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SCU staff reject dodgy deal

BY NICK FREDMAN LISMORE — In a victory for unionism in the higher-education sector, staff at Southern Cross University have decisively voted down a short-term enterprise bargaining agreement aimed at marginalising the National Tertiary Education

Save the ABC!

BY ADAM MACLEAN After the much-publicised $26.1 million cuts the Australian Broadcasting Corporation management made on August 5, federal communications minister Richard Alston has hinted at allowing it to raise funds through things like telethons

Fighting an 'outmoded view of pregnancy'

BY SHUA GARFIELD HOBART — Socialist Alliance member Peter Cahill, a public servant in the Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services, launched action with the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal (ADT) on July 29, seeking a declaration that the

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Victory for student democracy BRISBANE — Students at the University of Queensland have voted decisively to reject changes to the UQ Union constitution, proposed by Liberal students. The no vote was victorious with a 62% majority of the almost

Life and Debt: Behind paradise's facade

Life and DebtA film by Stephanie BlackAvailable on DVD and videotapeOrder enquiries: (07) 33910124; (07) 3391 0154 (fax); or email <gilsfilm@cairns.net.au>Visit <http://www.lifeanddebt.org/> for future screening dates REVIEW BY

VENEZUELA: Workers' movement debates way forward

BY MICHAEL LEBOWITZ "Nationalise the banks!", "Take over enterprises that have shutdown and run them instead by workers!", "Refuse to pay the external debt and use the funds to create jobs!", "Reduce the work week to 36 hours!", "Create new

A woman's place is in the struggle: Hunting for Bambi

After mud-wrestling, we didn't think it could get much worse. "Hunting for Bambi", the latest form of "adult entertainment" for some in the US, is a sadistic twist on the already sadistic sport skirmish (paintball). "Hunting for Bambi" involves

CANADA: Troubling signs for organised labour

BY BARRY WEISLEDER TORONTO — Labour Day parades across Ontario and other parts of Canada will march under darkening clouds on September 1 — regardless of the weather. A number of trade unions are giving way as a rising tide of employer demands

UNITED STATES: How the media spread Bush's WMD lies

BY SETH ACKERMAN NEW YORK — By the time the war against Iraq began, much of the media had been conditioned to believe, almost as an article of faith, that Saddam Hussein's Iraq was bulging with chemical and biological weapons, despite years of

No cooperation with Jakarta's terror gangs!

Canberra's moves to resume military cooperation with Jakarta, especially with the quasi-state-terror gang Kopassus, in the name of the "war on terror", should strongly be opposed by all those who support the democratic rights of the workers and

Campaign for anti-war unity gains momentum

BY NICK EVERETT SYDNEY — Following the decision by a wing of the Walk Against the War Coalition (WAWC) to initiate a new anti-war group — the Sydney Peace and Justice Coalition (SPJC) — a campaign has begun in earnest to maintain a united,

UNITED STATES: Iraq war opens ruling class divisions

BY DOUG LORIMER With Iraqi resistance fighters inflicting casualties on the US and British occupation troops almost daily, and with the US administration's justification for invading Iraq — its alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction