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Marie Martinez, Darwin Opposition is growing to attempts to crush the Charles Darwin University Students' Union. On September 29, 150 students and staff demonstrated in defence of the CDUSU and against the recently announced slashing of almost 400

Peter Boyle This could be the most pleasant correction Green Left Weekly has ever had to make: The final tally for our $100,000 Emergency Appeal was not $110,615 as reported in the last issue, but a whopping $117,156.05! This tremendous response

Takver, Melbourne Anti-nuclear activists have replied to advocates of nuclear power with a comprehensively damning report, "Nuclear power - no solution to climate change". Fifty people attended the launch of the report at Northcote Town Hall on

Michael Ascroft, Melbourne On October 2-3, the socialist youth organisation Resistance, which is affiliated to the Socialist Alliance, held its 43th national conference at Trades Hall in Melbourne. Participants from Resistance branches across

Ray Jackson, Sydney In reply to written requests to our new premier Morris Iemma and our new minister for Aboriginal affairs Milton Oskopoulos, sent on August 15, the Indigenous Social Justice Association was contacted by the chief of staff of the

Susan Price, Melbourne On September 30, the National Tertiary Education Union's national council overwhelmingly endorsed a motion to continue to resource a political and industrial campaign that includes building NTEU involvement in the November

Jim McIlroy Members of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) employed in Centrelink are holding rolling stop-work meetings around the country in their campaign for a fair enterprise bargaining agreement. The previous agreement expired on

In the article titled "New ACT peace coalition" in Green Left Weekly #643, Mohammed Berjaoui was mistakenly said to represent the Canberra Islamic Centre. He is in fact a representative of the ACT Islamic Society.From Green Left Weekly, October 12,

Making a killing I "The most significant revelation of 'Executive Excess' concerned the growth in profits by companies involved in providing services, goods and military 'expertise' to the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since 9/11, CEOs heading

Nick Hamilton, Melbourne More than 200 people attended the Third Australian Conference in Solidarity with Latin America at Trades Hall on October 1. The event opened with presentations by Nelson Davila, Venezuelan charge d'affaires to Australia,

Alex Bainbridge, Hobart Commercial media, politicians and business commentators are describing as a "rail crisis" the September 27 announcement by Pacific National Tasmania that it will cease freight rail services between Hobart and Burnie unless

James Vassilopoulos, Melbourne A 15-day strike at Australian Envelopes ended on September 28 with occupational, health and safety representative and union delegate Matthew Stephen losing his job, but with union activism stronger at the factory.