I wrote recently in this column about the seemingly strange fact that many of the wealthiest Australians report being dissatisfied with their lives in general and even with the state of their finances in particular.
For example, a greater
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In a midnight raid on July 21, Zimbabwean police forcibly removed hundreds of homeless people from churches in Bulawayo, taking them to the Hellensvale transit camp, set up to house those made homeless by the government's crackdown on illegal
Stuart Munckton
Broadcasting his weekly Hello President television show live from a newly worker-run cacao processing plant, on July 15 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced plans to expropriate privately owned companies that have been closed
Liam Mitchell, Sydney
A recent case of workers being forced to sign AWAs has ended with a victory after a two-and-a-half week campaign by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU).
When workers at Masterton Homes were told they
The Moroccan government continues to clamp down on dissent in Western Sahara, the country it occupies, following a pro-independence upsurge in protest in May-June. On July 21, five Saharawi human rights workers were arrested. All of the men have been
GREAT BARRIER REEF — This is a recent photograph of live bombing at Raymond Island in the mouth of Shoalwater Bay, inside the Great Barrier Reef marine national park. Raymond Island has been a regular target for ship-to-shore bombardments and
Just got his CV up to scratch
"Philip Cooney resigned as chief of staff of the White House council [on environmental quality] last Friday, two days after the New York Times reported that he edited some descriptions of climate research in a way that
Israeli security forces threatened to put "a bullet in the head" of peaceful Palestinian, Israeli and international peace protesters in Asira village in the Occupied West Bank on July 23. According to a statement issued by the International
On July 20, around 200 textile workers began marching from Kashan to Tehran to demand payment of their wages. By the evening their numbers had swelled to 600. More than 2500 textile workers in Kashan are on strike because they have not been paid for
Women workers on average still earn lower wages than male workers, and will be even worse off under the federal Coalition government's new industrial relations "reforms". According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Australian Social Trends
NailedWritten by Caleb LewisDirected by David BertholdStarring Ursula Yovich, Tim Draxl, Wayne Pygram and Annie ByronGriffin Theatre CompanyThe Stables Theatre, Kings Cross, SydneyUntil August 14
REVIEW BY PETER BOYLE
Caleb Lewis predicted his
No issue in this country is more pressing than the Coalition's onslaught on the very existence of trade unions. The Howard government's intent goes far beyond routine union-bashing.
The goal now is, effectively, to abolish them. Howard's "final
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