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  • Hotels in national park opposed

    A coalition of Victorian conservation groups has called for proposals to allow for new commercial developments in Wilsons Promontory National Park to be abandoned. Developments opposed by the groups and proposed by the National Parks Service include

  • Campaigning for East Timor

    Between November 14 and 16, thousands of East Timorese youth demonstrated at the University of East Timor and outside the governor's office in Dili in solidarity with Bishop Belo. Belo has come under verbal attack from the Indonesian

  • Apprentices picket Democrats

    Apprentices picket DemocratsMELBOURNE — One hundred and fifty apprentices picketed Senator Lyn Allison's office on November 15 to protest the Australian Democrats' agreement with the government to pass the Workplace

  • Loose cannons

    Tough "Westpac looks to tougher times" — Financial Review headline on article reporting Westpac bank's $1.132 billion profit. Win some, lose some "The good news is that air bags work and air bags save lives. We also know air bags can cause

  • Homeless Aborigines take action

    DARWIN — A determined group of pensioners and their carers are making a stand against the Darwin City Council (DCC) policy of harassing homeless Aboriginal people. In the last council elections, Mayor George Brown

  • SERCO attempts more inroads into SA public sector

    ADELAIDE — SERCO Australia has lodged a proposal with the state Liberal government to contract for the running of all TAFE administrative, maintenance and grounds duties. SERCO Australia is a subsidiary of the SERCO group, a

  • Left activist receives death threats

    Left activist receives death threatsIt seems that right-wingers will go to any extreme to silence the growing public opposition to Pauline Hanson, John Howard and Co's racist attacks. West Coast Council member Ian Jamieson has

  • Forgacs workers make gains

    NEWCASTLE — Workers at Forgacs Engineering in Hexham are close to settling an enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) after lengthy and heated negotiations. The EBA period began in mid-July after workers forced management to begin negotiations.

  • Long Walk' planned by Kumarangk defenders

    ADELAIDE — Kumarangk (Hindmarsh Island) will be in the national spotlight again in coming weeks. The federal government wants the Hindmarsh Island bridge to go ahead and has introduced the Hindmarsh Island Bridge Bill 1996 to

  • Anti-racists plan Ipswich rally

    Anti-racist activists in Queensland are gearing up for a rally in Pauline Hanson's home town of Ipswich on November 23. The Anti-Racist Campaign (ARC) has been meeting in Brisbane for a month, and a new anti-racist group began meeting in Ipswich on

  • Education cuts move towards Senate vote

    The Liberal government's changes to higher education — including a 5% cut to university operating grants, higher HECS to be charged in a new three-tier system, a lower HECS repayment threshold, allowing the charging of

  • Bonds Wear strike

    Bonds Wear strikeWOLLONGONG — About 300 workers are on strike at the Unanderra factory of Bonds Wear in a bid for a 10% pay rise. At a mass meeting on November 11, the workers, mainly women, rejected an 8% pay increase and went