Church minister Helen Richmond, made a scathing

BRISBANE — Australia's first Indigenous Peoples Party will field 10 candidates in the Queensland state election on September 19. Champion jockey Darby McCarthy will head the IPP ticket in the seat of Clayfield. The

APPM closes mills and goes yachtingHOBART — The APPM Wesley Vale and Burnie paper mills will be shut down for a week due to what management claims is a shortage of orders. But at the same time that 1600 workers will be

PERTH — Severely embarrassed by the international furore over the toxic waste ship, Maria Laura, the Australian government is under strong pressure to ban toxic waste exports. The controversial shipment was organised by

Price campaigns for green, left alternativeBRISBANE — In one of the shortest election campaigns in Australian political history, the Labor, Liberal and National parties have produced few real issues so far for the September

MELBOURNE — Outgoing officials of the Victorian branch of the Transport Workers Union, along with office staff and organisers, ended a week-long occupation of the union's offices on September 4. The dispute erupted after the

Nose already in the trough New South Wales politicians have long creamed the benefits of a superannuation scheme which has given them millions. After the government axed public servants' super entitlements, Labor leader Bob Car suddenly saw the

MELBOURNE — The Liberal-National industrial relations policy for the Victorian elections, released on August 23, is similar to the system brought in by the National government of New Zealand. The award system is to be replaced

Abortion debated in WollongongWOLLONGONG — A debate on abortion was held at Wollongong University on August 20 as part of Blue Stocking Week. Jill Hickson from the Wollongong Abortion Rights Campaign and state

Bannon's 'bail-out budget'ADELAIDE — The South Australian budget, brought down by Premier John Bannon on August 27, has been described as the "bail-out budget". Massive amounts of money will be poured into failed

Democratic Socialists stand in BrisbaneBRISBANE — The day after Queensland Premier Wayne Goss called the September 19 poll, abortion rights activist Susan Price announced her campaign for the Democratic Socialists in the seat