Alison Dellit
Women across Australia marched to end violence against women on October 29. While the size of the annual Reclaim the Night marches has declined in capital cities in recent years, the number of marches is increasing, with more women
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Sarah Stephen Hundreds of people have responded with enthusiasm to the call for a convergence on Canberra on November 16 — the day parliament opens. This will be the first opportunity to come together in a national protest against the newly
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Capitalist justice "US Airways Group, in its second journey through Chapter 11 [bankruptcy], had requested that a bankruptcy court impose a 23% pay cut on nearly all of its union workers. A bankruptcy judge on Friday granted the carrier authority
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#3 UWA NTEU supports jailed unionist PERTH — On October 27, the University of Western Australia branch committee of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) passed a motion expressing concern at the jailing of Victorian trade unionist
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Matt Harris, Perth Many University of Western Australia students have been left wondering what the Student Guild actually means by its slogan "your guild, your voice" following the events of October 26. At an ordinary general meeting that day,
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Nicole Hilder, Wollongong Refusing to be intimidated by the September 19 fire-bombing of the Sandon Point Aboriginal Tent Embassy, the "Sandonistas" — Save Sandon Point activists — continue to take on the NSW government, Wollongong Council and
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#2 Green groups slam SE Qld regional plan BRISBANE — Conservation organisations have criticised the Queensland government's draft south-east Queensland regional plan, released for public comment on October 27, labelling it a sham and a threat
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#1 In memory of SIEV X SYDNEY — On October 26, 300 people attended the launch of the National SIEV X Memorial Exhibition. The project was first launched in Canberra in October 2003 to involve high school students in the design of a memorial to
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Pip Hinman Author and filmmaker John Martinkus, who was kidnapped in Baghdad by Iraqi resistance fighters on October 16, has been accused by foreign minister Alexander Downer of deliberately putting himself in danger, and of "giving comfort" to
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Tony Iltis, Melbourne While "Is the left going green?" was the topic for a forum organised by the New International Bookshop on October 21, the discussion was more focused on whether the Greens were going left. Two of the panelists were Greens
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DARWIN — On October 22, 100 Charles Darwin University staff and students rallied in front of the Northern Territory parliament to protest CDU management's refusal to agree to union demands for a 15% wage increase. Further industrial action is
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Liam Mitchell, Sydney As the Christmas holiday period draws near, industrial disputes at Qantas threaten to escalate on three fronts as its management prepares to use Patrick Stevedores-style strike-breaking techniques to defeat a possible strike