Anti-worker legislation Laws being rushed through the Victorian parliament include the Employee Relations Bill, the Vital State Industries Bill and the Public Sector Management Bill. Together they will: Abolish all state awards from March 1,
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By Peter Boyle MELBOURNE — Victorians used to joke about "political refugees" from Queensland under the former Bjelke-Petersen government. But soon, it seems, there may be a flight to the north, to what a local wit said was now a relative
The Fire Next Time By Mark Davis SYDNEY — Popping in for a quiet drink at Max's Petersham Inn to hear popular folk singer Peter Hicks' new band The Fire Next Time proved a very rewarding experience. At last, some overtly political music
Forum discusses censorship By Emma Webb ADELAIDE — Almost 100 people attended a Democratic Socialist Party forum on censorship and pornography on November 4. Speakers were Melanie Sjoberg of the DSP and Helen Vicqua, the secretary of the
Timor mortis (From the Spanish of Uruguayan author Mario Benedetti. Translated by Rosemary Evans.) And, finally, death awaits me. She knows at what terrible moment she will come. But to me it is a mystery. So between us I build
By Jo Brown As new entrants to the work force, young people will be the first hit with exploitative individual employment contracts. That has been the experience in New Zealand. In addition, the abolition of weekend penalty rates and the
Thousands of women around Australia rallied, marched and demonstrated last month to Reclaim the Night. Like International Women's Day in March, Reclaim the Night every October attracts feminists, women involved in various women's services (often
By Debbie Brennan The survivors of an industrial disaster are now fighting for compensation and medical treatment for diseases contracted over decades. The Baryulgil catastrophe was a creation of asbestos mining companies, which needed
Arithmetic A tax return by one of Australia's top 100 companies had listed its stocks as a deduction, leading to "an arithmetic error in excess of $80 million. It was only after numerous tax office requests and some 20 months had elapsed that
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