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$21,000 a week rent demand for Kirribilli House

By Therese Moore SYDNEY — Prime Minister John Howard (Australia's richest public housing tenant) will find himself the recipient of a symbolic demand for a $21,000 per week rent increase at noon on Sunday, May 11. The demand will be presented

Youth tent embassy set up in Sydney

Youth tent embassy set up in Sydney By Andy Gianniotis SYDNEY — A youth tent embassy was set up at the Domain behind Parliament House here between April 20 and 26 to increase awareness among young people about the Street Safety Bill and

Footwear workers win demands

Footwear workers win demands By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — Workers at the Michaelis Bayley footwear factory have ended an 18-day strike after reaching a settlement with management on April 24. The demands of the workers for a 10% pay

Guild blocks education campaign at UNSW

Guild blocks education campaign at UNSW By Melanie Bull SYDNEY — The education campaign on the University of NSW has run into a major obstacle: the student guild. Late last year a position paper, "Options 2000", released by the UNSW

Norm Haub, working-class fighter

Norm Haub, working-class fighter By Ray Ferguson BRISBANE — Many comrades and friends gathered at a service here on April 11 to say farewell to Norman Haub, who died two days earlier after a long illness. Norm was a battler all his life,

Looking out: Quashing a rumour

Looking out: Quashing a rumour By Brandon Astor Jones "Humor's ear, in the listener, is very much like beauty's eye, in the beholder." — Irving Elmer Bell. If you have something important to do right now, you should not be reading

What does ADI have to hide?

What does ADI have to hide? By Scott Duffus The suitability of the St Marys Australian Defence Industries (ADI) site for housing development by Lend Lease has been called into question by ADI's refusal to provide information to the NSW

Columnist discovers the heroic Colston

By Allen Myers The things you'd never know if you didn't read the Sydney Morning Herald! For example, check your knowledge of current events by answering the following multiple choice question: Mal Colston is: (a) the biggest rorter in the

CES workers stampede Service Delivery Agency

By Paul Oboohov CANBERRA—A sign of the disaster unfolding in the Australian Public Service is the recent stampede of 4000 Commonwealth Employment Service (CES) workers — half the workforce — to apply for jobs in the Service Delivery Agency

ALP scuttles Brisbane student demo

ALP scuttles Brisbane student demo By Lana Halpin and Kathy Newnam BRISBANE — On May 8 a national day of action has been called against the education funding cuts. The Queensland Education Action Network (QEAN) has been meeting over the

Kelty and Quinn — not so strange bedfellows

An honest and proud man devastated by his ordeal. This was how ACTU secretary Bill Kelty described former Coles Myer boss Brian Quinn found guilty of defrauding the company of several million dollars. Kelty joined with Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett

Rally demands real jobs

Rally demands real jobs By Nicole Hilder WOLLONGONG — A "No Work for the Dole" rally organised by Resistance and the Democratic Socialist Party was held at Wollongong Mall on April 19. More than 100 people came to the event, which was