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New web site on the Balkans war

New web site on the Balkans war For more information and commentary on the war in the Balkans — including all the articles that have been printed in Green Left Weekly since the bombing began — visit the web site at

The door is open to an expanded GST

By Sue Boland The opposition to the GST, 58% against according to opinion polls, is being reflected in the angry letters flooding newspapers condemning the deal between the Australian Democrats and the federal government. Newspaper editors appear

P&O workers reject agreement

On May 28, about 400 members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) at East Swanson Dock terminal met for eight hours and discussed the enterprise bargaining offer by P&O Ports, which is designed to match the changes implemented by Patrick

There's gold in them thar (Balkan) hills!

By Norm Dixon Whatever direction NATO's attack on former Yugoslavia takes in coming weeks — either a ground war or a deal that ends the bombing — there is one group of people who cannot lose — United States capitalists. On May 20, the US

And Ain't I a Woman: Child-care for the dole

Recently, in Western Australia, a private employment agency associated with Centrelink wrote to Carewest (the organisation representing community based non-profit child-care centres) asking it to consider a proposal that work for the dole

Searching for love and acceptance

Searching for love and acceptance Torch Song TrilogyBy Harvey FiersteinDirected by Jennifer BoyleNew Farm Nash TheatreThursday-Saturday, 8pm, until June 19Phone (07) 321 6653 for bookings Review by Mike Byrne Torch Song Trilogy takes us through

ETSA up for sale

By Bronwen Beechey ADELAIDE — The privatisation of the Electricity Trust of South Australia looks certain to go ahead following ALP legislative councillor Trevor Crothers' announcement on June 3 that he has come to an agreement with Liberal

We are taking a week off

We are taking a week off Green Left Weekly is taking a one-week break for the June long weekend, but we'll be back with a new issue on the streets and in your mailbox on June 23. Don't miss it!

ATSIC blames One Nation for KKK in Australia

ATSIC blames One Nation for KKK in Australia By Margaret Allum On June 2, ATSIC chairperson Gatjil Djerrkura condemned One Nation for contributing to the rise of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Australia. One Nation national director David Ettridge

Resistance grows to Afghanistan's 'merchants of death'

MOHAMMED ISSA is president of the Afghan Watan Party (AWP), which ruled Afghanistan for four years after Soviet troops withdrew in 1988. Issa was interviewed by Dr AMJAD AYUB for the Pakistan weekly Struggle. Question: What is the situation in

Write on

Meg Lees If Meg Lees is forced to eat her words on tax "reform", will she be charged a 10% GST on them? No, because they are less than half-baked. Richard IngramSydney Food snobs The Democrats, not to mention the other mob, are such snobs

US, NATO prepare to rule Kosova

By Allen Myers Having bombed Serbia into what amounts to surrender, the United States and its NATO accomplices will now be looking to establish their direct control over Kosova. The intentions of the US and other Western governments are evident