By Peter Boyle
On May 13 the ACTU executive rejected a call by several unions covering low-paid workers for a national wage claim of $8 per week for workers who had not managed to strike enterprise bargains with their employers.
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Sacrifice
While the ACTU is determined to sacrifice wages for the sake of "the economy", some of the highest salary earners in the country don't have the same approach to their incomes. Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett (on $131,771 a year, plus
Language dispute in Xanana trial
By Jana D.K.
Jakarta — Proceedings in the trial of Fretilin leader Xanana Gusmao resumed May 12 after a week's delay while the Dili court attempted to resolve the question of Xanana's defence
Non-stories
Stop the presses! Hold the front page! An advertising billboard featuring a near-naked human body has been erected in inner-city Melbourne and there has been no protest!
Oh yeah, big news.
On a railway hoarding in the
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Police on May 9 were unable to stop more than 50,000 opposition demonstrators from marching through the centre of the Russian capital and onto symbolically important Red Square.
Built around the anniversary of
Someone's going to get hurt ...
Dead Lines
Written by Kate Gillick
Directed by Robin Laurie
Performed by Stephen Burton, David Joseph, Lisa Small and Phil Sumner
Musicians: Shirley Billing, Rachel Cogan and Irine Vela
At the
Tongan democrats seek support
Leading Tongan democracy activist Akilisi Pohiva has indicated that the pro-democracy movement is changing its strategy.
Pohiva said on April 28 that, instead of pushing for more democracy solely from within
Rape Crisis Centre to close
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — Workers at the Rape Crisis Centre learned of its end in a blunt fax from the minister for family and community services, Martin Evans, on May 12. The centre will be amalgamated
Gay man murdered in Adelaide
By Alison Dellit
ADELAIDE — A homosexual man was murdered here last week, exactly 21 years after the infamous drowning of Dr George Duncan.
Duncan, a gay professor at Adelaide University, was bashed and
Taking up the Breast Cancer Challenge — A special presentation, conducted in three languages, aims to inform and educate women from all ethnic backgrounds about a cancer that kills six women a day in Australia. Between 70,000 and 80,000 women
The North East Forest Alliance is calling for a full investigation into the operations of the NSW north coast woodchipping company, Sawmillers Exports Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Boral Timbers P/L, following the revelation that the company has
By Norm Dixon
A firm date for South Africa's first non-racial general election is to be set by June 3. After a week of discussions beginning on April 30, representatives of South Africa's key 26 political organisations agreed that a
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