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Wrong priorities Nearly one in two private employers in Australia regard "good legs" and "big breasts" as more important employment criteria than skills and efficiency. This was the finding of a recent report released by the Public Sector
By Phil Clarke LONDON — Britain's railways came to a near halt on June 16 and June 23 as signal workers struck in support of an 11% pay claim. The signal workers are demanding a large pay increase to compensate for greater workloads and the
Printers beat Murdoch By Jenny Long SYDNEY — Printing workers at Rupert Murdoch's News Limited voted to return to work on July 17 after defeating company attempts to impose significant and retrograde changes in working conditions in a new
Brown attacks annual leave Dean Brown's Liberal government sided with a local South Australian employer in a failed bid to halve annual leave under an enterprise flexibility agreement. Secretary of the Automotive, Food, Metals and
John Steinbeck: A Biography By Jay Parini Heinemann, 1994. 614 pp., $45 (hb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon When John Steinbeck observed one of the most cruelly victimised groups of the 1930s Depression — the Oklahoma Dust Bowl refugees — he
By Doug Lorimer Ron Guignard ("Marxism and science", GLW #150) repeats his argument in GLW #145 that Marxism is not a scientific theory of society because it does not accord with his personal definition of what constitutes science. In his
Socialist youth set goals By Tim Stewart SYDNEY — More than 250 people attended the 23rd Resistance National Conference here from July 8-10. Activists from around Australia, including Darwin, Perth and Launceston discussed the crisis of
Hindmarsh bridge victory By Anthony Thirlwall ADELAIDE — A major victory has been won by those fighting to stop the construction of the Hindmarsh Island bridge. On July 10 the federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister Rob Tickner announced a
Cuba blockade costs jobs According to a United States marketing consultant who visited Havana in May, the US economic blockade of Cuba prevents the creation of between 60,000 and 120,000 permanent jobs in the US. This is considered a
SA public servants seek pay rise By Anthony Thirlwall and Tully Bates ADELAIDE — The state Liberal government has rejected wage claims by public sector unions, threatening further job losses if wages rise. It has said that departments
By Nick Everett BRISBANE — Fifty people attended a speak out in support of East Timor in the Queen Street Mall on July 15. The protest was called in response to the previous day's violent crackdown by Indonesian troops on a protest in Dili.
By John Tognolini SYDNEY — Police corruption has long been a central theme in New South Wales. Ian Temby's last report, on Operation Milloo for the Independent Committee Against Corruption, delivered in February, revealed police involvement in