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  • Camp builds N-dump campaign

    ADELAIDE — A bush camp was held near Coober Pedy from September 29 to October 1 to build the campaign against the federal government's plan for a national nuclear waste dump in South Australia. The Kulini Kulini ("Are you

  • Labor plans to close Sydney container terminals

    SYDNEY — NSW Labor Premier Bob Carr told the annual NSW Labor Party conference on October 5 that the NSW government does not plan to renew the leases for Patrick Stevedores' Darling Harbour and P&O's White Bay and Glebe

  • Rally calls for Medicare to be extended

    MELBOURNE — Two-hundred people attended a rally to defend and extend Medicare on October 3. Victorian Trades Hall Council president and Textile Clothing and Footwear Union state secretary Michele O'Neil told the rally that the

  • Smorgon Steel strike ends

    MELBOURNE — Twenty-five electricians at Smorgon Steel have ended their strike, in pursuit of a new enterprise agreement, after 227 days. The dispute is the longest in the history of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), which covers

  • Construction workers protest attack on unions

    BY RUSSELL PICKERING& PAUL BENEDEK Last week, thousands of construction workers walked off Perth and Sydney work sites in protest against federal government plans to undermine pass legislation restricting the ability of unions to defend workers'

    BY RUSSELL PICKERING
    & PAUL BENEDEK

    Last week, thousands of construction workers walked off Perth and Sydney work sites in protest against federal government plans to undermine pass legislation restricting the ability of unions to defend workers' wages and conditions in the construction industry.

  • Action Updates

    Further Medicare rally planned MELBOURNE — At its September 25 meeting, the Defend and Extend Medicare (DEM) group voted to follow its planned October 3 rally with another on November 7. DEM joint coordinator Joe Toscano, arguing for the

  • WA teachers rally for public education

    PERTH — On September 24, 500 angry public school teachers rallied outside the Western Australian parliament to demand that Premier Geoff Gallop's Labor government agree to the log of claims their union has put to the government.

  • Parramatta students protest

    SYDNEY — In the biggest ever protest on the campus, more than 100 students and staff from University of Western Sydney, Parramatta campus marched on the senate inquiry into higher education, which was holding one of its two NSW

  • Ruddock 'celebrated'

    SYDNEY — On September 22, the "Friends of Philip Ruddock" celebrated his 30th year in parliament. Partygoers paid more than $100 each to join the immigration minister, Prime Minister John Howard and a long list of other

  • GLW is taking a break

    Green Left Weekly is taking a one-week break. The next issue will be dated October 15.From Green Left Weekly, October 1, 2003. Visit the Green Left Weekly home page.

  • Bush visit sparks anti-war protest preparations

    Activists around Australia are preparing for big anti-war protests to coincide with the visit to Australia by US President George Bush. Bush is expected to arrive any time after October 21. The biggest protest is likely to be in

  • Members First nominates candidate

    CANBERRA — Members First, the rank-and-file network in the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), has nominated Andrew Hall as a candidate to be the union's national president. An election for the position will be held in