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A comic look at a state in serious trouble

A comic look at a state in serious trouble By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — Rod Quantock has made a huge contribution to Australian comedy. He wrote and performed in the ground-breaking TV series Australia, You're Standing In It, opened and

First lockout under Workplace Relations Act

First lockout under Workplace Relations Act By Rob Graham ADELAIDE — All 20 workers, members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, at Radco Crane Hire have been locked out and subsequently sacked after the collapse of

ETU: tough talk, no action to stop privatisation

By James Vassilopoulos Green Left Weekly has obtained documents from the Electrical Trades Union which indicate that the union is not serious about campaigning against the $22 billion privatisation of the NSW power industry. The ETU is

Tasmanian upper house vote records far right's decline

Tasmanian upper house vote records far right's decline By Tony Iltis LAUNCESTON — On May 31, in elections to Tasmania's Legislative Council, voters rejected the homophobic, religious fundamentalist conservatives who have traditionally

Loose cannons

Really?! "Like many people on the right of the Labor Party, I never believed in socialism." — Former ALP minister and current Packer flunkey Graham Richardson. Hilarious "It's funny that all roads still seem to lead to Mr Packer

ANU activists commit to NUS referendum

ANU activists commit to NUS referendum By Martin Iltis CANBERRA — Australian National University student activists are busy collecting the 800 signatures necessary to force a referendum on affiliation to the National Union of Students

Yippies, politics and the state

For the Hell of It: The Life and Times of Abbie HoffmanBy Jonah RaskinUniversity of California Press, 1996. 315 pp., $45 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon High up the league ladder of US '60s icons is Abbie Hoffman. Co-star, with Jerry Rubin, of the

Nurses campaign for better deal

Nurses campaign for better deal By Kim Linden MELBOURNE — At a stop-work meeting of 3000 at Dallas Brooks Hall on June 12, Victorian public sector nurses voted unanimously to start industrial action as part of a campaign to improve

Festival Records picketed

Festival Records picketed By Shane Bentley & Paul Howes SYDNEY — After Festival Records issued redundancy notices to 50 workers at its Pyrmont plant on May 12, members of the National Union of Workers set up a picket line to demand a

Police, loggers break East Gippsland blockade

Police, loggers break East Gippsland blockade By Marcel Cameron MELBOURNE — Thirty-nine activists have been arrested after attempting to stop the clear-felling of wilderness quality old-growth forest in East Gippsland. The blockade of the

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Access News — Melbourne

Youth reject Hanson's racist push

By Bill Mason BRISBANE — "Young people in Australia will overwhelmingly reject Pauline Hanson's attempt to set up a One Nation youth wing", according to Zanny Begg, Brisbane organiser of the socialist youth organisation Resistance. "Hanson's