Industrial disputes rise briefly in 1996
James Vassilopoulos
The number of working days lost to strikes in 1996 was just under 1 million, an increase of 69% over the 1995 calendar year. This was the highest level of industrial activity for
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By Matt Wilson
ADELAIDE — As part of the government-sponsored TakeOver '97 Australian Festival for Young People, the Capital City Congress was held over three days to involve young people in a discussion on the future of Australian society.
By Ben Reid
MELBOURNE — Controversy has erupted over the current round of enterprise bargaining negotiations at Melbourne University. A branch meeting of the National Tertiary Education and Industry Union (NTEU) on March 26 voted to defer
By Karen Fredericks
BRISBANE — Less than a month after its opening, 200 to 300 high- and medium-security prisoners have "trashed" Queensland's newest prison, Woodford Correctional Centre, in protest over insufficient and poor quality food,
RMIT O-week handbook attacked
By Peter Barker and Claire Newman
The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) orientation handbook, a student-produced publication, has been attacked for supposedly advocating illegal ways for students
By Carolyn Hutchins
MELBOURNE — "You're so selfish to let us race our motor cars in the park for only four days a year", whine Premier Jeff Kennett and Grand Prix Corporation chief Ron Walker. Let me remind you what happens at Albert Park the
By Margaret Allan.
Supporters of Green Left Weekly have given generously to the paper's fighting fund so far this year. During last month alone, donations and fundraising totalled $13,229.
Those who support the paper financially understand
By Francesca Davidson
SYDNEY — More than 70 people attended a meeting organised by AID/WATCH on March 25 to discuss the ramifications of the recent fiasco around mercenaries hired by the PNG government to intervene in Bougainville. Speakers
By James Balowski
Indonesia's general elections on May 29 will be conducted under some of the most restrictive campaign rules to date. But what make these elections unusual is that, for the first time, large sections of the population did want
By Sean Moysey
CANBERRA — A photo exhibition in Parliament House on East Timor's World War II experience was censored just hours before it was to open on March 24. A second exhibition, which included the banned material, had to be organised.
Utopian fantasy or realistic option?Utopian fantasy or realistic option?
By Dave Holmes
February next year is the 150th anniversary of the first publication of Marx and Engels' famous Manifesto of the Communist Party. This event can
By Mary Nielson
PERTH — The Australia Cuba Friendship Society presented a video documentary, Inside Castro's Cuba, on February 22 at Cafe Folklorico in North Perth. The presentation was attended by approximately 25 people, including Dean
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