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  • Tax workers demand union agreement

    MELBOURNE — As of October 18, 11,475 employees of the Australian Taxation Office, 53% of all ATO staff, have signed a petition calling on management to negotiate a new agency agreement with the Community and Public Sector Union when the current

  • Greens, socialists slam Latham's cave-ins

    Peter Boyle The Greens and the Socialist Alliance have condemned the ALP's support for the Coalition government's reactionary legislation on pharmaceutical benefits, "free trade" and "anti-terrorism". Greens Senator Bob Brown said that it is now

  • Bishop calls for jailing of flag burners

    Kiraz Janicke, Sydney Federal Liberal MP Bronwyn Bishop has introduced a private member's bill to make it an offence to destroy or damage the Australian flag. The bill imposes a six-month prison sentence or a fine of up to $11,000. Resistance

  • Bells tolled for children in detention

    SYDNEY — On June 10, refugee-rights group ChilOut marked the passing of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's deadline for children and their parents to be released from immigration detention. In Sydney, 500 people rallied and

  • Boeing workers make gains

    Niko Leka, Newcastle On March 16, Boeing conceded on three demands made by the Australian Workers Union on behalf of 25 aircraft maintenance workers employed at the company's Williamtown centre. The previous day, the AWU lodged objections with the

  • Justice for Hicks and Habib

    Mamdouh Habib's wife Maha Habib, David Hicks' father Terry Hicks and their solicitor Stephen Hopper addressed a public forum at the Granville Youth and Community Recreation Centre on May 29, on the topic: "Justice for Hicks and Habib".From Green Left

  • GLW fund-raising river cruise

    BRISBANE — One hundred people participated in a Green Left Weekly twilight river cruise on February 19, with entertainment from Adrian and Andrew (pictured), Nelson Mansilla and Ovidio Orellana, and delicious Mediterranean food. The cruise

  • $23,000 per day, medical services not included

    Jack Smit Medical care in detention centres is still substandard, and is not at all confined to the past, contrary to former immigration minister Philip Ruddock's allegations on ABC's AM program on May 6. Project SafeCom has been able to confirm

  • Loose cannons

    The Lucky (for some) Country "In just 15 years the average yearly income of some of Australia's most powerful chief executives has risen 564 per cent to $3.4 million, new research shows. Between 1990 and 2005 the average annual regular cash

  • Whistleblower Wilkie takes on "honest" John

    Emma Lord, Sydney Andrew Wilkie has announced that he will run as the Greens' candidate in Prime Minister John Howard's seat of Bennelong. Wilkie made headlines last year when he resigned from the Office of National Assessments (ONA) over the

  • More racist shootings

    Jody Betzien Five men have been charged in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court over the shooting injury of two Aboriginal youths in Rockhampton on January 26, "Australia Day". In separate incidents, a 13-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl are alleged

  • A plea from Iraqis on Nauru

    On February 27 we had a meeting with a senior DIMIA [Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs] officer, and we [were] told that DIMIA will find [a solution to] our problem within two months. Now, the two months have