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  • Sports workers score better conditions

    New South Wales Rugby League players have negotiated the best employment conditions of professional sports people in Australia. The players are members of the Rugby League Players' Union, which joined the Media, Entertainment

  • Qld PSU members act against cuts

    BRISBANE - Meetings of members of the Public Sector Union in the Department of Social Security here have voted to impose additional half-day office closures as an expression of "deep concern" over funding cuts to salary budgets and

  • Socialist conference builds more links

    SYDNEY - A range of exciting projects to develop links between socialists and progressive movements in Australia and around the world was discussed at the Democratic Socialist Party's 15th national conference, held January 3-8.

  • Judge slams secret phone taps

    BRISBANE - Supreme Court Judge John Dowsett has said he is "heartily sick" of government agencies' applications to install secret listening devices in Queensland. Speaking on January 12 during a Criminal Justice Commission

  • Nick Masterman

    SYDNEY - Independent green councillor Nick Masterman died on January 2, after being diagnosed as suffering from the asbestos-related disease, mesothelioma, in late November. He is believed to have contracted the disease while working as an apprentice

  • Richmond school struggle in critical phase

    MELBOURNE - The year-long struggle over Richmond Secondary College appears to have entered its most critical phase. Despite its public agreement to re-establish a coeducational facility in the area, the Kennett government has

  • Shorter working week

    Overtime rates should be cut to discourage workers working longer hours, says former Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) president Julian Disney. Professor Disney's comments follow last November's statement by the

  • Workers ban exports to PNG

    Port Kembla grain terminal workers voted unanimously on January 13 to ban exports to Papua New Guinea. The ban will prevent a scheduled shipment of grain from leaving Port Kembla on January 28. Announcing the ban, South

  • Biala picket

    BRISBANE - Six people were arrested on January 14 after a picket to save the detoxification hospital at Biala. The Goss government is planning to close the 29-bed detoxification hospital on January 16 as the first stage in

  • Last issue for 1993

    Last issue for 1993 This is the last issue of Green Left Weekly for the year. We have included a larger than usual number of feature articles to provide interesting reading throughout the holidays. Our thanks and best holiday wishes to the

  • PSU Challenge aims to strengthen union

    CANBERRA — Defeat of the incumbents in the ACT branch Public Sector Union elections has sent a shiver down the spine of the local ALP officialdom. With around 21,000 members, the PSU is the largest union in the ACT. It is not

  • SA elections: alternative candidates

    As long as the economic rationalist ethos prevails in the major parties, the needs of the majority will continue to be sidelined for the interests of big business. Here is a brief guide to the alternative candidates standing in the SA state