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  • The real leadership crisis

    Mr B or Mr C? Who has more personality? Better leadership style? Better policies? Does the broader fellow offer a smaller target to PM John Howard — and should he? Does the robot impersonator really have the "ticker"? Will it make

  • Socialist prosecuted anti-war leafletting

    MELBOURNE — On June 17, a left-wing activist will appear in the Sunshine Magistrates Court accused of illegally distributing leaflets. Socialist Alliance member Tony Iltis has been charged with handing out leaflets at the

  • First round ends with win to Stramit workers

    MELBOURNE — Australian Manufacturing Workers Union members at Stramit Building Products in Preston have won the first round of a struggle for a new enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA). The workers' claim is based on the

  • ACI workers to be locked out

    MELBOURNE — ACI Mould Manufacturing took the provocative action over the June 7-9 long weekend of issuing workers at its Box Hill plant with a notice that they would be locked out for a month from June 16 to July 18. The 77

  • Loose cannons

    But no banned weapons "I am absolutely convinced with time we'll find out that they did have a weapons program." — Emperor George Bush II, June 9. Friends only in high places "I talked about the visit to Poland and to Russia, where we've got

  • Anti-war activists fight Saab

    ADELAIDE — Student anti-war activists won a campaign for corporate accountability at Flinders University on June 11. The academic senate has agreed to establish a working group to investigate ties between corporate sponsors and

  • News briefs

    Casual hospitality workers win right to permanency SYDNEY — On June 8, the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union announced it had reached agreement with the Australian Hotels Association for casual employees in pubs, accommodation

  • Nelson comes to town

    DARWIN — On June 13, education minister Brendan Nelson came to Darwin for the Australian National Training Authority Ministerial Council's launch of the National Training Complaints Hotline. The council was greeted by protesters

  • Qld public servants impose work bans

    BRISBANE — On June 12, 800 Queensland Public Sector Union members participated in a march to state parliament to protest deteriorating job conditions and job cuts. QPSU members have also imposed work bans in response to the

  • Support Morris McMahon workers!

    The Morris McMahon picket has entered its 14th week. Community pickets are being held at the factory gate every Thursday morning at 6.30am, 34 Arncliffe St, Arncliffe. From Green Left Weekly, June 18, 2003. Visit the Green Left Weekly home page.

  • Protesters target Thai government

    BY KERRIE BARRON & JAMES CAULFIELD CANBERRA — A group of activists gathered outside the Royal Thailand Embassy in Yarralumla on June 12 in response to the Thai government's "war on drugs". The "war" began around three months ago, and has

  • 600 strikes fight for pattern agreement

    MELBOURNE — More than 600 manufacturing companies were hit by a 24-hour stop work on June 12. The action was initiated a week earlier by a shop-stewards meeting of the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers