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Teachers stop work in Victoria

Teachers stop work in Victoria By Mary Merkenich MELBOURNE —Victorian Australian Education Union (AEU) members struck on May 27 as part of a campaign the AEU has been waging to win a certified agreement with the state government and to get the

Making life harder for the unemployed

By Richard Southall On May 1, the structure of employment services was transformed as provision was opened up to private companies. The Howard government claims that this partial privatisation will result in better services because the unemployed

UPNG students boycott classes

UPNG students boycott classes By Norm Dixon Angry University of Papua New Guinea students on May 22 launched a class boycott and a blockade of the Port Moresby campus in response to a proposed restructure of the university. Students claim the

Students adopt political prisoner

By Sarah Peart Andi Arief was kidnapped by the Indonesian military from his brother's house in Lampung, Sumatra on March 28. For four weeks he was "disappeared". The military emphatically denied having detained him, despite eyewitness reports to

Outrage at NSW police shooting

SYDNEY — On May 26, the NSW police force's latest victim was killed outside his grandmother's house. The Coalition Opposing Police Shootings (COPS) has called on the NSW police commissioner to immediately adopt English-style, unarmed beat policing.

'Zimbabwe's Suharto must go'

'Zimbabwe's Suharto must go' By Norm Dixon Inspired by the fall of Indonesian dictator Suharto, thousands of student demonstrators on May 28 marched through the streets of the capital, Harare, to demand the resignation of Zimbabwe president

Uranium companies evade environment controls

By Francesca Davis Even as the blockade at ERA's Jabiluka uranium mine site was broken up by the Tactical Response Group last week, the campaign to stop uranium mining in Kakadu was gathering support. That support is founded on a widespread

Hundreds march in support of Jabiluka blockade

Hundreds march in support of Jabiluka blockade By Lachlan Malloch and Arun Pradhan In response to the arrest of nine activists blockading the proposed Jabiluka uranium mine site by police on May 26, Sydney's Jabiluka Action Group (JAG) called an

International news briefs

International news briefs Climate treaty under attack The Global Climate Coalition (GCC), a grouping of some of the biggest multinational corporations, is launching a new campaign to strip the Kyoto greenhouse gas accord of its scientific

Third World debt for beginners

Pillaged Lives: Third World Debt and Global InstitutionsCD-RomSocial Justice Committee of MontrealSystem requirements: PC 486 or higher; Windows 3.1/95; 8mb RAM; VGA 256 coloursSend Can$25 to SJCM, 1857 de Maisonneuve O., Suite 320, Montreal, QC. H3H

Miners lose seniority

By Shane Bentley The Australian Industrial Relations Commission decided on May 26 that union-backed seniority provisions in coal industry awards were no longer allowable. The decision was made under the Workplace Relations Act's requirement that

Left on-line

Left on-line Indonesia's struggle for democracy — Follow developments in Indonesia and find out what you can do in solidarity at these sites: Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) has first-hand reports from the Indonesian