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GST: no compensation will be enough

By Sue Boland Shortly after the Coalition parties' disastrous result in the Queensland election, an International Monetary Fund delegation to Australia urged the Australian government to maintain its commitment to tax "reform". In an earlier visit,

Rag trade exploits outworkers

Rag trade exploits outworkers By Bridget Riggs MELBOURNE — Fairwear, a community action group campaigning for outworkers' rights, and the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA) have taken companies such as Adidas, Portmans,

Funding slashed as NSW land rights law winds up

Funding slashed as NSW land rights law winds up By Jennifer Thompson SYDNEY — Coinciding with the federal government's attempt at de facto extinguishment of native title, the NSW government has almost halved funding to Aboriginal communities. A

Write on: letters to the editor

Write on: letters to the editor Unions and the ALP Referring to the recent Queensland elections and One Nation, Martin Thomas (GLW #321) says, "We have to turn around the trade unions to tackling the unemployment, poverty, and insecurity on which

Socialists launch new e-mail bulletin

Socialists launch new e-mail bulletin By Al McCall As an adjunct to its political campaigns, the Democratic Socialists have launched an e-mail based information service. Called DS_NET, it is geared toward generating information about the work the

NFF moves on to shearers

By Jorge Jorquera On the waterfront, the National Farmers Federation (NFF) spearheaded the new wave of neo-liberal attacks on workers' wages and conditions by seeking to smash a well-organised union with a militant history — the Maritime Union of

Aboriginal children feature in exhibition

Aboriginal children feature in exhibition Aboriginal art works on the theme "Our children — for those we lost; for those who will lead us" will be focus of the 1998 Mil-PRA art exhibition at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre from July 9 to 27.

Beattie rushes to reassure business

By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Within 24 hours of being sworn in as the new Queensland premier, Labor leader Peter Beattie met with Brisbane's business and industry leaders to confirm the new government was "ready for business". At the meeting on June

GM ups ante in battle with United Auto Workers

By Barry Sheppard In a letter to managers, top General Motors executives have ordered all operations except those related to the company's new full-size pick-up truck halted, and all "non-essential" workers laid off, reports the Wall Street

Pressure builds on Centrelink

Pressure builds on Centrelink By Bill Mason Computer problems with the Newstart Common Platform dealing with processing unemployment and related benefits, and the introduction of the federal government's disastrous new Youth Allowance, have

Rallies oppose racism and economic rationalism

Rallies oppose racism and economic rationalism By William Thomas HOBART — More than 50 people, including many secondary students, rallied in Franklin Square on June 26, to oppose the racist, homophobic agenda of Pauline Hanson's One Nation and

No More Secrets

No More Secrets SYDNEY — An installation aimed at uncovering the secrecy of the two Aboriginal artists' identity, family and indigenous heritage is being held at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre from July 2 to 26. No More Secrets traces how the two