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  • WA socialists oppose 'corporate control'

    PERTH — The Western Australian Liberal government has called a snap state election for February 10. The Democratic Socialists will be running Anthony Benbow in the seat of Fremantle and Roberto Jorquera in seat of Perth. The

  • Campaign 2001 launched

    The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union launched its national "pattern bargaining" Campaign 2001 at rallies in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide on December 6. Campaign 2001 is raising a set of demands for inclusion in enterprise agreements being

  • Workers' entitlements stolen again!

    BY STEPHEN O'BRIEN NEWCASTLE — Mining company Colrock has followed in the nefarious tradition of National Textiles and Steel Tank and Pipe (STP) by sacking workers without paying them their entitlements. Colrock, whose parent company is the

  • Stand-off at Melbourne Uni reaches a head

    MELBOURNE — While there might not have been any students on campus, a battle has raged during the summer break at Melbourne University between staff, who are demanding a better deal in their upcoming enterprise agreement, and

  • Police attack Reclaim the Streets

    SYDNEY — Two solid rows of police, including some on horseback, confronted 300 people who gathered outside Newtown railway station here on December 16 for a Reclaim the Streets street party, encircling them and forcing them

  • ALP rorts: just the tip of the iceberg

    The number of senior ALP figures implicated in vote rorting and other shady internal party practices is increasing as middle and lower level ALP figures spill their guts to the Queensland Criminal Justice Commission inquiry headed by

  • Action updates

    Rally demands end to Israeli repression ADELAIDE — Around 150 people rallied here on November 29 on the steps of Parliament House to demand an immediate end to the brutal Israeli repression of the Palestinian people. Speakers included

  • STP workers: 'We stay till they pay'

    BY STEPHEN O'BRIEN NEWCASTLE — A photo of STP bosses Stephen and Bradley Weeks with the caption "wanted for unpaid workers' entitlements of over $3 million" is appearing around Newcastle as part of the support campaign for 220 workers owed money

  • Victorian NUS hits Bracks

    MELBOURNE — The National Union of Students (NUS) Victorian conference held at Monash University on November 25 adopted a number of progressive positions. The policy motion condemning Labor Victorian Premier Steve Bracks over his

  • ALP, ISO oppose solidarity conference

    MELBOURNE — In Palestine, young people are resisting Israeli tanks with rocks. In Indonesia, students, workers and peasants are mobilising daily against rising prices and job losses imposed by the International Monetary

  • Loose cannons

    Chockers already “There is no room in the ALP for people who break the law.” — ALP federal leader Kim Beazley. Their health is another matter “We commit to respecting the religious, cultural and ethical concerns of people.” —

  • Globalisation conference seeks answers

    BY ROBERTO JORQUERA & SARAH STEPHEN PERTH — Around 150 people attended the "Globalisation: trash or treasure" conference at Curtin university on November 25. The one day conference was initiated by the Stop MAI [Multilateral Agreement on