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Vigil to Protest Cuts to WorkCover

Vigil to Protest Cuts to WorkCover Tuesday, December 9, 10am-Thursday, December 11Outside Parliament House If you're interested in helping out with the vigil, ring the CFMEU on 9347-4766 or Trades Hall Council on 9662-3511.

Women and Labour conference focuses on native title

By Lisa Macdonald GEELONG — More than 400 women attended the sixth Women and Labour Conference at Deakin University on November 29-30. The 65 panel and workshop presentations crammed into a day and a half covered topics as wide ranging as women

Ups and downs of scaffolding

Ups and downs of scaffolding Over the last few months, scaffolder and rigger John Tognolini and ABC Radio National's Radio-eye show have made what is probably the first radio documentary about scaffolding. In The Up and Downs of the Scaff Game,

21 years of the Workers Health Centre

21 years of the Workers Health Centre By Ben Bartlett [The following is excerpted from a speech delivered at the 21st anniversary celebration of the Workers Health Centre.] The '70s was an exciting time. The Whitlam Labor government had been

NSW fires a warning of global warming

NSW fires a warning of global warming By Susan Laszlo The Australian Conservation Foundation claims that the devastating fires in NSW provide a salutary lesson about the potential future impacts of global warming in Australia. According to ACF

Hanson purges rivals

By Norm Dixon Pauline Hanson's One Nation party is being purged of members of Graeme Campbell's Australia First party and supporters of the Australian League of Rights. Hanson's minders claim that Campbell supporters have attempted to take over One

Stakes raised in Jabiluka uranium battle

By Tom Flanagan DARWIN — Aboriginal traditional owners are blocking a key aspect of the plan to mine uranium at Jabiluka. They are using the limited legal rights they now have to refuse to consent to the milling of Jabiluka uranium ore at the

A strong case for leaving uranium in the ground

Jabiluka: the struggle of the Mirrar people against the Jabiluka uranium mineFrontline Film FoundationProduced and directed by David BradburyChauvel Cinema, Sydney on December 12-13, 7pm and Dec 14, 5pm. State Film Centre, Melbourne on December

Union supports freedom for political prisoners

Union supports freedom for political prisoners By Vannessa Hearman MELBOURNE — Following an address from representatives of Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET), the Victorian Australian Services Union's Victorian branch

A much more exciting republican debate

A New Australia: Citizenship, Radicalism and the First RepublicBy Bruce ScatesCambridge University Press, 1997261 pp., $29.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon Have you been lashed into a coma by the debate over the Constitutional Convention and whether

IRC delays tax sackings

By Chris Slee MELBOURNE — The Industrial Relations Commission has granted a reprieve to a group of workers in the Individual Non-Business Taxes section of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) threatened with compulsory redundancy. At an IRC

Yes to land rights! No to uranium mining!

Yes to land rights! No to uranium mining! Radical documentary film maker DAVID BRADBURY has produced and directed an illuminating new film called Jabiluka. Renowned for Frontline, Nicaragua: No Pasaran and Chile: Hasta Cuando, Bradbury in his