Sam Wainwright, Perth
On November 25, 300 workers employed by Leighton Contractors on the construction of the Perth to Mandurah railway won a significant victory in their fight for better night shift penalties.
Negotiations between the
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Prostitution law opposed
DARWIN — On December 1, the Scarlet Alliance, a national sex workers' rights group, held a World AIDS Day public forum to highlight issues surrounding the unjust and discriminatory sex worker law in the Northern
Frederico Fuentes
With a Coalition majority in both houses of parliament from July 1 next year, federal education minister Brendan Nelson has signalled his intention to move forward with key elements of his higher education "reform" package
On November 11, under instruction from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, federal police raided the Canberra offices of the National Indigenous Times to search for leaked government documents. NIT editor Chris Graham spoke to Green Left
Raul Bassi
Under the slogan "less work so we can all work", around 5000 people filled one of the historic places for the Argentine working class, Federacion del Box, on October 29.
Delegates and representatives from different unions — including
The Polar ExpressWritten and directed by Robert Zemeckis
Based on the book by Chris Van AllsburgWith Tom Hanks, Chris Coppola and Nona Gaye
REVIEW BY NICOLE HILDER
The Polar Express is a tale of Christmas Eve re-education. A mysterious train
On November 26, an asylum seeker doused himself in petrol inside the British Home Office's immigration headquarters, in front of a long queue of asylum seekers. He said that he was going to set himself alight. Police officers guarding the centre
No politician wants to be associated with the James Hardie scandal. Who can blame them? Australia has the world's highest per capita incidence of mesothelioma, one of the painful forms of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos fibres. By 2020, 18,000
I stand with the people of Fallujahas they try to repel the Yankee murderer.I cry with the children and their mothersas they stare at the bodies of their brothers.I walk through the ruins of their housesand watch while the wives bury spouses.
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Sue Bolton, Melbourne
A mini-bus of workers from the SPC Ardmona cannery in Mooroopna, central-northern Victoria, were joined by other Australian Manufacturing Workers Union members in a protest outside the company's headquarters on November 30.
A half-day stoppage brought Italy to a halt on November 30, as millions of workers protested the planned 2005 austerity budget of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Berlesconi is planning sweeping cuts to public spending, particularly on public
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Don't log Recherche Bay
HOBART — French ambassador to Australia Patrick Henault visited Recherche Bay on December 1.
Environmentalists were hoping for official French support for the campaign to stop logging at the bay, however Henault
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