By Peter Boyle
On the eve of the ACTU Congress, Democratic Socialist Party national secretary John Percy urged the unions to break its Accord with the Keating Labor government because it had proved to be a millstone around the neck of the
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By Norrian Rundle
MELBOURNE — The Victorian Directorate of School Education's new staffing formula, recently sent to all primary and secondary schools in the state, has provoked industrial action by teachers. The new formula will cut staff
Students rally against Groom's education cutbacks
By Ben Courtice
HOBART — Over 250 students from Hobart's four secondary colleges rallied at Parliament House on August 24 to protest against the Groom Liberal government's cutbacks to
Successful 1993 Queer Collaborations conference
By Tom Flanagan
SYDNEY — Sydney University was the scene of a very successful Queer Collaborations conference from August 13-15. Three hundred and forty students registered for the
Police 'beat wars' against gays
By Jeremy Smith
MELBOURNE — An increase in the number of gay men being arrested by police decoys in Clifton Hill's public places has highlighted what is an ongoing outrage for Melbourne's gay community.
By Zanny Begg
"I just love being on stage", Lucky Dube told Green left Weekly as he prepared for his third tour of Australia. "I love what I do for the people and because of the people." Anyone who has been to a Lucky Dube concert before will
Qld toxic waste dump site 'not safe'
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Two recent scientific reports on Queensland's toxic waste dump at Gurulmundi, 390km west of Brisbane, have questioned its location and impact on underground water systems.
By Allen Jennings
MANAGUA — "They've taken Doris Tijerino", was the first news in a frightening chain of events which brought Nicaragua, once again, to the verge of civil war.
Although Nicaragua's political polarisation is renowned, the
South Africa election fund launched
By Chris Spindler
ADELAIDE — Speakers at the launch of Australians for Democracy In South Africa (ADISA) made an impassioned plea for funds for the ANC election fund and the voter education campaign
By Pip Hinman
Senator Christabel Chamarette is bemused by the recent flood of attention that the two federal parliamentary representatives of the Greens (WA) have received from the mass media. She and fellow Green (WA) Senator Dee Margetts