By Alex Bainbridge NEWCASTLE — Academic work bans were lifted at Newcastle University on September 21 following the abolition of promotion quotas by the university council the previous day. Bans had been in place for four months following a
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MELBOURNE — Fourteen people arrested in the campaign to halt the Eastern Freeway extension were sent to trial last week. The Coalition Against Freeway Extensions (CAFE) is organising a rally outside the magistrates' court on October 10 in support
Russian nuclear subs: meltdown danger By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — At a naval base in the Russian Arctic, decommissioned nuclear submarines lie rusting next to the wharves. Their reactors still contain fuel rods, which emit significant amounts of
By Maureen Baker and Sean Magill PERTH — A ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the death of John Pat, who died aged 16 in police custody in Roebourne 12 years ago, was held at Fremantle Prison on September 28. John Pat's mother Mavis and
By Ben Courtice HOBART Moves by the federal government to shore up its environment image before the next election have amounted to next to nothing for the Tarkine wilderness area in Tasmania's north-west. The forests of the Tarkine and the Great
Write on Gareth Evans I am as outraged at your Gareth Evans competition as I was with my daughter who reckoned GE and Martin Evans vindicate phrenology. "The ducks are on the board Dad", she says. Don't get me wrong, GE has his faults: convoluted
The Save Albert Park (SAP) committee is gearing up for another major demonstration on October 15. Green Left Weekly's JEREMY SMITH and FELICITY WHITWORTH spoke to campaign convener IAIN STEWART, and acting campaign coordinator, CAROLYN HUTCHINS.
By Bernard Wunsch BRISBANE — On October 5 students from 45 different schools walked out of class, and 4000 high school students rallied in the streets. King George Square was filled with young people demanding "Stop the bomb". When the crowd
Due to an increase in the price of newsprint, the cover price of Green Left Weekly has increased to $2.However, for the time being, the cost of subscribing is still at the pre-price rise rate. Until the end of the year, when we will have to increase
By Ian Powell While on a recent visit to England it was interesting, both as a parent and as a former teachers' union official, to observe developments in the education service after 15 years of Thatcherism. In the all-too-brief 10 days I was there,
By Brandon Astor Jones "We hear talk from elected officials these days about contracts, compacts, and covenants, about obligation and opportunity. Seldom ... do we see any discussion of race [or] any acknowledgment that race remains a searing issue
When is equal pay not equal pay? When you fiddle the figures, of course. Debates around equal pay for women have been raging since the principle of equal pay for work of equal value was endorsed by the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration
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