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BY BRONWYN POWELL SYDNEY — In protest against federal government intervention into their enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA), Sydney University staff held a 24-hour strike on October 7. Four-hundred people picketed the entrances to the campus
BY PETER ROBSON The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has called a national strike for October 16 in protest against the federal Coalition government's proposed changes to staff conditions on universities. Liz Thompson, the national
BY BRADLEY SIMS On October 4, 200 people crammed into Albany's Senior Citizens Hall, to support Albany's Hazara Afghan refugees and to show public opposition to deporting the Afghans who have made Albany home for three to four years. No
BY JOHN NEBAUER ADELAIDE — Women gathered in the Women's Pioneer Memorial Gardens on October 8 to launch this year's poster for the annual Reclaim the Night march, to be held on October 31. Local artist and Reclaim the Night collective member
BY KAMALA EMANUEL LAUNCESTON — On October 1, the Tasmanian Industrial Commission reinstated 17 workers who had been locked out of the Blue Ribbon meatworks for 182 days and ordered they be paid for wages lost as a result of the lockout. In her
DARWIN — The Top End's power-funk outfit Neo has timed the release of the band's new song, "Wrecking Ball", and its film clip to coincide with Refugee Week. The launch will be held at Darwin's Deckchair Cinema on October 21, at 7pm and will be
NEW YORK — As many as 100,000 people rallied in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens on October 4 to demand an amnesty and better working conditions for undocumented workers. The demonstration was the climax of the Immigrant Workers Freedom
Howard hanged SYDNEY — On October 9, students at University of Western Sydney-Bankstown "hanged" Prime Minister John Howard! Students found Howard guilty of attacking trade unions, the inhumane treatment of refugees, attacking and
BY PIP HINMAN Just four months ago, when Bush declared "major combat operations" in Iraq to be over, the US ruling class was sure its gamble to break international law, dismiss the UN and go against the unprecedented global opposition to the war
BY SUSAN AUSTIN DUBLIN — Thousands of people are taking a stand against the introduction of a new household refuse-collection tax. After thousands of citizens refused to pay the tax, the government passed laws allowing local councils to stop
BY NORM DIXON Israel's government on October 5 launched a missile attack on Syria, claiming that it was acting in "self-defence". The assault was the first Israeli strike into Syrian territory in 30 years. Israel declared that the missile strike
BY JANET BURSTALL The Socialist Alliance in NSW will soon have its first chance to campaign in local government elections, which have been called for March 27. What are the issues and challenges? Inequality in Australia corresponds very closely