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  • Kosovars removed from Tasmania

    HOBART — On November 1, 120 Kosovar Albanian refugees still housed at the Brighton army barracks in Tasmania were loaded onto an early morning flight to the Bandiana camp in northern Victoria, where they will remain until their

  • Activists challenge homophobic justice system

    BRISBANE — Activists picketed the Law Courts here on October 25 about homophobia in the legal system after two men convicted of bombing the Townsville Aids Council office were sentenced to only nine months in prison. Joanne Ball,

  • Liberal bigotry

    SYDNEY — Student activists organised a protest here on October 30 when they got wind of the following policy motion being put to a vote at a Liberal Party convention at the University of New South Wales: "That the Liberal Party calls upon both the

  • Performance pay takes a tumble at ANTA

    Performance pay takes a tumble at ANTACANBERRA — The practice of paying performance bonuses rather than wage rises in the Australian Public Service was dealt a small but significant blow recently. Staff in the Australian

  • Students occupy to defend education

    BANKSTOWN — On October 27, the students association at the University of Western Sydney (UWS) Macarthur Bankstown campus organised a rally as part of a campaign around a student log of claims. A rally of 300 students on October 20

  • Left activists discuss the green movement

    Left activists discuss the green movementMELBOURNE — On October 27, Green Left Weekly hosted another lively debate as part of its Politics in the Pub series in Comrades Bar. More than 40 people gathered to hear

  • NTEU strikes to 'stop the rot'

    NTEU strikes to 'stop the rot'WOLLONGONG — Academics at the University of Wollongong struck on October 26-28 to protest against the erosion of working conditions and quality of higher education. The strike, dubbed "Stop the

  • Unionists 'living underground'

    Unionists 'living underground'BRISBANE — Unionists on October 27 held a picket outside a public hearing of the Senate inquiry into the federal government's second wave workplace relations bill, being conducted in the City Hall

  • Loose cannons

    Back from the dead "You never kill the inflation dragon, but it's subdued at the moment." — Treasurer Peter Costello, who three months ago declared the "dragon" dead. And their wallets "In telling these [bank] stories, Lawsie will invite

  • Wollongong University elections

    Wollongong University electionsWOLLONGONG — Wollongong University student representative council elections were held October 19-21. The Collective Action ticket won the main SRC positions uncontested, most general

  • Women reclaiming the night

    On October 29, thousands of women and their men supporters took to Australia's streets in Reclaim the Night marches. Reclaim the Night was started in the 1970s by women in England who were told by the police to stay inside after a string of violent

  • Pangea unwelcome in Perth

    Pangea unwelcome in Perth PERTH — Four hundred people attended a Pangea Unwelcome rally, held at the Esplanade here on October 27. The midday rally, across the road from Pangea's new office, was organised by the Anti-Uranium Coalition of Western