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Vanstone under pressure over Austudy

Vanstone under pressure over Austudy By Marina Cameron Education minister Amanda Vanstone was forced into another embarrassing situation on February 20, when pressure from the Senate and Liberal backbenchers forced a partial back-down on

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CPSU protest CANBERRA — Members of the Community and Public Sector Union protested against the Liberal government's cuts and privatisation of the public service outside the "Innovations in Public Service" conference on February 25. Industrial

Socialist candidate calls for youth voice

Socialist candidate calls for youth voice By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Kathy Newnam, Democratic Socialist candidate for Central ward in the March 15 Brisbane City Council elections, has called for a greater voice on council for young people and

Victorian teachers stop work

Victorian teachers stop work By Mary Merkenich and Norrian Rundle MELBOURNE — Around 4000 Victorian teachers stopped work on February 27 and attended a mass meeting at the Sports and Entertainment Centre to show their anger at the continuing

Innovative but too 'cleaned up'

@details 3 = TelekGeorge Mamua TelekOrigin through MDS Review by Norm Dixon It has been a long wait for those who were captivated by George Telek's Australian recording debut way back in 1991, when his collaboration with Melbourne-based Not

Swaziland union leaders freed

Swaziland union leaders freed By Norm Dixon @box text intro = As the pro-democracy general strike in Swaziland is set to enter its second month, workers celebrated the release of four senior leaders of the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions on

Campaigns against fees

Campaigns against fees SYDNEY — Students achieved two small victories against the introduction of up-front fees last week. The council of the University of Technology Sydney met on February 27 to discuss a proposal charge up-front fees for up to

Armed forces accuse the PRD

By James Balowski For the second time in two weeks, the armed forces' chief of social and political affairs, Syarwan Hamid, has accused the People's Democratic Party (PRD) of being behind the riots which have been rocking the country over the last

Hinchinbrook protest raises tactical issues

By Pip Hinman The celebrated "failure" of a media stunt in John Howard's NSW electoral office, organised by Friends of Hinchinbrook a few weeks ago, raises some interesting tactical issues for the environment movement. A protest against the Federal

Russian budget-cutters court environmental disaster

Russian budget-cutters court environmental disaster By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Sergey Mund, the director of the Elektrogorsk Institute for Oil Processing, was clearly worried. On his institute's premises just east of Moscow were 663 rods of

Women's rights: the struggle isn't over

By Trish Corcoran The women's movement of the 1960s and '70s had a profound impact and extended opportunities in virtually every aspect of women's lives. It is now much more accepted that women can have a career, that they don't have to spend their

British socialist leader speaks in Melbourne

British socialist leader speaks in Melbourne By Ben Reid MELBOURNE — Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the British Socialist Party (formerly Militant Labour), spoke at a public forum here on February 24. More than 90 people filled the meeting