By Leo Wellin
An ominous silence from Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) officials has marked the end of the first stage of Telstra privatisation. By November 17, after weeks of being tied up in working parties and negotiations over an
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South Korea: another Asian economy in trouble
By Eva Cheng
Seoul's November 21 call for assistance from the International Monetary Fund is the latest sign that the South Korean economy, the 11th biggest in the world, is in deep trouble.
By Lisa Macdonald
Pick up any newspaper in any city on pretty much any day of the week, and there'll be at least one article quoting one or another politician, so-called expert or social commentator on how "society" is paying a price for
New airport driven by profits
By Alistair Dickinsonand Rupen Savoulian
SYDNEY — Developers of the Badgerys Creek airport will make big profits, while residents will pay the cost, Kay Vella, a coordinator of the western Sydney anti-airport
By Sue Bull
CANBERRA — Not content with demolishing public sector jobs and services, the Howard government has decided to demolish public buildings in Canberra, supposedly to get the economy going. Sound bizarre and irrational? But wait ...
The following is abridged from a strategy paper prepared by the socialist youth organisation, Resistance, for the National Education Conference in Melbourne, December 6-7. In 1998, for the first time, Australian undergraduate students will enter
Burmese leader to visit
A Burmese democracy leader, Dr Thaung Htun, will visit Australia to participate in the Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference being organised by the Asia Pacific Institute for Democratisation and Development (API) from April
Activist launches first book
By Connie Fraser
ADELAIDE — About 100 women crowded into the Lion Bar of the Lion Arts Theatre Complex on November 11 to congratulate well-known activist Marg McHugh on the launch of her first book, What Would
By Karen Fletcher
In September the Australian Law Reform Commission had the temerity to brief the current federal government on its view of Howard's 10-point plan to extinguish native title. It warned that the proposed legislation is probably
Suncorp-Metway staff reject non-union agreement
BRISBANE — Staff at the newly merged Suncorp-Metway Bank voted on November 14 to reject a non-union industrial agreement. Although the plan was defeated by only 51% to 49%, Janice Mayes, state
Another Aboriginal death in custody in WA
PERTH — Another Aboriginal person has died in custody in Western Australia, the Deaths In Custody Watch Committee (WA) has reported. "His body was found in his cell on the evening of November 14 at the
By Sean Healy
SYDNEY — On November 15, the National Union of Students NSW branch conference passed a motion limiting the role of the activist Cross-Campus Education Network (CCEN). This is a significant shift away from the state branch's
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