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  • Loose cannons

    Royal plural "Our industry is intensely competitive and innovative." — Bill Gates after a US court ruled that his Microsoft has a software monopoly that harms consumers and "quashes innovation". Political talent "We are trying not to

  • Bill on same-sex domestic violence welcomed

    Bill on same-sex domestic violence welcomedBRISBANE — Gay and lesbian organisations have welcomed the passage of Queensland government legislation giving same-sex couples the same access to domestic violence protection as that

  • Dili massacre remembered

    In Dili, more than 10,000 East Timorese marched through the streets on November 12 in a solemn commemoration of friends and relatives killed in the 1991 massacre by Indonesian troops at the Santa Cruz cemetery. It was the first such commemoration

  • Women's liberation discussed in Wollongong

    Women's liberation discussed in WollongongWOLLONGONG — On November 6, Green Left Weekly held a women's liberation forum titled "It's Time to Get Angry Again". Dr Margaret Perrott from the Democratic Socialist Party outlined

  • Another win for the NTEU

    Another win for the NTEUMELBOURNE — A strike scheduled for November 10 at the Victoria University of Technology was called off after management indicated it would settle an agreement with the National Tertiary Education

  • SA union secretary resigns

    SA union secretary resignsADELAIDE — Paul Noack resigned as the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) South Australian branch secretary on October 29. Noack's resignation followed a meeting of the AMWU's federal

  • Building unions stake their claim

    Building unions stake their claimMELBOURNE — An alliance of four Victorian unions has launched a united claim for a new collective agreement for the building industry. The Victorian branches of the construction and general

  • Casual workers to strike

    Casual workers to strikeMELBOURNE — Contract workers at the Victorian state government's Land Titles Office, members of the Australian Services Union (ASU), are planning to strike on November 14 and 15. The workers are

  • Bankstown occupation victory!

    BANKSTOWN — A major victory has been won by the students at the University of Western Sydney-Macarthur's (UWSM) Bankstown campus, a result of a 14-day long occupation of the Student Information Centre which ended on November 10. The

  • Big money and the media — opinions for hire

    The Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) inquiry into the "cash for comments" scandal involving 2UE's shock jocks John Laws and Alan Jones has the rest of the Australian media running scared. Alan Kohler commented in the

  • Demands won:

    Tutorial sizes to be capped at 30 until autumn 2000; Employment to be guaranteed for five staff crucial to a number of courses continuing; No internet-only subjects to be offered; Enrolments to be made not only via the internet; No car

  • Defence Department opposes nuclear dump

    Defence Department opposes nuclear dumpChiefs of the three defence forces and the secretary of the federal Department of Defence have written to the government expressing opposition to hosting a nuclear waste dump on land used