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  • Greens launch western Sydney campaign

    Parramatta — The NSW Greens launched five western Sydney candidates' federal election campaigns at a meeting of 30 people on July 23. Greens Senate candidates John Sutton and Kath Moore said the Greens were an alternative to One

  • Davids workers stop the trucks

    Davids workers stop the trucksSYDNEY — July 3 was a great day for the National Union of Workers members in a four-week long dispute with Davids. On that day, 800 picketers, other unionists and community

  • Opposition to ADI development grows

    Opposition to ADI development growsSYDNEY — A march and rally was held on July 26 against the proposed development of the former Australian Defence Industries (ADI) site in the western Sydney suburb of St Marys. The Lend

  • Jabiluka activists 'clogging up the system'

    TREENA LENTHELL was arrested on July 17 at the Jabiluka uranium mine under construction by Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) and charged with trespass and forcible entry with intent to breach the peace. After refusing both police bail and

  • Mirrar elder wins international prize

    Mirrar elder wins international prizeYvonne Margarula, Mirrar elder and traditional owner of the land the Jabiluka mine is being built on, has been awarded a $10,000 anti-nuclear prize. According to Jacqui Katona,

  • The Northcote by-election

    MELBOURNE — The state by-election in Northcote on August 15 will be an important event in Victorian politics. On July 29, One Nation announced Nikolas Kavalenka as its candidate. Kavalenka says he supports Pauline Hanson's statements

  • Adelaide markets silence anti-racist voice

    ADELAIDE — On July 30, Green Left Weekly distributors once again confronted censorship in the shape of Central Market security officers "just doing their job". Mid-afternoon, one GLW seller was told he was standing on the

  • Loose cannons

    Loose cannons Right people "I made the appointments myself on the principle of putting the right people in the right jobs." — Keizo Obuchi, Japan's new prime minister and Liberal Democratic Party leader, after naming to the LDP's three top jobs

  • VCA 'no fees' campaign escalates

    VCA 'no fees' campaign escalatesMELBOURNE — On July 30, the Victorian Council of Arts voted 14 to 10 for the principle of up-front fees at all VCA schools by the year 2000. The decision followed recommendations from the Review

  • Democratic Socialists announce candidates in Tasmania

    HOBART — The Democratic Socialists will stand Jenny Forward and Mathew Munro as candidates in the seat of Denison in the coming state election. They are running on the slogan of building a "real opposition" to economic

  • Solidarity helps Zapatistas rebuild

    Solidarity helps Zapatistas rebuildBRISBANE — Tucson-based author and solidarity activist Martin Taylor addressed a meeting here on July 16 after touring refugee camps and autonomous communities of Chiapas state in southern

  • Green Left Weekly — proudly outspoken

    Editorial: Green Left Weekly — proudly outspoken Whether this is your first copy of Green Left Weekly or your 150th, you'll notice this newspaper is rather different from the rest. We're proudly anti-racist, proudly pro-environment, proudly