The six unions in metal manufacturing have launched a wage claim for pay rises totalling 6% over the next two years. Stronger union shops will also pursue enterprise deals. The claim will affect about 7000 companies. The rises would be in four
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The Proceedings of Ecopolitics V Edited by Ronnie Harding University of NSW Centre for Liberal and General Studies $40 ($45 to non-registrants) Reviewed by Carolyn Beecham The proceedings of the Ecopolitics V conference, held at the
A position paper on Aboriginal deaths in custody was prepared by the National Committee to Defend Black Rights and presented in Geneva in July to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations by Helen Corbett, NCDBR chairperson.
In the Mix: The commodification of Malcolm X — In November, Spike Lee's much touted new film on the life of Malcolm X screens in the US. It marks the end point of Malcolm's regeneration in the politics and culture of Black America. Young
Right takes Young Labor SYDNEY — In elections for NSW Young Labor on September 6, for the first time in 20 years the right factions won the positions of state president and state secretary. The left immediately cried foul and announced it
Melanie By Melanie Woss Edited and compiled by Fiona Giles Picador, 1992 Reviewed by Carolyn Beecham Melanie Woss committed suicide in 1989 at the age of 17. She was one of 380 young people in Australia, aged between 15 and 24, who took
Newcastle students fight cuts By Tim E. Stewart NEWCASTLE — Responding to cuts to education in the last federal budget, and frustrated by the inactivity of the University of Newcastle SRC and NUS, campus activists have formed a Committee
In June Amnesty International secretary general Ian Martin addressed the annual general meeting of the US section of Amnesty in Los Angeles. The following is an excerpt from his speech on human rights in the US, reported in the September issue of
Anger over rape verdict By Adam Hanieh ADELAIDE — On August 24, a court here acquitted a man accused of raping his wife. The judge's remarks to the jury outraged many people. The judge told the jury that it was quite astounding the
By Carolyn Beecham SYDNEY — There is a "policy vacuum" on energy issues in the NSW government and the state Electricity Commission, says Greenpeace. Conventional power stations produce over 50% of greenhouse gas emissions in NSW, and the
ADELAIDE — About 50 people rallied outside the Santos building on September 12 to protest against the South Australian-based oil company's plan to begin drilling operations in the Timor Gap. John Wishart, representing the CFMEU, condemned the
National estate forests threatened by APPM By Natasha Simons HOBART — Large sections of the Tarkine forests, situated in the north-west of Tasmania, are threatened with logging by APPM. The company plans to set up a world-scale pulp mill in
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