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Toxic chemical bill launched

Toxic chemical bill launched By Pip Hinman MELBOURNE — Legislation aimed at regulating the chemical industry was launched by independent Senator Janet Powell, WA Greens Senator Christabel Chamarette and Hazardous Materials Action Group

Blockade delays logging

Blockade delays logging By Tyrion Perkins CANBERRA — The Wilderness Society and Deua Action Committee blockaded loggers from an area of wilderness just south of the Deua National Park in NSW in mid-February. This area in the Narooma

NUS, ACTU campaign against Coalition

NUS, ACTU campaign against Coalition By Kylie Budge MELBOURNE — Mark Seymour from the band Hunters and Collectors was one of the speakers addressing the February 22 launch of a joint National Union of Students-ACTU campaign against the

What the Liberals would do to our lives

Comment by Steve Painter Anyone in doubt as to what Australia might look like under a Hewson government need search no further than New Zealand and Britain. There is little that's new in the Liberals' Fightback package. It is mostly borrowed

'Award' for World Bank

'Award' for World Bank Friends of the Earth in the United States last month presented the World Bank with the Worst Performance of the Year award because of its 1992 energy lending. The bank, said FoE, won for "by disregarding its own

Mapuche of Chile demand self-determination

By Jaqueline Diaz and Nancy Nuñez The indigenous Mapuche people of Chile are fighting for recognition, self-determination and land rights against a military determined to protect the profits of logging companies. Their struggle also has

400,000 attend Mardi Gras

ay and Lesbian Mardi Gras was an exuberant festivity, with an estimated 400,000 watching the parade, which festival organisers described as a celebration of the community's self-pride, or participating in other festival activities. The

First Green elected to WA parliament

First Green elected to WA parliament By Teresa Szunejko PERTH — The first Green member of the WA Legislative Council has been elected. Counting of preferences gave Greens (WA) candidate Jim Scott the edge over the Democrats and

Victorian employment contracts to cut wages

By Peter Boyle MELBOURNE — On March 1, some 800,000 workers in Victoria covered by state awards are forced to make a choice: sign an employment contract (individual or collective) or have award conditions automatically rolled over into an

'Anti-gay, go away!'

'Anti-gay, go away!' By Joy McEntee HOBART — Anti-gay, anti-choice campaigner Fred Nile was confronted by 50 angry protesters from Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group and Women's Action Group when he arrived at the airport here on

UN sanctions compound Iraqi devastation

By Sean Malloy Continued UN sanctions and the January 14 bombing of Iraq have intensified the misery experienced by the Iraqi population and eliminated the possibility of a moderate social and economic recovery. The United Nations

Why unions are failing their members

By Peter Boyle On the eve of the Kennett government's Employee Relations Act coming into operation in Victoria, there is hardly a union official in the state who is prepared to say in public what most rank and file unionists know: that the