By John Gauci& Jenny Long, Sydney
On June 25, NSW public school and TAFE teachers will stop work for two hours to plan industrial action in response to the state Labor government's failure to adequately fund public education through the state
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CANBERRA — Ali Kazak, head of the Palestinian delegation in Canberra, and James Crafti from the Socialist Alliance addressed an emergency rally on July 13 organised by Australians for Justice and Peace in Palestine. The protesters called for an end
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Mission impossible "You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror." — Emperor George Bush II, September 6. Lost in space "Downgrading Pluto's status will cause psychological harm to some Californians who
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Lynda Smith In their second week at sea, from the South Bellona Reef 500 miles north-west of Brisbane, the seven-person crew of the Flotillas of Hope expressed their ongoing gratitude to all who continue to support them and their desire to be
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Emma Clancy, Sydney Radical young activists from around Australia will be converging on Sydney from July 8-10 for three days of political discussion and campaign planning at the 35th Resistance national conference, themed "Unfuck the world:
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Sam Wainwright, Perth Forty workers employed by Total Corrosion Control (TCC) are being sued for up to $28,600 each for being 15 minutes late for work after a union meeting. The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) is being sued for
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SYDNEY — On May 20, "Public Education Day", around 60 teachers and supporters of public education rallied outside federal education minister Brendan Nelson's office in Lindfield. The rally, organised by the Middle Harbour Teachers Association of
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Nick Fredman, Lismore Following a successful tour last September, Unions NSW has again decked out a bus in orange and the Rights at Work logo and taken the campaign against the federal government's Work Choices legislation to regional NSW. Many of
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Brianna Pike, Melbourne Fourteen RMIT students marched into the main cafeteria of the university's city campus on September 21 to hold a "kiss-off" against homophobia, as part of the RMIT queer collective's Week of Sexuality. Marti Fooks, organiser
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Selena Black, Sydney Postal workers across NSW, Victoria and Queensland went on strike for 24 hours on May 13, following the breakdown of negotiations over a new enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) and Australia Post's unwillingness to accept
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Peter Boyle Michael Gerson, US President George Bush's chief speechwriter for the past seven years, is retiring from the White House. Someone else will have to come up with phrases like "axis of evil", "the soft bigotry of low expectations" and
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In a July 29 media release, the refugee rights group Project SafeCom condemned the immigration department's decision to order a sick nine-year-old Afghan boy living in community detention in Brisbane to be relocated to the detention facility on