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Festival Records picket continuesSYDNEY — Picketers outside Festival Records have entered their sixth week on the picket line established by members of the National Union of Workers after Festival issued redundancy

Australians for Native Title launchedSYDNEY — Four hundred people, including high-profile actors, Aboriginal leaders, TV personalities, singers and sports stars attended the launch of Australians for Native Title on

Strike threat at Olympic siteSYDNEY — Members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union at the Olympic site at Homebush Bay have threatened to take industrial action if their concerns over workplace safety

Indonesia, East Timor public meetingSYDNEY — "How long can Suharto Survive?" was the theme of a public meeting held by Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) on June 19. An audience of 50 people heard

Campaign Against Racism established in MelbourneMELBOURNE — Campaign Against Racism was set up here at a meeting on June 12. CAR was established to oppose the racism of Howard and Hanson following the successful

Aboriginal leaders condemn land theftBRISBANE — Since the 1967 referendum, "the advances of the first 10 years for Aboriginal people have stagnated over the last 20 years", declared FAIRA (Foundation for Aboriginal and

James Vassilopoulos In an unprecedented move, eight community and church aged care provider groups have issued a joint paper highly critical of the federal government's changes in aged care. The organisations include the Alzheimers Association

TWU truck ban wins pay risesBRISBANE — Nearly 20 transport companies in Queensland have agreed to pay wage increases of 11%, in the face of nationwide black bans by the Transport Workers Union on employers who refuse to pay

WA unionists prepare for a fightPERTH — Richard Court's Coalition government and its mates in the Building and Construction Industry Taskforce (whose main "task" consists of attacking construction unions) are trying to

Homeless Aborigines evicted DARWIN — At sunrise on May 29, police raided a camp of homeless Aboriginal people occupying bush land at Lee Point. The group — who had camped there for 18 days in defiance of eviction orders from the minister of

The final "Justice Tour: Fighting Hanson's Racism" meeting, in Sydney on June 13, was the culmination of a very successful national tour to encourage people to join the struggle against the racism of MP Pauline Hanson and to fight the racist polices

BRISBANE — "Young people in Australia will overwhelmingly reject Pauline Hanson's attempt to set up a One Nation youth wing", according to Zanny Begg, Brisbane organiser of the socialist youth organisation Resistance. "Hanson's