Pakistani teachers arrested
Some 200 teachers were arrested in Lahore on July 29. They were about to
protest against the Punjab provincial government's decision to privatise
schools. Hundreds of cops had been deployed since early
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Health workers reject pay offer
BRISBANE — Non-nursing health unions rejected a Queensland government pay offer on August 1. The Labor government offered its 32,000 non-nursing health workers a pay increase of 3.5% or $23, whichever is the
BY JIM GREEN
On July 26,
the federal government released a draft environmental impact statement
about the planned national radioactive waste dump near Woomera in South
Australia and a fine farce the EIS is, too.
The government
BY NORM DIXON
US President George Bush will order a massive military attack on Iraq sometime in the next six months. However, the US ruling class has yet to agree on exactly how the war will be conducted, what its eventual scale will be or on its
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Dressed in riot gear, British police and immigration officers broke down the door of a mosque in Lye, West Midlands, with a battering ram in the early hours of July 24. Two Afghan asylum seekers who had sought sanctuary there 28
BY MURRAY ADDISON
AUCKLAND On July 27, New Zealand's third general election held
under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) electoral system
election was held. The campaign was notable for the few issues raised and
BY TERRICA STRUDWICK
ROCKHAMPTON On July 29, Consolidated Meat Group decided to close
the Lakes Creek meatworks after a seven-month industrial dispute. The 600
remaining staff, including management, have been laid off.
The dispute
SYDNEY — On August 13, Dendy Opera Quays Cinemas' will screen two of John Pilger's acclaimed The Timor Conspiracy and his latest documentary, The New Rulers of The World.
Pilger is a renowned Australian journalist and documentary filmmaker whose
NTEU elections
In response to Vicki Sentas, Bruce Lindsay and Justin Bare's criticism (Write On, GLW 501) of my article in GLW 499 on the NTEU elections: I reported the respective tickets' own characterisation of their achievements without comment
BY FELICITY MARTIN
MELBOURNE "We are not your enemies" was the message given by temporary protection visa holder Qureshi, at the Trade Unionists for Refugee Rights (TURR) kit launch at the Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC) August 1.
BY ALISON DELLIT
If anybody still doubted that the corporate media is dominated by sexist, anti-democratic scandal-mongerers, the coverage of the Democrats' split has provided plenty of proof.
The "reporting" on the resignation of former
Armed Israeli settlers who went on a rampage throughout Hebron on July
28 shot dead Nevine Musa Jamjoum, a 14-year-old Palestinian from the town.
Tens of armed settlers went on a violent rampage, attacking Palestinians,
breaking into houses
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