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  • Conditions cut in DEETYA

    CANBERRA — Following the dismantling of the CES, the staff remaining in the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs voted 87.75% in favour of accepting some loss of conditions in a postal vote concluding on

  • High school students arrested at anti-Hanson rally

    SYDNEY — High school students here walked out of school on July 2 to attend a rally in opposition to the rise of Pauline Hanson and racism. The socialist youth organisation Resistance, which organised the

  • Footscray march against One Nation

    MELBOURNE — More than 300 anti-racist activists and local residents protested against the policies of One Nation in Footscray on July 4. The rally was organised by the Democratic Socialists and Resistance. Participants came from

  • Delegates rally against award stripping

    Delegates rally against award strippingMELBOURNE More than 1200 job delegates and union officials rallied against the introduction of award stripping at Melbourne Town Hall on July 1. The meeting was organised by the Victorian

  • Loose cannons

    Better late than never "Overwhelmingly, my constituents are opposed to this full sale." — Queensland National MP De-Anne Kelly, threatening to cross the floor to oppose privatisation of Telstra (but the bill has already passed the House of

  • Green Left

    Green Left campaign needs your support In these days of growing media concentration, Green Left Weekly is a proudly independent voice committed to human and civil rights, global peace and environmental sustainability. By printing the news and

  • Secondary student network formed

    Secondary student network formed HOBART — As a result of the rally against racism here on June 26, a new activist group of secondary students was formed. The Secondary Students Anti-Racist Network aims to politicise secondary students and

  • Canberra high school walkout against One Nation

    Canberra high school walkout against One NationCANBERRA — On July 2, despite school administrations threatening to penalise students, around 120 secondary students participated in an anti-racist walkout. The rally provided a

  • Brisbane rally against One Nation

    By Sarah Cunningham and Tim E. Stewart BRISBANE — Around 600 people rallied against One Nation in King George Square on July 4. The rally heard speakers from Aboriginal organisations, trade unions, migrant groups and socialist parties.

  • Free Burma conference

    Free Burma conference MELBOURNE — To mark the 10th anniversary of the 1988 pro-democracy uprising in Burma, the All Burma Students Democratic Organisation is holding an Activists' Conference for a Free Burma here on July 18-19 at Ridley College,

  • Education activists meet

    WOLLONGONG — The National Union of Students' (NUS) national education conference was held here on June 27-28. It was attended by students from all states and territories and discussed the state of higher

  • Rag trade exploits outworkers

    Rag trade exploits outworkersMELBOURNE — Fairwear, a community action group campaigning for outworkers' rights, and the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA) have taken companies such as Adidas, Portmans,