Fee boycott at SCULISMORE — The administration of Southern Cross University has imposed an up-front fee of $18 on all students enrolling this year. In response, the Students Representative Council is organising a boycott. SRC
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SYDNEY — Barbara Wright, president of the NSW Medical Consumers Association and a retired nurse, is picketing Liverpool Hospital every weekday from 8.30 to 9.30am. Wright is suffering serious spinal problems and needs urgent surgery. Her bowel,
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Youth forum unites candidatesCANBERRA — On February 13, Resistance organised a discussion between young people and youth candidates standing in the February 21 ACT elections. The Democratic Socialists' Nick
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Glad you explained that "[British Prime Minister Tony Blair's] meeting with US President Bill Clinton, advisers and academics in Washington to set an intellectual framework to Democrat and British Labour policies [was] dubbed a 'wonkathon' by the
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Democratic Socialists: time to put the unions on a war footing "Corporate Australia sniffs a decisive victory at Webb Dock", Dick Nichols, the Democratic Socialist Party's industrial convenor said last weekend. "That's why the union movement has to
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Jobs not woodchips! HOBART — On February 11, environment activists followed log trucks through Hobart with signs saying "Jobs not Woodchips" and "600 years to grow; 3 minutes to chip". The action highlighted the increased woodchipping allowed by
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WOLLONGONG — Residents of Wollongong are gearing up for another development fight, this time against the "spot" rezoning of a residential area to permit a 12-storey hotel/serviced apartment complex on the Cliff Road foreshore. Several
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Maritime Union of Australia stop-work meetings held around Australia last week to update members on the Webb Dock dispute showed that wharfies and seafarers are angry, determined to win and not alone. The meetings all voted for a $50 levy on members
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CANBERRA — Throughout the ACT election campaign, the local Liberals have been trying to distance themselves from the Howard government. They've promised not to sack any more ACT employees and to use the $5 million of unspent
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IWD forums debate feminist issues In preparation for International Women's Day, forums on issues confronting women have been held in Perth and Adelaide. In Perth, Shannon Buckley writes, approximately 30 women and men participated in a one-day
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CANBERRA — The Democratic Socialists are the only progressive party contesting the ACT election who will be recommending where their supporters direct their preferences. Sue Bull, Democratic Socialist candidate for Molonglo,
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PERTH — On February 10, Dr Victor Chan and his anaesthetist, Dr Hoh Peng Lee, were charged for performing an abortion nearly two years ago. This is the first time in 30 years that such charges have been laid