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News Briefs

Women students conference planned LISMORE — Organising is well underway for the annual Network of Women Students Australia (NOWSA) conference, to be held at Southern Cross University on July 12-16. The theme "Women making it real" has been chosen

Women workers win landmark deal at Sydney Uni

Kathleen Scott, Sydney After almost 18 months of bargaining and three strikes, University of Sydney staff have secured a landmark agreement that includes one of the best paid maternity packages in the country. Enterprise bargaining at Sydney

Doco exposes the human impact of deportation

The DeportedA BBC and Arte France co-productionSBSTuesday, February 24, 7.30pm REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN The Deported follows what happens to five asylum seekers, some from Afghanistan and some from Mali, after being deported from France. Most Air

PAKISTAN: How Washington helped create a nuclear 'rogue state'

Norm Dixon As proof continues to mount that US President George Bush's administration systematically lied about Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to justify invading the oil-rich Persian Gulf country, it has been revealed that

The war is not over

Leigh Hughes, an activist in the socialist youth group Resistance and a member of the Socialist Alliance, argues that anti-war activists must work towards making March 20 a national day of protest against the war in Iraq. Despite the official

Our common cause: People's power

One year ago, on and around February 15, 1 million people marched in Australia against the impending invasion of Iraq. This was the biggest ever simultaneous global protest — more than 30 million around the world — and the biggest in Australian

Socialist candidates: 'Roll back privatisation!'

Leigh Hughes, Adelaide Tom Bertuleit and Amy McDonell, the Socialist Alliance's Senate candidates in South Australia, have pledged to not only do everything they can to stop further privatisations, but to also to fight to return essential services

Iraq discussed

ADELAIDE — The Socialist Alliance branch here held it first public meeting for the year, held in the Adelaide Resistance Centre, on February 11. Seventeen people listened to Dr David Lockwood, from the department of history at Flinders University,

A woman's place is in the struggle: Women's bodies are not 'obscene'

On February 1, pop singer Janet Jackson opened the half-time entertainment at the 2004 Super Bowl (the US football grand final) in Miami, singing her hit song "Rhythm Nation", which refers to a number of social injustices, including racism. During

WA workers' comp 'worst in Australia'

Nikki Ulasowski, Perth "The workers' compensation legislation in this state is the worst in Australia, and what's being proposed will make sure that it remains the worst in Australia", Kevin Reynolds told Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly on February 10.

Support for train drivers

SYDNEY — The Socialist Alliance is campaigning in support of train drivers and against the NSW government's destruction of public transport. See the activist calendar on page 23 for details of upcoming campaign events or go to

UNITED STATES: Religious right's 'condom wars' take deadly toll

Caryl Rivers, Boston Women's eNews (<http://www.womensenews.org/> — The Vatican's anti-contraception campaign — which has an ally in the White House — has been blocked by a New York court. In places such as Kenya — where HIV is