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  • Pastoralist speaks in favour of native title

    CANBERRA — On November 14, 65 people attended a meeting to discuss native title organised by the YWCA. The meeting was addressed by Camilla Cowley and Sean Brennan. Cowley is a Queensland pastoralist who has a native title

  • WA TLC attempts to close 'workers' embassy'

    WA TLC attempts to close 'workers' embassy'PERTH — November 5 was Guy Fawkes Day, named after the man who was executed in 1606 for attempting to detonate a bomb under the British parliament. A ball on

  • Left gains at Macquarie University

    SYDNEY — Left-wing student activists narrowly lost the Macquarie University Students' Council (MUSC) elections held on October 27-29. Ten votes and one councillor were all that separated the left and right factions after

  • 'Who wants to live near a nuclear dump?'

    'Who wants to live near a nuclear dump?'SYDNEY — More than 150 people crammed into the Sutherland Shire council chambers on November 10 for a special meeting of the shire's environment and health committee. The meeting

  • More Olympic site contamination

    More Olympic site contaminationSYDNEY — The November 5 Sydney Morning Herald described another discovery of toxic waste at the Homebush Bay Olympics site, this time on the site of the former Lidcombe Hospital, which is

  • Women and Labour Conference

    Women and Labour ConferenceWomen from around Australia will gather at Deakin University in Geelong November 28-30 for the sixth national Women and Labour Conference. These conferences were an important part of the women's

  • Residents oppose nuclear waste dump

    Residents oppose nuclear waste dumpHOBART — Residents of the suburb of New Town have reacted angrily to a state government proposal to store a cubic metre of radioactive waste under St Johns Park, adjacent to a child-care

  • WorkCover rally shows support for a real campaign

    MELBOURNE — Around 40,000 workers gathered on November 12 for the second Victorian Trades Hall Council-organised rally against the state government's proposed changes to the WorkCover scheme. The crowd marched to Parliament

  • Cancer inquiry presents findings

    Cancer inquiry presents findingsNEWCASTLE — Fifty people attended a public meeting here on November 8 called to discuss cancer and industrial pollution. Findings were presented from the Workers' Inquiry into Wollongong

  • Island residents support ferry strike

    HOBART — On November 14, as tenders closed for the privatisation of the vehicular ferry that provides the only link between Bruny Island and mainland Tasmania, a strike and picket by ferry workers ended its seventh day. Nine

  • Death in custody in private prison

    Death in custody in private prison MELBOURNE — George Drinken, a 28-year-old remand prisoner, was found hanged in his cell at Port Philip Prison in the early evening of October 30. The Port Phillip Prison, a 600-cell maximum security and

  • Appropriate technology in Guatemala

    Appropriate technology in Guatemala BRISBANE — West End's House of Freedom was packed to hear Patricia Morrow present a talk and slide show on two projects in the highlands of Guatemala as part of the Australian Volunteer Abroad Program organised