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Workers rally against social security changes

Workers rally against social security changes By Chris Spindler MELBOURNE — More than 400 construction workers rallied outside South Melbourne Centrelink office on August 27 to protest against the federal Coalition's plans to classify

Action updates

Ballarat NTEU campaign against cuts BALLARAT — A lively meeting of the University of Ballarat branch of the National Tertiary Education Industry Union on August 29 voted to fight threatened cuts. Jobs and programs are at risk in the schools

Sydney water: consequences of corporatisation

On August 25, the latest twist in Sydney's contaminated water saga occurred with the announcement that most of Sydney's 4.5 million residents must once again boil all drinking water.The alert, the second in a month, has focussed attention on 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), Thursdays, 10pm and Saturdays, 7pm. Ph 9565 5522. Access News — Melbourne

and ain't i a woman?: Sex, gender and sexuality

Sex, gender and sexuality Two weeks ago, the 1999 conference organising collective of the National Organisation of Women Students Australia decided to exclude transgender women from the collective. The arguments used — principally by members

200,000 rally in Yogyakarta

200,000 rally in Yogyakarta By Max Lane On August 26, 200,000 people rallied in Yogyakarta to protest against the refusal of the Indonesian government to ratify Sultan Hamengku Buwono X as governor of Yogyakarta. The rally adopted a manifesto

Protests escalate and PRD flags unfurl

By Max Lane and Pramono (in Jakarta) The frequency of protest actions in Indonesia has increased markedly over the last week. Worsening economic conditions, general anger over the lack of any real changes under the Habibie regime and students'

Contemptuous respectability

Shooting FishDirected by Stefan SchwartzDistributed by GlobeNow screening in major cinemas Review by Conrad Barnett The Hollywood chase-and-misadventure film gets a '90s makeover, an English accent and a Brit pop soundtrack in the new film Shooting

ACT government workers rally

ACT government workers rally By Tim Gooden CANBERRA — On August 26, 200 Community and Public Sector Union members held a lunchtime rally outside the ACT Legislative Assembly to present a petition to ALP MLA Wayne Berry. The petition calls on

Chinese Australians condemn racial violence in Indonesia

Chinese Australians condemn racial violence in Indonesia Chinese Australians condemn racial violence in Indonesia By Vannessa Hearman MELBOURNE — More than 25 Chinese organisations in Victoria joined a 600-strong rally outside the Indonesian

Secondary students walk out against racism

By Wendy Robertson On August 28, 8000 high school students in 14 regional centres and cities took to the streets to demand and end to the racism of Hanson and the Howard government. From Ballarat to Gympie and Darwin, young people proved again

The insurance rip-off

By Dave Holmes WOLLONGONG — Two days after floods devastated this region, giant insurer NRMA attempted to deflect the second storm it knew would come by donating $250,000 to the disaster relief effort. Its cynical ploy fooled nobody. Ever since