By Kerry Vernon
BRISBANE — More than 300 women workers at Triumph International women's underwear factories at Ipswich and Wynnum went on strike from October 26. The strike is in response to the refusal of the company (trading as the House of
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By Chris Spindler
ADELAIDE — Campaigns by a number of progressive candidates, including the Green Alliance, a teachers union candidate, the Democratic Socialists and independents, in the December 11 South Australian elections have added
EZ sacks 330
By Dave Wright
Hobart — Pasminco Metals EZ has sacked 333 workers at its Risdon plant. EZ is implementing a comprehensive plant restructure which it claims will save over $8 million.
Unions believe that the company
By Sean Malloy
SYDNEY — "What we represent is the community, and hopefully the community will also represent us", said Brad Roberts, coordinator of Glebe Youth Centre, in the midst of a campaign to save the centre from closure.
Funding
Blacks oppose CRA mine pipeline
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Aborigines at the Doomadgee community in north-west Queensland have confronted mining giant CRA over plans to build a zinc slurry pipeline to the sea near their land.
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Women and the Olympics
It is seven long years till Olympics 2000 finally hit the sports stadiums of Sydney. But unless there are some rule changes in the meantime, women will be excluded from many events, including baseball, water-polo, modern
By Dave Wright
Hobart — The Independent Reform Group will stand candidates for all official Public Sector Union positions in the November PSU Tasmanian branch elections.
The IRG will be campaigning particularly against what it calls
By Ana Kailis
AUCKLAND — An October 29 Herald opinion poll shows support for the Alliance (composed of Greens, Democrats, NewLabour, Mana Motuhake and Liberals) growing. Support for the Alliance has risen from 12% a week ago to 17%. Pockets of
By Norm Dixon
Three senior chemical company executives in South Africa are being tried for murder following the death of a worker from mercury poisoning in July. The case, believed to be the first prosecution of its kind, has exposed the callous
By Michael Boswell
PERTH — The WA Liberal government will dissolve the City of Perth council at the end of 1993. Since the former Labor government introduced adult suffrage in local government in the mid-'80s, pressure has been applied by city
By Craig Cormick
Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe.
Surprise UN
By Karen Fredericks
Reclaim the Night marches, against protesting violence against women, gathered more support than ever around the country this year. Green Left Weekly spoke to women who attended marches in just some of the many centres in
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