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Labor looks to moderniseMELBOURNE — Given the defeats suffered by Labor governments over the last 12 months, you would think a conference entitled Social Democracy: Future Directions would attempt to explain why Labor is on the

BRISBANE — The Borbidge government risks a massive blow-out in compensation to Queensland Aborigines after its refusal to give six Palm Island elders $7000 each for under-payment for wages while employed by the state during the

SYDNEY — In early October, Telstra management announced, first to the media and later to staff, that the Telstra Shops and Mobile Sales and Service Centres are to be sold to an "affiliated dealership, leading to the loss of

Asian Australians Against Further Intimidation (AAAFI) was launched on October 11, 1996 to counter the racist views promoted by right-wing organisations, such as Australians Against Further Immigration (AAFI) and Oxley MP Pauline

DARWIN — More than 50 students delayed a meeting of the NT University's planning board on October 24 to express their opposition to cuts to faculty funding contained in the university's draft budget. Arts will be the worst hit,

Students and staff at the St George campus of the University of NSW are mounting a strong campaign against the university's cutbacks and restructuring. Presented as "UNSW 2000", the plans are being dubbed "UNSW 200", or even "UNSW

PENRITH — The victory of Liberal candidate Jackie Kelly in the Lindsay by-election on October 19 reveals that people in this predominantly working-class, outer-western Sydney seat have not forgiven Labor for 13 years of austerity.

On October 30, workers in the Department of Social Security, and the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs will be asked to vote for a campaign of lightning bans. The Howard government has rejected the

On October 21, federal National Party leader Tim Fischer announced the lifting of an eight-year "ban" on Australian uranium sales to France. Greens Senator Dee Margetts responded on October 22, that, in fact, "Australia provided

Indonesian activist in Perth PERTH — Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor and Resistance held a cross-campus week of solidarity from October 21 to 25 as part of a solidarity tour of Perth by Nico Warouw, representative of the

Labor right wins University of CanberraCANBERRA — After losing the student elections at the Australian National University a few weeks ago, Labor right won the positions of president, women's officer and environment officer,

By Tim E. Stewart DARWIN — In recent elections for the Northern Territory University Student Union, the Higher Education Action Team won two of the three executive positions and two of the three council positions it contested. Resistance and HEAT