Roxby to test law on union access
By Philippa Stanford
ADELAIDE — The Roxby Downs uranium mine in South Australia is shaping up as a major test site of the Howard government's new industrial relations laws. Western Mining Corporation
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KolyaOpening on March 27 at Dendy Cinemas Review by Margaret Allan
The latest film to come out of the former Czechoslovakia is set in the 1989 "Velvet Revolution", in which the characters play out a charming story of the relationship between a
By Norman Taylor
Attending the World Humanist Congress in Mexico City in November provided an opportunity to hear immensely well-informed speakers from 26 countries, including world figures such as Pakistani writer Taslima Nasrin, forced to flee
Were the Jews a nation?
In his latest attempt to argue that anti-Zionism is a form of anti-Semitism, Philip Mendes (GLW #266) claims that the establishment of the Israel state was an expression of "Jewish national aspirations".
This
By Frank Gollan
CANBERRA — Delegates attending the March 13 branch conference of the ACT Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) expressed strong support for a united and effective fight against attacks on the public service. The meeting
By Margaret Perrott
The media are once again focusing on the low immunisation rates of Australian children. The federal health minister, Dr Michael Wooldridge, dismisses the 2-5% of parents who actively oppose it. He has proposed "incentives" to
One-way 'mutual obligation'
Federal cabinet last week approved plans to double the size of a work for the dole scheme announced by PM John Howard last month, and to introduce tougher penalties for young people who refuse to participate or drop
By Gim Joong-gen
First World bosses point to the social values of Asia's newly industrialising countries (NICs) as a universal recipe for prosperity: unswerving loyalty to family, company and nation. The most genuine progress in these
Save Redfern Block campaign continues
By Chris Spindler
SYDNEY — Rumours of the appearance of bulldozers from March 17 circulated as Aboriginal Redfern Housing Coalition members mobilised for an Aboriginal Housing Company meeting on March
IWD was celebrated around the country on March 8 with rallies and marches in support of women's demands for measures needed to make equality a reality. A spirited group of 300 women and men attended the first IWD rally in Canberra for four years.
NSW hospital waiting lists grow
By Shane Bentley
SYDNEY — In the 1995 state election campaign, Premier Bob Carr promised to cut hospital waiting lists by half or to resign after one year. On March 7, the state government conceded that
Stephanie Wilkinson
Stephanie Wilkinson, the founder of Australians Against Executions, died of cancer in Sydney on March 8. She was 62.
Stephanie — half her friends knew her as Stephanie, the other half as "Jill", a nickname given to go
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