WorkCover fight continuesMelbourne — A campaign of constant harassment by construction workers is beginning to fluster the Victorian premier, Jeff Kennett. For the past fortnight, 100 building workers have gathered
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HOBART — Around 700 people joined a march and rally against racism on March 22 which was organised by Labor MP John White and the United Nations Association on behalf of Tasmanians Against Racism (TAR). Participants were asked
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Support for a boycott of the May 29 general elections in Indonesia is growing as the People's Democratic Party (PRD) and the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-Struggle) increase their level of protest. On March 30, almost
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DARWIN — A screening on March 27 of the new documentary There is Only One Word — Resist! ended a week-long visit by Nico Warouw, international representative of the People's Democratic Party (PRD). The film, shown at the NT
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Judi Bari, 1949-1997 @box text intro = US environmental and civil rights activist Judi Bari died of cancer on March 2. Bari came into the international limelight in 1991 when a bomb exploded in her car, leaving her crippled. She had been
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Sydney University sells economics courseSYDNEY — There was widespread student concern last week over the news that Sydney University's Economics 1 course has been sold to a private college. Up to 50 students who
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Campaign against Otway logging bears fruitResidents of the Otway Ranges south-west of Geelong have scored a victory in their campaign to stop logging on the Wild Dog bushwalking track. The Department of Natural Resources
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Queensland teachers call 24-hour strikeBRISBANE — Queensland teachers voted overwhelmingly in a series of statewide ballots to strike for 24 hours on March 25 over pay and conditions. The vote by 9000 Queensland Teachers
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Big crowds around the country attended debut screenings of There is only one word — Resist!, a documentary about the underground resistance to the Suharto dictatorship. The film made was in secret by community television director Jill Hickson in
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Campaign to Free Vanunu launchedSYDNEY — An Australian campaign to free Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli anti-nuclear whistle-blower, was launched here last week. Vanunu was kidnapped from Italy, convicted of treason in a
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Aboriginal rights on the agendaSYDNEY — "Racism is what defines this country", said Jenny Munro, chairperson of the Metropolitan Lands Council. "Many in this country pretend that racism is not there, but as Aboriginal
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Homeless Aborigines take to the streetsDARWIN — Homeless Aboriginal people in Darwin have grown impatient with NT government inaction. Since the chief minister has called the chairperson of the Northern Land Council,