Union beats Yallourn Energy
By Michael Bull
MELBOURNE — Energy unions have claimed victory in an increasingly bitter battle over the future of Victoria's power industry, after the Australian Industrial Relations Commission ruled in the
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Austria's Pauline Hanson
Comment by Margaret Allum
Despite enjoying one of the highest standards of living in the world, 27% of Austrians voted for Jorg Haider's far-right Freedom Party in October. On February 4, eight members of the Freedom
By Graham Matthews
BRISBANE — On February 5, voters in the Queensland seats of Bundamba and Woodridge returned Labor members at by-elections. Both Labor candidates were elected with more than 50% of the primary vote. In Bundamba, Jo-Ann Miller
By Linda Kaucher
SYDNEY — Cuba's Olympic Committee announced Havana's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games on February 7, during its visit to Sydney. The delegation, headed by committee vice-president Angel Iglesias, came not just to check
Protest against Ruddock
PERTH — Twenty people protested against immigration minister Philip Ruddock here on February 9. The protesters demanded the repeal of the Border Protection Act, full welfare rights for migrants and refugees, and an open
Blockade of Beverley uranium mine planned
By Bronwen Beechey
ADELAIDE — Opponents of uranium mining plan to set up a blockade of the Beverley uranium mine in South Australia from February 25. The mine is situated in the foothills of the
Oleg Shein is the only elected revolutionary Marxist in the new State Duma of Russia. He is one of these characters who seems to work non-stop around the clock, seven days a week. The group he represents, the Movement for a Workers Party (MWP), was
Write On: Letters to the editor
Entitlement fund
The bankruptcy of National Textiles, with unpaid workers and directors getting a bonus for increased productivity, has left workers and the public scandalised and angry. Job security is gone and
As was Hitler
"You cannot compare us with right-wing extremists in other countries. We are a special product of the Austrian political scene." — Jorg Haider, leader of Austria's ultra-right Freedom Party.
That's reassuring
"Their [Romania's]
Free the refugees!
By Sean Healy
Having fled misery, oppression and persecution, Australia's asylum seekers are greeted with little better when they arrive in this country. Labelled as criminals by the federal government because they arrive the
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