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Students serve log of claims

Students serve log of claims BY ADAM BAKER AND KATE STEWART BRISBANE — Griffith University students, incensed at deteriorating campus conditions, have served a log of claims on their university administration. The students marched through the

STREETS FREE TO ARTISTS

Advertisement STREETS FREE TO ARTISTS see Australia: http://www.brushtail.com.au USA: http://openair.org/alerts/artist/nyc.html

ZIMBABWE: Australian Democrats back white privilege, IMF austerity in Zimbabwe

Democrats back white privilege, IMF austerity in Zimbabwe On April 4, Australian Democrat senator for Western Australia Andrew Murray successfully moved a notice of motion asking the Senate to "support the British government's strongly expressed

Controversy over milk hormone safety

Controversy over milk hormone safety In late 1993, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave permission for Monsanto corporation to market rBGH, a genetically engineered hormone that is injected into dairy cows to make them produce more milk.

Young people rally against 'legalised racism'

Young people rally against 'legalised racism' Hundreds of secondary students walked out of school last week to protest the racist policies of the federal government, in particular its refusal to repeal mandatory sentencing laws in Western Australia

Tax office pay dispute

Tax office pay dispute BY CHRIS SLEE The tax section council of the Community and Public Sector Union has recommended that CPSU members in the Australian Tax Office reject management's draft agency agreement. Management is offering a 4% a year

COSTA RICA: Strikes, marches force delay of privatisation

Just after midnight on April 5, weary government and civic representatives inked a deal that put a halt to three weeks of sometimes violent national strikes in Costa Rica. The strikes were the largest mass protests seen in this Central American

Industrial campaign at SCU builds

BY NICK FREDMAN LISMORE — "There's something rotten in the state of Lismore!", thundered Maurie O'Sullivan, president of the NSW Public Sector Association, at a picket and rally at Southern Cross University (SCU) here on April 11. O'Sullivan was

Mangrove-destroying road dumped

Mangrove-destroying road dumped BY BILL MASON BRISBANE — The Queensland government has decided to drop the controversial Mackay East-West Connector Road project after a six-year campaign by conservationists, anglers and businesspeople. In an

Is there a 'new economy'?

The expectation of enormous productivity gains from the rapid spread of information technology (IT) has been driving the Nasdaq, Wall Street's index which tracks the prices of key IT and other high-tech stocks, to breathtaking new highs. The US stock

Education should be GST-free

Education should be GST-free BY PHILIPPA STANFORD ADELAIDE — The Australian Education Union's South Australian branch president, John Gregory, has called for all aspects of education to be totally exempt from the goods and services tax.

Mining workers locked out

BY ANDY GIANNIOTIS MOSS VALE, NSW — Rather than renegotiate a collective agreement that has been in place for the last 20 years, Joy Mining Machinery has locked out 71 workers. Workers walked off the job on March 31 in protest against the company