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  • 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

  • IWD: 'no sexism, no war!'

    IWD: 'no sexism, no war!' Erin Cameron, Melbourne On March 6, 250 people attended an International Women's Day march under the banner "Women against war, racism and sexism". Aboriginal rights activist Leonora Jackson explained the extreme

  • Union organises aid for Lebanon

    A former union organiser in Australia, Sari Kassis, is in war-torn southern Lebanon helping 750 displaced people sheltering in a local school. Kassis is appealing for help as hundreds of thousands of Lebanese families flee their homes. "Internally

  • 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

  • Johnston defence committee gears up for court hearing

    Michael Bull, Melbourne Since its first meeting on February 10, the Defend Craig Johnston Committee has planned a range of activities to defend the former Victorian secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU). Johnston is

  • US bombers get the nod

    Jon Lamb, Darwin On November 18 it was revealed by defence minister Robert Hill that one of the outcomes of the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN), held on November 17-18, was that the Australian government had given the

  • Women students meet

    MELBOURNE — The annual Network of Women Students Australia conference was held at Melbourne University on July 10-14. The national conference brought together more than 60 women students for a week of discussion around the theme "Pushing

  • 'Thought crimes'

    Kim Bullimore, Melbourne On February 24, 35 people attended a legal briefing by Brian Walters, president of Liberty Victoria and lawyer for one of the "Melbourne 10" arrested in the November 8 "terrorism" raids. The meeting was organised by

  • News briefs 1

    ADELAIDE — A mass meeting of state public service unionists has been called for February 24 to discuss the dispute between the Public Service Association and the South Australian government over wages and conditions. The call came at a 200-strong

  • MUA, CFMEU: fighting Howard's laws

    Sarah Smith, Perth PM John "Howard makes laws to suit himself and the laws are all designed to smash us", said Kevin Reynolds, Western Australian secretary of the construction division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU),

  • End the war, says visiting Palestinian MP

    Clayton McDonald, Sydney There are 800,000 children under 14 years of age in Gaza, and the sonic booms being deliberately created by low-flying Israeli military aircraft are inflicting psychological damage on these children, Dr Bernard Sabella, a

  • Ballarat uni tries a bribe

    Sue Bull, Ballarat After the defeat by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) last year of two ballots for a non-union enterprise agreement at the University of Ballarat, management resorted to offering Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs)