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  • Vickery strikers return to work

    An agreement reached between CRA and the mining division of the CFMEU on July 27 ended the nearly year-long strike at CRA's Vickery coal mine near Gunnedah in NSW. Green Left Weekly's JENNIFER THOMPSON spoke to Vickery CFMEU lodge president Derek

  • Indonesian activist on tour

    Indonesian activist on tourNico Warouw, the international officer of the People's Democratic Party (PRD) and a leader of Students in Solidarity with Democracy in Indonesia (SMID), urged support for the growing democracy struggle in

  • CFMEU fights for coverage at Dalrymple

    The Australian Industrial Relations Commission is hearing an application by the CFMEU mining division for exclusive coverage of production workers in the central Queensland coal port, Dalrymple Bay. The dispute heated up in

  • Activists plan education campaign

    Activists plan education campaignPERTH — More than 100 student activists from the National Organisation of Labor Students (NOLS — Labor left), Unity (Labor right), Resistance, Left Alliance, International Socialists,

  • WA students plan fight back

    14 = WA students plan fight backPERTH — Alarm at the federal government's proposed cuts to higher education funding has led to a dramatic increase in student activism in Perth. On August 7, students will join with

  • Postcard campaign against slave wages

    Postcard campaign against slave wagesCANBERRA — On July 29, Young Christian Workers launched their postcard campaign against proposed changes to apprentice and trainee wages under the Howard government's Workplace Relations

  • Posters outlawed

    Posters outlawedPERTH — Changes to the state Litter Act made on July 21 mean that individuals, companies and organisations that arrange for people to put up posters will face fines of up to $10,000. While it is difficult to

  • Mass rallies against IR bill

    On July 31, hundreds of thousands of workers in Victoria and Newcastle took industrial action to protest against the Howard government's proposed industrial relations legislation. In Newcastle, 2000 unionists and

  • ACF submits plan for 'environmentally friendly' budget

    ACF submits plan for 'environmentally friendly' budgetFor the first time since they were elected to federal parliament, the WA Greens did not make a federal budget submission this year. Like the Australian Greens, the WA Greens

  • ACT youth strategy no solution

    ACT youth strategy no solutionCANBERRA — A July 24 forum organised by the Ministerial Youth Advisory Council to discuss a draft ACT Youth Strategy was attended by the Australian Youth Policy Action Coalition, the youth

  • Austudy post-budget: lean and mean

    Students and parents are worried that the federal budget will slash and further restrict student living allowances in 1997. The worst case scenario is the complete replacement of Austudy with a loans scheme similar to the Austudy

  • Campaign to save the ABC grows

    PERTH — Following the Howard government's announcement of funding cuts to the national broadcaster, ABC staff from the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, the Community and Public Sector Union and supporters organised a