By Jim Green
Before the end of the year, the government will decide whether another nuclear research reactor is to be built in Australia. The HIFAR reactor, located at Lucas Heights, just south of Sydney, cannot operate beyond 2003 unless it
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Two Faces (Detention Without Trial)By Dr Syed Husin AliINSAN, Malaysia, 1996, 169pp.Order from INSAN, 11, Jalan 11/4E, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia Review by Eva Cheng
Since 1960, the Malaysian government has used a tool
Correction
In the article "Occupations: where do they fit in?" by Ray Fulcher and Marina Carman in GLW #278, two errors were introduced in the process of shortening the article. The quote, attributed to Socialist Alternative, of the need to
Reject Coalition's anti-union push: WA workers show the way
By Ana Kailis
PERTH — In 1995, when WA Coalition labour relations minister Graham Kierath tried to introduce the "second wave" of anti-union laws, the whole Coalition was
AgendasAgendas
By Brandon Astor Jones
"Yes, as my swift days near their goal,/ 'Tis all that I implore:/ In life and death a chainless soul,/ With courage to endure." — Emily Brontë, 1818-1848
I received a letter recently
Anti-racist protest at Hanson's Gold Coast launch
"Stop Hanson's racism" is the theme of a rally being planned by Brisbane's Anti-Racist Campaign, in conjunction with activists on the Gold Coast, to protest at the launch of Pauline Hanson's One
By Adam Hanieh
HEBRON — Tension was high as I entered the city centre. Someone warned me that there had been more "problems"; I soon saw what they meant. Ahead Palestinian youth clutched rocks, while the soldiers faced them with machine-guns
London verdict gives McDonald's little joy
A verdict was handed down on June 19 in the libel case brought by McDonald's against two supporters of London Greenpeace, Helen Steel and Dave Morris, for distributing a six-page fact sheet, "What's
By Eva Cheng
Early this year, Beijing's international investment arm — China International Trust and Investment Corporation (CITIC) — sold 15.5% of its Hong Kong-listed Citic Pacific to the latter's chairman, Larry Yung Chi-kin, and senior
Strike threat at Olympic site
By Shane Bentley
SYDNEY — Members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union at the Olympic site at Homebush Bay have threatened to take industrial action if their concerns over workplace safety
Aboriginal leaders condemn land theft
By Nick Everett
BRISBANE — Since the 1967 referendum, "the advances of the first 10 years for Aboriginal people have stagnated over the last 20 years", declared FAIRA (Foundation for Aboriginal and
New SA anti-worker laws
ADELAIDE — SA industrial affairs minister Dean Brown has announced fast-track implementation of new unfair dismissal laws which will affect over half of state workers. From July 1, small business employers with fewer
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