In the article "Victorian AMWU stewards unanimously back leaders" by Sue Bull (GLW #506) it was reported that: "Dave Harrison, Queensland state secretary told organisers' meetings in that state that the union is prepared to sue the Victorian
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BY SIMON CUNICH
& MARK CUNICH
WOLLONGONG
— More than 80 students from The Illawarra Grammar School attended a lunchtime
concert and meeting in support of refugees' rights on September 6. At the
meeting the students voted unanimously
BY NICK EVERETT
SYDNEY — Several hundred participants are expected to attend the inaugural Sydney Social Forum (SSF) on the September 21-22 weekend. The forum, to be held at the Haymarket campus of the University of Technology Sydney, will
BY KARL MILLER
MELBOURNE — At a student general meeting on September 4, La Trobe University students voted overwhelmingly to declare the campus a refugee safe haven. With 131 students attending, the meeting was, however, 19 votes short of
[This letter was sent by Craig Johnston, elected Victorian state secretary
of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union to John Speight, AMWU Victorian
state president and all Victorian AMWU state councillors on September 2.
A copy was sent to
and ain't i a woman: US women get poorer — and married
In 1996, then US President Bill Clinton signed into law a bill that
was designed to “end welfare as we know it”. The notorious law denied benefits
to many single mothers who could
BY MAX LANE
MANILA — On September 1, an assembly of about 100 peace activists, including more than 50 representing organisations from around Asia, founded the Asian Peace Alliance (APA).
The meeting was called by several organisations as a
BY PAUL BENEDEK
SYDNEY — A mass rally, public forums and independent polling have shown that there is overwhelming opposition to the NSW Labor government's plan to sell eight hectares of Callan Park, near Rozelle. According to polls, Labor is
BY JOHN PERCY
On September 2, the Democratic Socialist Party's national executive agreed to propose to the party's membership that the DSP cease to operate as a public organisation from January 2003 so as to devote much more resources to building
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — Feminist activist Anthea Stutter is running for the position of Tasmania University Union women's officer on a Resistance ticket. Elections are being held September 10-14.
Stutter helped organise International
Jackie Lynch from
the Socialist Alliance and Sarah Nicholson from the Greens addressed a
refugees' rights speak-out in Thornbury, Melbourne, on August 31. Photo
by Peter Cahill.
From Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly, September 11, 2002.
Visit the Green
BY GRANT COLEMAN& AMY PARISH
WOLLONGONG — Facing a concerted campaign of censorship by the Young Liberal-dominated Students' Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Wollongong, the Refugee Action Collective (RAC) has decided to push
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