Residents save Erskineville parksSYDNEY — The protests of Erskineville residents paid off last week when the auction of a local park did not go ahead because of pressure from the Save the Parks Committee.
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South African women celebrateFREMANTLE — "When you strike a woman you strike a rock" was the message given to the 200 people who attended the Fremantle Education Centre to celebrate South African Women's Day on August
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MELBOURNE — On August 16, former Democrat Senator Janet Powell and State Public Service Federation vice-president Bill Deller launched the Independent Action Campaign, a broad progressive coalition of candidates contesting the
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Envy of the playground? "What happens to your five-year-old daughter who finds that the shares or debentures given to her as a present are suddenly made public?" — NSW National Party MP Duncan Gay, opposing a proposal that a register of
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A document leaked to Green Left Weekly indicates that the Department of Social Security and the Australian Federal Police are planning regular exchange of information that has generally been regarded as confidential. It
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Students protest against loans scheme Tertiary students demonstrated in four capital cities on August 13 against the federal government's introduction of an Austudy loans scheme. The scheme, according to leaks prior to the budget, gives
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Public servants revolt over enterprise dealsSYDNEY — Members of the Public Sector Union have until August 28 to vote on a wages motion endorsed by their national executive opening the way for enterprise bargaining in the
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HOBART — Liberal Premier Ray Groom delivered a "slash and burn" budget on August 12 to a chorus of approval from the business sector, new right prophets and the commercial media. Workers and trade unions have responded
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Green Independents form partyHOBART — At a meeting on August 1, the Tasmanian Green Independents agreed to adopt a constitution which formally lays the foundation for a Tasmanian Greens Party. Previously the Green
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Members of the former building workers (BWIU), united mineworkers (UMFA), engine drivers and firemen (FEDFA) unions and the small plaster workers union (OPPWFF) have voted overwhelmingly for the final major stage in an amalgamation process to
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Victory for Midford womenWOLLONGONG — Seventy five women who had been picketing the Midford Paramount clothing factory because their former employer owed them $450,000 in superannuation and retrenchment entitlements have
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Environment groups boycott talks National environment groups discussing greenhouse strategy with the federal government pulled out of talks in Canberra on August 6. They said that despite nearly two years of talks, the government had still not