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  • Nuclear tests condemned

    Nuclear tests condemned CANBERRA — Forty people attended pickets on May 24 and May 30 outside the Indian and Pakistan embassies respectively. The protests were called by the Australian Greens. Senator Bob Brown and the ACT Greens' Kerry Tucker

  • Miners lose seniority

    The Australian Industrial Relations Commission decided on May 26 that union-backed seniority provisions in coal industry awards were no longer allowable. The decision was made under the Workplace Relations Act's requirement that

  • MUA victory in Newcastle

    MUA victory in Newcastle By Alison Dellitand Jane Beckmann After 45 days locked out, maritime workers employed by Patrick Stevedores returned to work on May 23. The workers have been sub-contracted to Newcastle Stevedores. The return to work was

  • Speaking tour: Eyewitness report on Indonesia

    Speaking tour: Eyewitness report on Indonesia Following a visit to Indonesia, where he held discussions with activists in the student, worker and democracy movements, Max Lane will be speaking at public meetings in Adelaide (June 11), Sydney (June

  • Public works key to jobs, say socialists

    Public works key to jobs, say socialistsBRISBANE — "A large-scale program of public works, including schools, child-care centres, public transport and leisure facilities, is the key to creating thousands of new jobs", the

  • Rio Tinto under the microscope

    Rio Tinto under the microscopeNEWCASTLE — About 25 people attended a workshop on May 16 to discuss the activities of the mining company Rio Tinto. Speakers included Moses Havini from the Bougainville Interim Government;

  • Hundreds march in support of Jabiluka blockade

    Hundreds march in support of Jabiluka blockadeIn response to the arrest of nine activists blockading the proposed Jabiluka uranium mine site by police on May 26, Sydney's Jabiluka Action Group (JAG) called an

  • Pro-choice vigil a success

    Pro-choice vigil a successMELBOURNE — More than 100 people gathered on the steps of the State Library here on May 28, the International Day of Action for Reproductive Rights. The vigil was organised by the Pro-Choice Coalition.

  • Teachers stop work in Victoria

    Teachers stop work in VictoriaMELBOURNE —Victorian Australian Education Union (AEU) members struck on May 27 as part of a campaign the AEU has been waging to win a certified agreement with the state government and to get the

  • Outrage at NSW police shooting

    SYDNEY — On May 26, the NSW police force's latest victim was killed outside his grandmother's house. The Coalition Opposing Police Shootings (COPS) has called on the NSW police commissioner to immediately adopt English-style, unarmed beat policing.

  • Loose cannons

    Ordinary "They will become ordinary entrepreneurs, without privileges." — Probosutedjo, half-brother of Suharto, on the likely business future of members of the Indonesian ex-presidential family. Back to the day job "On the issue of NKK

  • SCU students' victory over up-front fee

    SCU students' victory over up-front feeLISMORE — On May 9, Southern Cross University (SCU) Council gave in to student pressure and dropped the newly introduced $18 up-front fee. The Education Action Group (EAG) had organised a