BY PHIL DOYLE
You see them on street corners everywhere in the city, recognisable as people trying to get themselves out of a rut; but Big Issue vendors in Melbourne have discovered that their bosses are, well, just like any other boss.
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BY MARCEL CAMERON & TIM STEWART
BRISBANE — More than 50 people attended a lively debate on November 23, sponsored by the Socialist Alliance and discussing the way forward for the left. The meeting was addressed by University of Queensland
BY FEDERICO FUENTES
On November 14, Argentina gained the status of a financial delinquent when it defaulted on its repayments to the World Bank. While in Washington, Argentina's economy minister Roberto Lavagna delivered the news that Argentina
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"[Free] trade creates the habits of freedom... It gives people, consumers, the opportunity to demand product, which is part of a free society... And the habits of freedom begin to create the expectations of democracy and demands for
MELBOURNE — Kino Dendy Cinemas are to present a special screening of award-winning journalist John Pilger's new documentary The New Rulers of The World, together with The Timor Conspiracy: Death of a Nation, on December 11. Both films will be
BY EMMA CLANCY
PERTH — The Fremantle branch of the ALP held a rally on November 23 in opposition to a war on Iraq, which drew around 120 people. Local MP Carmen Lawrence told the crowd that she believed "our aim should be the removal of weapons
BY ROHAN PEARCE
In a set-back for Washington, on November 19 Danish government prosecutors have charged Nizar al Khazraji with war crimes. Khazraji is the highest-ranking general to have defected from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime. The
BY CHRIS LATHAM
PERTH — On November 22, members of the Western Australian branch of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union's construction and general divisions began the process of implementing of a new enterprise agreement.
The
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE The victory
of the Labor Party in the Victorian state election has surprised few. The
most encouraging aspect of the election was the huge increase in the left-of-Labor
vote, which in some inner-Melbourne
BY JAMES CAULFIELD
CANBERRA — Five-hundred people attended a November 30 rally outside the US Embassy and Prime Minister John Howard's residence, the Lodge.
The protest was organised by the ACT Network Opposing War. Speakers included ALP MP
BY ROHAN PEARCE
Ignoring the fact that Iraq is fully cooperating with United Nations weapons inspectors, Washington continues to prepare for war. The November 19 New York Times reported that the US "has quietly doubled the number of its troops in
BY BIANCA BILLIK
In the central Australian desert, just 19 kilometre south-west of Alice Springs, is the Pine Gap Joint Military Defence Facility. In simple terms, Pine Gap is a US military spy base. Pine Gap will play an important role in any
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