Wallsend Hospital holds firm By Jane Beckmann NEWCASTLE — After six months, the picket line at Wallsend Hospital is as firm and determined as it ever was. Barbara Hardes told Green Left at the picket, "We are staying no matter what
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By Janine Williams When Charles (Paul) Moran became aware that there were health problems related to asbestos mining, he asked his white bosses would they provide protective clothing for the miners at the Baryulgil asbestos mine. Moran says he
By Kevin Healy A week when problems began to be solved for True Blue Aussie workers — and for those True Blue Aussies who don't work because there aren't enough jobs for them, through their own greedy fault, of course — thanks to a
By Bernie Brian WOLLONGONG — Canteen workers at BHP's Port Kembla steelworks have struck for at least five days over plans by their new employer, Advance Food Systems, to reduce their number from 108 to 68. The new canteen contractor wants to
Comment by Vivienne Porzsolt The Women's Electoral Lobby held its 20th national conference in Canberra over the long weekend. "Entitled Looking Back — Moving Forwards", it very much posed the question "Whereto now?" Looking at all the
By Brenda Preuss Since the early 1980s, educational decision making has increasingly been taken out of the hands of educators and put into the hands of government and corporate bodies. This has led to the new vocationalism of the 1990s — a
Early boat people Foreigners invaded Australia on January 26, 1788 to begin the slaughter of native peoples, trees, birds, fish and animals on a massive scale. These new Australians were boat people who came without regard to existing laws,
WA safe sex campaign hit By Leon Harrison PERTH — The safe sex campaign launched by state health minister Keith Wilson has been condemned by ACT UP Perth, the Family Planning Association, the Uniting Church and the Australian Federation of
Malaysian groups support Timorese By Colin Pemul KUALA LUMPUR — Non-government organisations here are carrying out an educational campaign which involves showing the film Shadow over East Timor and organising group discussions. In the
Report on Indonesian struggles NEWCASTLE — Green Left correspondent Michael Tardif addressed a forum on Indonesia here on January 29. Tardif outlined the broad progressive movement in Indonesia and the growing grassroots opposition to the
Challenging stereotypes According to the producers of The Famine Within, a US documentary film to be released in Australia this month, the average 5 foot 8 inch Miss America contestant weighed 132 pounds in 1954 and 117 in 1980. The producers
Queensland to jail juveniles By Brian Reeves BRISBANE — The Goss Labor government is drafting new legislation to increase the punishment which young offenders will face. The new legislation will include jail sentences for juveniles.
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