Court 'backs down' on RFA
By Grant Coleman
PERTH — Under mounting pressure from opponents of old-growth forest logging, a large majority in Western Australia, the Court government has announced changes to the WA regional forest agreement (RFA).
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NSW firefighters fight inequities
By Frances Sheehan
SYDNEY — A mass meeting of members of the NSW Fire Brigade Employees Union (FBEU) voted on August 6 to continue a campaign of industrial action over inequities in death and disability
Supermax prisoners win challenge
By Karen Fredericks
BRISBANE — The Queensland Supreme Court ruled on July 28 that the Maximum Security Unit (MSU) at the Woodford Correctional Centre near Brisbane was operated unlawfully for nearly two years.
Independence rally in West Papua
An estimated 5000 protesters, many holding bibles, marched through the town of Mimika singing hymns as they marched to the office of the Mimika regent to demand independence for West Papua. The protesters shouted,
Union demands transport industry inquiry
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Hughie Williams, Queensland state secretary of the Transport Workers Union (TWU), has called for an urgent inquiry into the road transport industry. This follows another fatal
Women's edition banned at Griffith University
BRISBANE — The centrespread of the women's edition of the Griffith University student newspaper, Gravity, has sparked controversy. It features a picture of women's genitals with by a poem by Jen Clark
Australian Prisoners' Union formed
By Sean Healy
On July 17, prisoners' rights activists launched a new organisation, the Australian Prisoners' Union. The launch took place at the 15th anniversary function for Breakout, a design and printing
Adelaide
Rally — Wed Aug 11, 12.30pm, Victoria Square, City. Ph 8212 3155.
Green Left Weekly forum — "Sink or swim? The unions' struggle against Reith's second wave". Wed Aug 25, 7pm, Resistance Centre, 1st fl, 34 Hindley St, City. Ph 8231
By Graham Matthews
BRISBANE — The "net bet" fiasco, involving Queensland treasurer David Hamill and deputy speaker Bill D'Arcy, is threatening to throw the Queensland Labor government into crisis. Hamill has had to stand down pending the results
Indonesian unionist starts Australian tour
By Martin Iltis
MELBOURNE — An Australian tour by Indonesian unionists from the Indonesian National Front for Labour Struggles (FNPBI) is under way. Romawaty Sinaga, the head of the international
Education For Slavery or Liberation?By Jo WilliamsResistance Books, 199922pp, $2.95 Review by Kim Collins
Jo Williams explains that the education system is one of the capitalist system's central means of disseminating capitalist ideology. It
Queensland NTEU takes action
By Justin Randell and Adam Baker
BRISBANE — Academics, students and general staff have taken action for better enterprise bargaining agreements at the University of Queensland, Griffith University and Queensland
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