By Allen Myers
The things you'd never know if you didn't read the Sydney Morning Herald! For example, check your knowledge of current events by answering the following multiple choice question: Mal Colston is: (a) the biggest rorter in the
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By Paul Oboohov
CANBERRA—A sign of the disaster unfolding in the Australian Public Service is the recent stampede of 4000 Commonwealth Employment Service (CES) workers — half the workforce — to apply for jobs in the Service Delivery Agency
ALP scuttles Brisbane student demo
By Lana Halpin and Kathy Newnam
BRISBANE — On May 8 a national day of action has been called against the education funding cuts. The Queensland Education Action Network (QEAN) has been meeting over the
An honest and proud man devastated by his ordeal. This was how ACTU secretary Bill Kelty described former Coles Myer boss Brian Quinn found guilty of defrauding the company of several million dollars. Kelty joined with Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett
Rally demands real jobs
By Nicole Hilder
WOLLONGONG — A "No Work for the Dole" rally organised by Resistance and the Democratic Socialist Party was held at Wollongong Mall on April 19. More than 100 people came to the event, which was
NetworkingNetworking
Corporate life can be stressful for a woman. Taking over half a dozen companies, closing a $2 million deal, retrenching a few thousand "unproductive" workers — all on top of having to think of the menu for the next
Plea to save Japanese bay
The Japanese government has just closed off one of Japan's largest inter-tidal wetlands for a major reclamation project. The following is from a plea for international assistance from the Japan Wetlands Action Network.
By Dave Holmes
The ecological crisis is perhaps the strongest argument for socialism. Despite the business-as-usual attitude of the capitalist media, this is not just one more crisis: it is a looming catastrophe that threatens the survival of
By Anthony Benbow
PERTH — WA Premier Richard Court and labour minister Graham Kierath claim to take their jobs seriously. After a hard week at the office ramming the "third wave" anti-union legislation through the lower house without debate,
Chocolate Supa HighwaySpearhead Capitol Records Review by Sujatha Fernandes
Chocolate Supa Highway may not live up to the funkiness of Spearhead's last album Home, and it may lack the confrontational political appeal of the Disposable Heroes of
By Lisa Macdonald
Greenpeace, founded in 1971 by anti-nuclear activists in Canada, is today the dominant environment organisation worldwide. What Greenpeace does and how it does it shapes, to a large extent, public consciousness about the major
By Max Lane
On April 22, a kangaroo court in Surabaya handed down a prison sentence of six years to Dita Sari, leader of the Indonesian Centre for Working Class Struggle. The prosecution had demanded nine years. Dita's co-defendants, Coen
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