Undemocratic rules force change of candidate
By Dave Wright
SYDNEY — The Democratic Socialists have been forced to name a new candidate for the western Sydney seat of Reid because its original candidate is a federal public servant. Under the
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GLW annual dinner
SYDNEY — The annual Green Left Weekly fundraising dinner, with the theme "Struggle, solidarity, socialism", was held in Leichhardt Town Hall on September 5. Around 180 people enjoyed a three-course Indonesian meal, music from
By Ben Reid
MELBOURNE — A round-table of non-major party candidates in the federal election was broadcast by independent radio station 3CR on September 11. Charmaine Clark (Greens), Jim Downey (Australian Democrats) and Maurice Sibelle
By Ben Reid
MELBOURNE — Local residents and migrant communities in inner-city Richmond have decided to organise a community street march against racism and One Nation. The march will be on Saturday, September 12, at 12.30pm. It will assemble at
By Lara Pullin
CANBERRA — One of Canberra's biggest rallies in years was held on September 2 when many forces combined to express their opposition to MLA Paul Osborne's attempt to outlaw abortion in the ACT. Canberra's city square was filled with
Mining still threatens Great Barrier Reef
By Francesca Davis
On August 19, federal environment minister Robert Hill announced new regulations to ban mining and drilling on the Great Barrier Reef. The move will not, however, stop three proposed
By Ben Philpottand Arrow Tong
ADELAIDE — Posters are being pasted up in schools and public places here by the neo-Nazi group National Action. The posters feature a picture of Resistance leader Marina Carman and state that Resistance is a
Latham outlines Labor education policy
By Alison Dellit
NEWCASTLE — Mark Latham, federal Labor spokesperson for higher education, addressed a forum organised by the Newcastle University Students' Association and the Labor Club on August 24.
Rally in the Valley
By Chris Dawson
BRISBANE — The second in a series of anti-racism community rallies organised by the Democratic Socialists and Resistance took place in the Chinatown mall, Fortitude Valley, on September 5. With the slogans
Mirrar elder fined for trespass on her own land
By Peter Johnston
DARWIN — The senior elder of the Mirrar people, Yvonne Margarula, has been convicted and fined $500 for trespassing on her own land. Three other Aboriginal people, who were
By Philippa Stanford
ADELAIDE — In mid-August, Community and Public Sector Union members working for Centrelink in South Australia voted overwhelmingly in favour of a "stop the cuts" campaign to fight the loss of 160 jobs. On August 25, the CPSU
By Norrian Rundle and Michael O'Reilly
On September 1, primary and secondary school teachers in the eastern half of Victoria stopped work. Schools in the western half of the state took stop-work action on August 18. The half-day stop-work on
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