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Same crap, but more of it

The announcement was made on February 10: Premier Magazines is the result of a $100-million joint publishing venture by Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) and Time Inc. and will change our newsstands forever. Or will it? The launch of Premier

On the box

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Blockade, rallies to stop Jabiluka

By Sarah Peart The Federal Court's decision on February 11 to reject the legal challenge by a senior traditional owner of the Mirrar people, Yvonne Margarula, makes a stepped-up public campaign against the Jabiluka uranium mine more urgent. The

Tax office sackings defeated

By Chris Slee and Stan Thompson Managers in the Individual Non-Business Taxes (INB) section of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) have announced that they will not go ahead with plans for compulsory redundancies. The plans have been hanging over

Youth forum unites candidates

Youth forum unites candidates By Will Williams and Amanda Lawrence CANBERRA 鈥� On February 13, Resistance organised a discussion between young people and youth candidates standing in the February 21 ACT elections. The Democratic Socialists' Nick

Movement against new Gulf War

Anti-war activists around the country have quickly mobilised to oppose another US-led war against Iraq. Anti-war coalitions have been formed in many cities, and pickets and protests have been organised. In Melbourne, reports Ben Reid, 300 people

Robo-shlock: the bad '80s teen movie goes sci-fi

Robo-shlock: the bad '80s teen movie goes sci-fi Starship TroopersDirected by Paul VerhoevanNow screening in major cinemas. By Conrad Barrett It's the future and sexism and racism have been eliminated; there's world peace and everyone has an

MUA stop-work meetings express determination to win

Maritime Union of Australia stop-work meetings held around Australia last week to update members on the Webb Dock dispute showed that wharfies and seafarers are angry, determined to win and not alone. The meetings all voted for a $50 levy on members

World trade union network against Rio Tinto launched

World trade union network against Rio Tinto launched World trade union network against Rio Tinto launched By Norm Dixon Trade unions with members in the Rio Tinto corporation have launched a worldwide network to defend workers' pay and

Right-wing threat to Rabelais

By Ray Fulcher MELBOURNE 鈥� La Trobe University's student newspaper, Rabelais, is threatened with closure by the right-wing coalition which controls the Student Representative Council. Last week, right-wing students from the Liberal Club, Labor

Blair Labour's 'reforms'

[Printed here are excerpts from three articles in Socialist Appeal analysing the British Labour government's social policies.] 'Welfare to work'? The Labour government intends to introduce workfare for the long-term unemployed. Workfare is an

Sydney action to defend abortion rights

Sydney action to defend abortion rights An emergency meeting of abortion rights campaigners in Sydney on February 14 decided to organise an action to protest against the charges laid in WA. The action will be held on Friday, February 20, at 5.30pm.