South Korean church ejects workers
A contribution of the Catholic Church to South Korea's democracy struggle came to an abrupt end on November 27, when trade unionists hunted by the Kim Dae-jung regime — some since May — were kicked out of
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Centrelink workers to continue strikes
By Melanie Sjoberg
On December 3, Community and Public Sector Union members employed at Centrelink endorsed state-by-state rolling half-day stoppages from December 8 to 17. This is the next step in the CPSU
Ramos Horta: 'A common struggle'
By Liam Mitchell
SYDNEY — The links between the struggle for freedom in East Timor and democracy in Indonesia were the focus of public meetings in Sydney and Melbourne on November 28 and December 3. Both
No reconciliation with racism!
After massively cutting the budget of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, extinguishing native title in all but name and giving the go-ahead to the destruction of Aboriginal women's sacred sites on
ACT government workers to strike
CANBERRA — ACT government workers will strike for 24 hours on December 17 if the ACT Liberal government fails to retract the threat of forced redundancies.
Meanwhile, workers in the ACT Chief Minister's
The graduate factory (pay at the door)
By Sean Healy
University was supposed to be a sanctuary of ideas and debate, a "community of scholars" adding to the pool of society's knowledge and enlightenment. But today's universities are factories,
and ain't I a woman?: Principled opportunism?
The Paul Osborne "health regulation" legislation, passed by the ACT Legislative Assembly last week, supposedly provides women considering abortion a "more informed choice" by imposing a "more
NTEU wins increase in permanent employment
By Tyrion Perkins
SYDNEY — Hundreds of fixed-term contracts are to be converted to permanent following an agreement the National Tertiary Education Industry Union has negotiated with the University of
Feminist to contest Wollongong seat
WOLLONGONG — Angela Luvera will be standing in Wollongong for the Democratic Socialists in the March 27 state election. Luvera, a student member of Resistance, helped organise the high school walkouts against
See you next year
This is last issue of Green Left Weekly for this year. We will be back after a break, with the first issue for 1999 to be published on January 20. Don't miss it!
Billions for BHP
BHP's 1998 report to shareholders says that in the year to May 31, the company had operating revenue of $22.479 billion, against raw material and other external costs of $11.864 billion.
The $10.615 billion difference or value
By Stephanie Roper
SYDNEY — The NSW Labor government recently proposed amendments to legislation to require the mandatory reporting of consensual sex between young people under the legal age of consent. The change is part of the proposed Children
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