Kennett loses by-election
By Maurice Sibelle
MELBOURNE — The Kennett Liberal government lost its second safest seat on February 1 in a by-election for the Gippsland West seat of Wonthaggi. In its first major electoral defeat, the Liberals'
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By Justin Randell
PERTH — A University of Western Australia Guild Council meeting last month called a referendum on continued UWA affiliation to the National Union of Students. This referendum will be held April 14-16. The motion for a
By Norm Dixon
Since early January, the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA), in a joint offensive with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) — an coalition of northern political groups opposed to the military dictatorship — has captured a
By Jeremy Smith
The National Tertiary Education and Industry Union national council in October launched a campaign around three claims: a 15% pay rise, retention of positive aspects of the award and past enterprise bargaining agreements, and
By Kerryn Williams and Nadeem Ansari
CANBERRA — An Amnesty International forum on February 4, the 49th anniversary of Sri Lankan independence, heard a Catholic priest, Dr Edwin Savundranayagum, describe the massive human rights violations against
Mobil, Toyo take on unions
By Dave Mizon
MELBOURNE — At a mass meeting held at Williamstown Town Hall on February 5, members of the construction, electrical and metalworker unions were informed of the ongoing dispute at Mobil Altona's catalytic
Arthur Miller's play about the 1692 witch-trials in Salem, Massachusetts, written in 1953 at the height of the McCarthyite anti-communist crusade, has come to the big screen.
Correction
A subediting error in the article "The ALP, ethnic communities and the cult(ure) of difference" in the February 5 edition of Green Left Weekly incorrectly described Robert Manne as the former Fraser government minister for Aboriginal
Werribee residents oppose toxic dump
By Ian Haywood
MELBOURNE — A strong community campaign has arisen in Werribee, a town just west of Melbourne, in response to a planned toxic dump on the town's outskirts. The site is an exhausted quarry
Activists promote unity in Redfern
By Andrew Gianniotis
SYDNEY — Establishment newspapers say the Aboriginal community in Redfern is divided and that the area is experiencing a "crime spree". Is this true? Resistance activists decided to see
By Jon Lamb
Over the past few weeks Indonesian military, security agents and pro-integration youth thugs from GARDIPAKSI have terrorised East Timorese youth in Dili and other regional centres. Scores of young Timorese have been rounded up, detained
@columhead = No-one told us before
"Police often have very difficult decisions to make in the course of their work, and a code which gives them practicable and sensible guidelines will be very helpful." — Phil Tunchon, president of the NSW Police
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