Ben Courtice, Melbourne
According to the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), 35 casual workers employed at Ballarat's MaxiTrans, which builds semi-trailers, have been sacked while 25 guest worker welders hired last year have been kept
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Kathy Newnam, Darwin Opponents of the nuclear industry took their message to the federal parliamentary inquiry into uranium resources when it met in Darwin on October 24. Deceptively calling itself "the inquiry into developing Australia's
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Protest for Kashmiri self-determination CANBERRA — Members of Canberra's Pakistani community rallied on February 5 in Garema Place to mark Kashmir Solidarity Day. They demanded a referendum in occupied Kashmir to decide the territory's future.
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Sarah Stephen Soon after the federal government's decision to grant 42 West Papuan asylum seekers temporary protection visas, an April 2 national day of action in solidarity with West Papua welcomed the decision while urging the government not to
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SYDNEY — Members of the Maritime Union of Australia employed at the Glebe Island car terminal refused to go to work on October 14 after hearing of a NSW Labor government plan to fast-track the site's closure. With the support of Unions NSW and the
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On September 24, refugee supporters placed 80 pairs of children's shoes outside the office of the Liberal member for Dobell, Ken Ticehurst, out of respect for the 80 children still held in detention by the Coalition government. The protest was a
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Ray Fulcher, Melbourne Joseph "Jack" Thomas was sentenced to five years' jail on March 31 for receiving $3500 and an airline ticket from an al Qaeda operative. Thomas was convicted by the Victorian supreme court in February of receiving support
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#2 Sydney Social Forum a success SYDNEY — More than 300 people attended the third Sydney Social Forum on September 17 19 at the University of Technology, Sydney. The forum was launched with a public forum titled "Keeping it common", which
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Susan Austin, Hobart When the news broke on March 30 that a local El Salvadoran family was being threatened with deportation, the Socialist Alliance and Tasmanians for Refugees called a protest action for that afternoon. The Refugee Review
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Marce Cameron, Brisbane On September 26, PM John Howard will be in Brisbane to officially launch the Coalition's election campaign. A broad alliance of community organisations, activist groups and progressive political parties has called for a
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Susan Austin, Hobart Progressive people in Tasmania shook their heads with disappointment at the initial results of the state's March 18 House of Assembly election. Pre-election polling indicated the Greens were likely to win one-third of the votes
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Kate Stockdale, Sydney On September 11, more than 80 people attended a public forum at the Bankstown Town Hall to discuss the community's response to repressive "anti-terrorism" laws. The forum was initiated by the Socialist Alliance and the