By Bernard Wunsch
BRISBANE — Around 150 students rallied outside the student union offices on April 30. Students stormed inside the offices and voted to maintain an occupation until the executive resigns. The occupation is continuing at the time
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By Wendy Robertson
SYDNEY — A picket of 25 angry students greeted John Howard at Sydney University when he attended the graduation of his daughter on May 2. The picket was organised by the Student Representative Council and supported by many
TSURUGA, Japan — Nuclear expert Professor Jochen Benecke said after meetings with Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (PNC) officials at the end of March that he is not convinced by the company's safety analysis of its ability to
By Cameron Parker
SYDNEY — Worksafe Australia, the federal government's occupational health and safety (OHS) agency, has had its funds cut by over $10 million by the Howard Liberal government, with 118 of staff positions (over half) being
By Norm Dixon
At least 19 rural workers were massacred, and more than 50 injured, by police in the Brazilian state of Para in the eastern Amazon region on April 17. At least 80 workers are missing. More than 250 military police ambushed 4000
There is endless Light above me
That shines for all (who would see)
My Light sustains life's brilliance
Discounting the darkness of concrete
and steel, it gives my soul and
spirit resilience.
When my mortal vision becomes myopic
By Chris Spindler
SYDNEY — The Australian newspaper on April 27 carried advertisements for waterfront workers. These workers are part of the federal government's plan to break the Maritime Union of Australia by encouraging new stevedoring
By Rob Graham
Western Mining Corporation (WMC) has already started on a $1 billion expansion of its Olympic Dam uranium mine at Roxby Downs. A 113.5 km pipeline is being constructed to pump water from a new bore field ("B"), from the Great Artesian
From April 14 to 16, more than 50 delegates from around Indonesia met at an extraordinary congress to discuss the future of the Peoples Democratic Union (PRD). During the last 18 months, the PRD has developed as the most systematic, militant,
By Pip Hinman
"The death in custody of a 22-year-old man [on April 24] is further proof of the total disregard to implement all of the Royal Commission recommendations into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody by the Court government in Western Australia",
CANBERRA — In the last 13 years, there have been few big industrial actions to defend wages and conditions. TIM GOODEN, NOEL BARTONE and STEVE CROFTS are Community and Public Sector Union workplace delegates in the ACT government. They explain why
By Norm Dixon
The 1.6 million member Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) reinforced its opposition to anti-worker Â鶹´«Ã½ of South Africa's draft constitution by bringing the country to a standstill on April 30. The general strike and
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