BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — Queensland nurses have rejected a pay and conditions deal proposed by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission. On July 19, the Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) walked out of conciliation talks with the state Labor
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BY ALISON DELLIT
The US-style deregulated health-care system, with no universal guarantee
of care, is what awaits Australia if the federal government has its way.
That would be a disaster.
Despite it’s so-called “efficient” system of
and ain't i a woman: The Bandit Queen
July 25 marks the first anniversary of the murder of Phoolan Devi, who became known as India's "Bandit Queen". After completing it in 1995, Devi described her autobiography, I, Phoolan Devi: "It is an
BY LESLEY McCULLOCH
In the remote area of Aceh Tengah (central Aceh) there is a new and growing problem for the civilian population: the presence of Indonesian-backed militia. The rarely visited area has experienced a devastating attack on its
BY ANDREW HALL & PAUL OBOOHOV
CANBERRA — Rank-and-file ACT activists in the Community and Public Sector Union grouped around Members First, have issued a call to all CPSU members who want to rebuild a democratic, broad campaigning approach to
BY JASON CAHILL & NICOLE HOYE
BRISBANE — In August 1999, the Australian and New Zealand Food Authority quietly lifted a 10-year ban on food irradiation. The impact of that decision is now being felt as a food irradiation facility is being
Save womenÂ’s studies at Deakin University!
GEELONG — Despite a 20-year history of strong enrolments and a national
and international reputation, Deakin UniversityÂ’s womenÂ’s studies program
is about to be gutted. More than 800 students
The United States is the most powerful and important backer of the state of Israel. A common explanation for this support is that the "Israel lobby" within the US exercises huge influence over Washington.
There is a powerful network of Zionist
[The following statement was issued by the Johannesburg Anti-Privatisation Forum, which unites working-class and poor communities struggling against water and electricity cut-offs and evictions which flow from the neo-liberal economic policies of the
BY
BEN COURTICE
MELBOURNE — “Why is the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union national
office attacking the Victorian branch?”, AMWU state secretary Craig Johnston
asked a stop-work rally on July 17. Addressing around 5000 of his union's
BY DARREN JIGGINS
HOBART — The Socialist Alliance has achieved the highest socialist vote ever in a Tasmanian state election. With 80% of the vote counted from the July 20 Tasmanian elections, the alliance received 663 votes. The final total will
BY
SUE BOLTON
The Federal Court will decide on July 22 or 23 whether to overturn
the suspension of the Australian Manufacturing Workers UnionÂ’s Victorian
secretary Craig Johnston. Johnston was stood down by the AMWU national
office on
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