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  • Concerned Citizens picket

    Concerned Citizens picket SYDNEY — The Concerned Citizens group continues to hold a weekly picket outside the Israeli consulate here to demand that all the Palestinians deported by Israel be allowed to return to their homes. The picket

  • PSU rank and file launches election campaign

    PSU rank and file launches election campaignSYDNEY — "I'm not running to show a banner. I'm running because I see on the faces of the members I represent the effects of the pressures and stress that are bearing down on

  • Brisbane campaign for democratic rights escalates

    BRISBANE — Several hundred people joined a rally for democratic rights in Brisbane's Queen Street Mall on February 5. The rally was a response to the Brisbane City Council's campaign to remove all political groups from

  • Loose cannons

    Caput Nullius Arch-reactionary Bulletin columnist David McNicoll says that he regards the Mabo decision on land rights "reversing the 200 year old policy of terra nullius, as at best questionable and at worst unacceptable." He goes on to

  • WA voters dump Labor Inc government

    PERTH — The government of Carmen Lawrence was dumped on February 6, bringing to an end 10 years of Labor in Western Australia. It was a decade marked by shonky business deals with the big end of town and of corruption.

  • A great start to the year

    A great start to the yearThe first two issues of Green Left this year have had a boost in distribution thanks to sales by members of Resistance and the Democratic Socialist Party. Without any special campaign,

  • Bob Brown: 'World needs social justice for all'

    Bob Brown: 'World needs social justice for all'BRISBANE — "Social justice will not have been achieved until everyone in the world has social rights and the right to live", Tasmanian Green MP Bob Brown told a dinner for

  • Queensland health services face cuts

    Queensland health services face cutsBRISBANE — Queensland public hospital services face a cutbacks crisis as administrations attempt to confront a $52 million shortfall in the state health budget. Over the next few

  • Trammies accept deal with Kennett

    Trammies accept deal with KennettMELBOURNE — A mass meeting of members of the Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees Association on February 4 voted overwhelmingly to accept a deal struck between state secretary

  • Williamstown fights transport cuts

    MELBOURNE — Williamstown residents and users of the Williamstown train line are campaigning to prevent closure of the much used line in Melbourne's west. The Kennett government intends closing the line from Newport to

  • Rainbow Warrior on tour of Australia

    Rainbow Warrior on tour of AustraliaPERTH — Greenpeace launched its Cities and Coasts campaign in Fremantle on Australia Day, January 26, with the arrival of its flagship, Rainbow Warrior. The vessel sailed into Fremantle

  • Victorian unions call March 1 general strike and rally

    MELBOURNE — A meeting of 1500 union delegates on February 4 voted unanimously for a March 1 stoppage and rally in Victoria against the Kennett government's reactionary policies. The meeting was considerably smaller than