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Students occupy NMIT

Students occupy NMIT @box text intro = MELBOURNE — On May 9, inspired by the occupation of the Melbourne University administration building, members of the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE student union occupied their offices in defiance

Governments plan to victimise teachers

Governments plan to victimise teachers By Sean Healy Under the guise of offering teachers and schools greater "freedom" and raising the status of teachers, the federal government has launched a campaign to push teachers onto

Stolen timber recovered

Stolen timber recovered Timber stolen from the Nuxalk nation (an indigenous people from the north-west coast of Canada) was recovered from a UK timber yard on April 9. The timber has been handed to police, who have been asked to prosecute the

International news briefs

Turkish troops chase Kurdish rebels Turkish newspapers reported on May 1 that as many as 40,000 Turkish troops crossed 10 kilometres into northern Iraq in an effort to attack guerillas of the Kurdistan Workers Party. Turkey regularly stages

Action updates

Young people occupy premier's office SYDNEY — On May 9, around 30 Justice For Young People activists occupied the premier's office in protest against the planned "street safety" legislation. They were later removed by around 90 police

BHP: 'It's called economic rationalism, but it's greed'

By Alex Bainbridge and Jane Beckmann NEWCASTLE — Newcastle City Council and the steelworks unions organised a public meeting of 150 people in the Town Hall on May 8 to build community support for the campaign to save the BHP steelworks. Geoff

Hanson, racism and the far right

REIHANA MOHIDEEN, the convener of Asian Australians Against Further Intimidation and a member of the national executive of the Democratic Socialist Party, will soon begin a national speaking tour to campaign against the racist offensive spearheaded

Students occupy Melbourne University

By Alison Dellit MELBOURNE — On May 8, the Melbourne University administration building was occupied as part of the national day of action against cuts to higher education. The occupation was specifically in response to Melbourne University's

A racist attack on native title

Editorial: A racist attack on native title A racist attack on native title In his much-featured and analysed criticism of the blatantly racist lies being spread by Pauline Hanson on May 8, PM John Howard said that Hanson was "wrong" to

and ain't i a woman?: Docile 'feminism'

Docile 'feminism'Docile 'feminism' Naomi Wolf's new book will be released in Australia this month. Promiscuities: A Secret History of Female Desire has generated much more of a stir in the US and Britain than it deserves. Maybe it's

Australia takes 'hypocritical' stand at environment meeting

The Australian government's policy positions appeared as those of a "self-interested hypocrite" at an important environmental meeting in New York, according to Friends of the Earth (FoE). The meeting was the fifth session of the Commission for

Not as good as it gets

With more than a tinge of cynicism, John Howard recently announced that under the Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement, funding for public housing will be slashed by only $50 million in 1997-98, not $200 million as recommended by the Treasury.