BY NORM DIXON
Workers in Papua New Guinea have threatened to take action to have an increase in the minimum wage restored after it was revealed that members of parliament, ministers, judges and top public servants were secretly awarded massive pay
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BHP fire crew strike
WOLLONGONG — Eighty Port Kembla fire, ambulance and security workers at BHP's Port Kembla mill went on strike for 24 hours on February 12, forcing the company to stand down 2000 steelworkers whose safety could not be
BY CHRISTOPHER PERKINS
WOLLONGONG — TAFE teachers set up a picket line outside Shellharbour TAFE College on February 15 to protest management's decision to close the innovative Engineering Flexible Training Centre. The teachers have vowed it will
By Lauren Carroll Harris
Everyday, women are oppressed by capitalist society's ideal of "beauty" and are told that what we look like is more important than what we think.
Meanwhile, millions of migrant women work in sweatshops, "honour" killings
BY JOHN McGILL
ADELAIDE — The home of Sandra Saunders, Aboriginal activist and former director of the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement, was raided by court officers on February 13. They were searching for notes and other material relating to a
BY NORM DIXON
Former South African president Nelson Mandela has accused the British and US governments of "shifting the goal posts" by refusing to honour a deal to lift UN sanctions against Libya.
Mandela told the February 9 London Independent
Adelaide: M1 Adelaide. Next organising meeting Thurs Feb 15, 6pm. 5th flr, Union Bldg, Adelaide Uni (Nth Tce). Ph 8231 6982.
Brisbane: May 1 Alliance meeting. Wed Feb 14, 6pm. TLC Bldg, 16 Peel St, Sth Brisbane. Ph 3831 2644.
Canberra: Canberra
Socialist alliance in the Qld elections?
The Democratic Socialists ran two candidates in the February 17 Queensland elections under a slogans: End corruption! Support socialism! For a workers' alternative to Labor!. The two candidates, Adam Baker
By Anne O'Casey
"What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?" asked feminist science fiction writer Ursula LeGuin. Her literary explorations of extra-terrestrial worlds make a vivid commentary on the inhumane state of our society.
BY VIV MILEY
"Australia has definitely put a lot of time and effort into making education, whether it be vocational or higher or schools, be empathetic to the needs of business and the needs of what will make somebody employable", Rafik Mankarious,
Fighting for global justice
ADELAIDE — Twenty people attended a public meeting here on February 10, organised by the International Women's Day collective, to discuss the theme of the March 10 IWD march and rally, "Women fighting for global
BY OREN YIFTACHEL
On February 6, Israel elected its first settler prime minister. Premier-elect
Ariel Sharon, who gave his negotiators 10 days to forge a “national unity”
government with Labour, maintains an official residence in Old
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