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  • Canberra refuses visas to Bougainville reps

    Canberra refuses visas to Bougainville reps Representatives from the Bougainville Interim Government (BIG) and the Bougainville Revolutionary Army have been refused visas to enter Australia to attend a conference at the Australian National

  • No More Hiroshimas Coalition formed

    No More Hiroshimas Coalition formedMELBOURNE — The French Consulate was the scene of a lively 800-strong protest on June 24. The rally, called by the newly formed No More Hiroshimas Coalition, demanded an end to French

  • Anti-nuclear campaign broadens

    Anti-nuclear campaign broadensSYDNEY — As the federal Labor government begins to feel the mass opposition to its weak opposition to the Chirac government's decision to resume nuclear testing, anti-nuclear campaigners

  • Brisbane rally against testing

    Brisbane rally against testingBRISBANE — More than 500 angry people rallied outside the French Consulate on June 23 to protest against the decision by French President Jacques Chirac to resume nuclear

  • Uranium sales condemned

    Uranium sales condemnedPERTH — At a media conference on June 21, the Greens (WA), the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, People for Nuclear Disarmament and Christian Centre for Social Action condemned the

  • New union-environment coalition in SA

    ADELAIDE — The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) Building Division and the Conservation Council formally established the Coalition of Unions and Environment Groups (CUE) on June 5, World Environment Day.

  • University students, staff oppose Nile appointment

    WOLLONGONG — The appointment of Call to Australia (CTA) leader Fred Nile to the University of Wollongong Council has created outrage here. On June 6, 1000 students attended a meeting to debate the issue; three days later 200

  • Tensions grow in Mt Isa

    Tensions grow in Mt IsaBRISBANE — Tensions are growing in Mt Isa once more as workers express concern over the future of enterprise bargaining at the MIM mine, scene of a major lockout in May. On June 16, Premier Wayne

  • Profits will not save jobs at BHP

    NEWCASTLE — This city and steel production go hand in hand. For more than eight decades, BHP has been a major employer and has profoundly influenced the culture of the city. In 1912, in contravention of its party

  • Secret plans to expand Sydney airport

    Secret plans to expand Sydney airportWhile protests by Sydney residents affected by aircraft noise and pollution continue, it has been revealed that the Federal Airports Corporation (FAC) is quietly hatching a plan for a

  • Socialist slams 'poverty state'

    Socialist slams 'poverty state'BRISBANE — "Why is Queensland, the state which Premier Wayne Goss and Treasurer Keith De Lacy always boast is the best managed economy in the nation, the leader in poverty?", asked Democratic

  • Anti-nuclear campaign takes off

    Anti-nuclear campaign takes offSYDNEY — A range of actions, including petitions, consumer boycotts, pickets and demonstrations are being planned in response to the French decision to resume nuclear testing in the