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  • Western Mining present eviction notice to Arabunna

    Western Mining present eviction notice to Arabunna BY JOHN NEBAUER ADELAIDE — Western Mining Corporation has handed an eviction notice to Arabunna traditional landowners camped near Lake Eyre in protest at the company's uranium mining

  • Abandoned Kakadu mines are still radioactive

    Abandoned Kakadu mines are still radioactive BY BRIAN TUPP A memo from the Office of the Supervising Scientist, leaked to environmentalists on June 6, has confirmed that abandoned South Alligator uranium mines are posing a radiation

  • Student union refuses affiliation to political clubs

    Student union refuses affiliation to political clubs BY RUTH RATCLIFFE CANBERRA — Citing its policy of refusing to affiliate any club deemed “political”, the University of Canberra Union n(UCU) has rejected an application for

  • Kwinana residents oppose industrial expansion

    PERTH — “Kierath says our existence is a 'planning mistake'. We've been here at Wattleup four decades, Hope Valley a century — that's long before the heavy industry at Kwinana. So which one is the 'planning mistake'?”

  • Victory at last for Workers First

    MELBOURNE — Some three weeks after winning the ballot, Craig Johnston was on June 9 confirmed as the new Victorian state secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. Johnston was delayed from taking office by court

  • Honeymoon mine assessment begins

    Honeymoon mine assessment begins BY JIM GREEN Canadian company Southern Cross Resources has released its environment impact statement for the proposed Honeymoon uranium mine in north-east South Australia. The operation involves

  • Massive shows of support for reconciliation

    "Get sorry today, unchain John Howard's heart" was the message on one banner amongst a sea of support for reconciliation and justice for Aborigines at marches in Adelaide and Brisbane, which followed the example of the May 28 half-million people

  • Health unions prepare for action

    BRISBANE — Twelve health unions, led by the Queensland Nurses Union, are planning to step up industrial action in response to Queensland Health's refusal to budge in negotiations on a new enterprise agreement. Work

  • People reclaim World Environment Day

    ADELAIDE — Five hundred people marched on Glenelg's Grand Hotel on June 4 to denounce an official government World Environment Day conference. Rally organisers called Adelaide's “official host city” status a farce

  • National Union of Workers quits NSW Labor

    SYDNEY — The New South Wales branch of the National Union of Workers has severed its ties with the NSW Labor Party in protest against the ALP state government's refusal to help the union in its legal battle with Davids Holdings.

  • Darwin protests against APEC

    Darwin protests against APEC BY LARISA FREIVERTS DARWIN — Media mongrels, APEC staffers and plainclothes police watched guardedly as 60 people gathered in Raintree Park on June 7 in a lively protest action against the Asia Pacific

  • Community welfare workers to strike

    SYDNEY — Rallying under the banner “Quality service deserves quality pay”, community and social workers will strike and rally on June 23, closing down welfare services and agencies, most of them recipients of state