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CFMEU fights for coverage at Dalrymple

By Jennifer Thompson The Australian Industrial Relations Commission is hearing an application by the CFMEU mining division for exclusive coverage of production workers in the central Queensland coal port, Dalrymple Bay. The dispute heated up in

End military ties with the US

The Howard government's reaffirmation of military ties to the United States more represents an ideological attack on mass antiwar sentiment than any great change in this country's "defence" policy. Since the ANZUS treaty was signed on September 1,

Postcard campaign against slave wages

Postcard campaign against slave wages By Kerryn Williams CANBERRA — On July 29, Young Christian Workers launched their postcard campaign against proposed changes to apprentice and trainee wages under the Howard government's Workplace Relations

New phase of austerity for Tasmania

By Iggy Kim HOBART — Slow economic growth, combined with substantial cuts in federal grants, means the Liberal minority government will be wielding a very sharp razor in the August 15 state budget. The cuts are likely to badly affect public

Counsellors risk contempt to protect confidentiality

By Pauline Groves NSW Attorney General Jeff Shaw has announced plans to introduce a bill to protect some confidential professional relationships, including those of counsellors, social workers and journalists. At present, professional conduct codes

BRA blunts PNG offensive

By Norm Dixon The Papua New Guinea government's highly publicised military offensive to "flush out" pro-independence rebels of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army from their strongholds in central and southern Bougainville has been stalled. Strong

Job 'training' as it really is

By Beavis Marks With the Howard government pushing its brand of neo-liberalism down our throats, training schemes and traineeships are being "restructured" for the benefit of big business. In March I was made to participate in a CES training

Vickery strikers return to work

An agreement reached between CRA and the mining division of the CFMEU on July 27 ended the nearly year-long strike at CRA's Vickery coal mine near Gunnedah in NSW. Green Left Weekly's JENNIFER THOMPSON spoke to Vickery CFMEU lodge president Derek

A new way forward for the left?

Comment by Jonathan Strauss A recent ad in the Macquarie University student newspaper Arena reads: "If you're sick of left-wing groups that never do anything, so are we. We have no party line, no paper sales, no nostalgia and no leaders. Greens,

Indonesian activist on tour

Indonesian activist on tour By Jo Brown Nico Warouw, the international officer of the People's Democratic Party (PRD) and a leader of Students in Solidarity with Democracy in Indonesia (SMID), urged support for the growing democracy struggle in

Suharto gets a glimpse of people power

By Max Lane According to Green Left Weekly sources in Jakarta, at least 47 people were shot and knifed to death in Jakarta during the July 27 military attack on supporters of Megawati Sukarnoputri in the national headquarters of the Indonesian

ANU students censure association president

ANU students censure association president By Natalie Zirngast and Martin Iltis CANBERRA — A special general meeting of 80 students at the Australian National University on August 1 voted unanimously that the Students' Association should