New push on health care privatisation
By Jonathan Singer
"Even though the federal government sticks to the line that Medicare is safe, what is happening is the privatisation of the health system. The push is on for everyone to pay for their
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Beattie clashes with AWU, bosses
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Queensland Labor premier Peter Beattie is confronting ALP faction leader and Australian Workers Union state secretary Bill Ludwig over proposed new industrial legislation, which will
By Chris Spindler
MELBOURNE — Beef processor G&K O'Connors, in Pakenham, has locked out 250 workers after refusing to negotiate an enterprise agreement. The meatworkers have been locked out now for two months. The workers' union, the
Self-determination for Kosova!
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Firefighters fight for a fair deal
By James Vassilopoulos
CANBERRA — On May 24, members of the United Firefighters Union of Australia (UFUA) were in Civic Mall asking shoppers to sign petitions in support of their stand in an enterprise
Tasmanian budget fails health and child-care
By Tony Iltis
HOBART — Rising gambling tax revenues and a 5% levy on household electricity bills allowed the Tasmanian ALP government to boost some public spending and deliver a budget with a surplus
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — Two hundred people attended a SA United Trades and Labor Council (UTLC) public meeting on May 21 to hear Jennie George, ACTU president, speak on the latest round of changes to the federal industrial relations laws
By Sarah Stephen
PERTH — Five people are now facing trial for the murder of 14-year-old Aboriginal boy Cleon Jackman after his battered body was found on May 22. Jackman is believed to have been beaten and strangled to death after he was
'The Philippines left needs to appreciate the national question'
ABRINO AYDINAN, a leader of the Cordillera Peoples Liberation Army-Cordillera
Bodong Administration (CPLA-CBA) and an executive council member of the
Socialist Party of
Capitalism puts its own edge on the 'netwar'
The Zapatista Social Netwar in MexicoBy David Ronfeldt, John Arquilla, Graham E. Fuller and Melissa FullerRand Corporation, 1998, $15Also available at
Rappers lament the 'struggle between brother and brother'
Pray for LiberiaThe Boyz of ButuburamUnited Sound (Germany)Order (approximately DM37) from <http://www.united-sound.com/usmaster/usmastereng.htm>> or e-mail Dirk Majchrzak at
Starting with him
"Mr Howard said Australians needed to 'throw out those things that are not working' ..." — Sydney Morning Herald May 24.
Depends what you're negotiating
"You don't lose your principles just because you negotiate with the
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