BY SARAH STEPHEN
In a dawn raid on May 26, state and federal police, immigration officials and Australasian Correctional Management staff descended on the Port Hedland immigration detention centre to seize and remove detainees involved in a May 11
450
BY SEAN HEALY
Fearful of being embarrassed by large anti-corporate protests at the October Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Brisbane, Queensland Labor Premier Peter Beattie is preparing a concerted effort to either intimidate or co-opt
BY ANDREW HALL
CANBERRA — The Socialist Alliance was the best thing to happen on
the left in Australia since the formation of the Communist Party following
the 1917 Russian Revolution — a bold claim from the National Tertiary Education
BY NICK EVERETT
SYDNEY — Angry at federal budget plans to further erode access to social security and toughen "mutual obligation", local residents, indigenous community representatives, welfare recipients and Centrelink staff met in inner-city
BY PATRICIA CORCORAN & ARUN PRADHAN
The immediate measure to demand of "our" government is the unconditional right of entry and residence for all those who come here — an open door.
Upon arrival, immigrants should be given equal access to
BY KAMALA EMANUEL
HOBART — In a move that has shocked workers in women's and children's refuges, the Tasmanian Labor government announced plans on May 11 to close one of the four refuges in the south of the state, while the other three will have
BY MARIA VOUKELATOS
SYDNEY — Coming hard on the heels of launches of local Socialist
Alliance groups across the city, 25 students at Sydney University gathered
on May 23 to launch the alliance on their campus.
Student activist Dom Rowe,
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — Seventy of ship-builder Incat's 900 workers finished work on May 25 after accepting voluntary redundancies. The company extended an earlier deadline for workers to apply for redundancies but threatened forced sackings
BY DAVID BASS
LAHORE — A 250-strong demonstration at the Lahore Press Club has supported a boycott by social and political organisations here of World Bank consultations for a new "Country Assistance Strategy".
Representatives of the Joint
BY SEAN HEALY
Organisers of the protest against the Commonwealth Business Council
Forum point to the record of the corporate leaders involved as motivation
for their action.
Hugh Morgan, chief executive, Western Mining Corporation,
BY SUE BULL
GEELONG — Victorian teachers are set to strike on June 19, if the Premier Steve Bracks' Labor government does not reconsider its allocation of funds for education.
The Australian Education Union has called on pre-school, primary,
BY SEAN HEALY
One of the corporations which had a direct part in drawing up George W Bush's new energy policy was Houston-based corporate giant Enron, a US$100 billion empire which trades energy in every corner of the world.
Enron and its chief
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