BY STUART MARTIN& MELANIE SJOBERG
Workplace relations minister Peter Reith is yet again planning to tinker with his own draconian industrial relations laws, this time with the aim of ensuring that employers can cut the pay and conditions of workers
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Anger is rising at the rising cost of South Africa's massive rearmament program.
The National Assembly's standing committee on public accounts learned on October 11 that the cost of the program — budgeted at 30 billion rand (US$4.2 billion) in
Giant United States bank Citigroup announced a $3.1 billion third-quarter income and record year-to-date earnings on October 17. But its wealth couldn't help it avoid protests in 50 cities across the US and around the world, which demanded that
While little has been revealed about the discussions during the first formal round of negotiations between the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) and Australia on the future of the Timor Gap Treaty, the Australian
BY HELEN BRANSGROVE
SYDNEY — Sixty people marched on the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre on October 14 to protest against the mandatory jailing in grim, high-security prisons of men, women and children seeking refuge from persecution.
BY MARGARET ALLUM
A radio commentator in Melbourne remarked during the September 11-13 (S11) protests there against the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting that he had noticed a "female firebrand" inciting others to join the blockade of the Crown
The state of Israel was founded on a lie: that Palestine was an empty land. "Land without people for a people with no land" was the Zionists' slogan.
Even after the majority of Palestinians had been expelled, Israel's prime minister, Golda Meir,
WEST BANK, October 13 — A few days ago, the Palestinian people experienced a turning point as their struggle against the Israeli occupation reached a new peak. The people witnessed a savage Israeli bombardment using tanks, rockets and helicopters.
BY MARG PERROTT
WOLLONGONG — The Joy Mining picket will end this week when the 60 workers return to work after 29 weeks "on the grass", having beaten an attempt by the company to break their union and their spirit.
The workers won all their
HAVANA — Almost half the population of Havana — 800,000 people — led by President Fidel Castro, marched on October 18 to protest against the false impression being created by the United States that it has relaxed its blockade against Cuba.
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