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  • No war on Iraq: campaign notes

    500 protest in the ACTCANBERRA — On January 31, 500 people participated in rally opposing a war on Iraq. The protest was called by an ACT Network Opposing War (ACTNOW) public meeting on January 23. Bob Douglas from

  • Action updates

    Nettle to speak against war CANBERRA — Federal Greens senator Kerry Nettle will speak at a Socialist Alliance public forum on February 19. The topic is "How can we stop the war?". Phil Griffiths, who will speak on behalf of Socialist Alliance

  • ETU members 'bust through the pack'

    MELBOURNE — More than 3000 Electrical Trades Union (ETU) members met at Dallas Brookes Hall on January 22 to endorse a new enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA). The EBA, negotiated between the ETU and the main employer

  • Troop departure sparks protests

    SYDNEY — Two hundred anti-war protesters gathered at Cawper Wharf, Woolloomooloo, on January 23, in a stormy protest against Australian involvement in a war on Iraq. The protesters were responding to a call put out by anti-war

  • Women against war and racism

    SYDNEY — The Sydney International Women's Day Collective, which has been meeting since November last year, has voted overwhelmingly to organise an IWD march and rally on March 8 around the theme of "Peace, Justice, Diversity,

  • Women highlight pro-war bias in mainstream media

    MELBOURNE — At lunchtime on January 20, 200 women sat on the steps of Victorian Parliament House wearing bras on the outside of their t-shirts in protest against war on Iraq. The action was organised by the prominent actor

  • Narangba protest camp fights eviction threat

    BRISBANE — The Queensland Labor government's department of state development has given formal notice to protesters camped outside the site of the Narangba nuclear irradiation plant, now under construction, that they will be

  • Unions rally again in support of Kingham

    MELBOURNE — For the second time, unions and the community will rally in support of Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union state secretary Martin Kingham, who is facing contempt charges against the Royal Commission into

  • News Briefs

    Dispute at stadium BRISBANE — Completion of the $350 million Lang Park stadium redevelopment in time for the Brisbane vs Newcastle rugby league blockbuster in late May is in doubt because of a looming industrial dispute. Developers involved in

  • Protest at air show planned

    GEELONG — For several years, Victorians from all sorts of backgrounds have made an annual trek to Avalon, near Geelong, to view the acrobatics of dozens of international aircraft. It has become a family weekend for hundreds of

  • Centrelink workers still waiting on payrise

    Centrelink and the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) are back in negotiations over a new "development agreement" after a rejection by 72% Centrelink staff of management's attempt to get an unpopular pay and conditions

  • Melbourne mobilises against war

    MELBOURNE — Recent emergency actions against war in Iraq show the depth of anger against the Australian government’s decision to back the impending war against Iraq. On January 19, more than 150 people joined a hastily