Indonesian trade union seeks legal recognition
Indonesia's economic crisis has, over the last two years, dramatically increased levels of unemployment and reduced the capacity of Indonesian workers to meet basic living costs. At the same time, the
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On November 6, under pain of a $50 fine, we will all be marched off to the polling booths to vote on whether Australia is to become a republic. The absence of popular excitement is deafening, and with good reason: the choice before us has been
By Lilliam Riera
Cuba's favourable geographic position, with little change in the sun's intensity from January to December, permits it to tap a clean and renewable energy source throughout the entire country equivalent to 20 billion tons of oil
ACT cuts college funding
By Nick Soudakoff
CANBERRA — Secondary colleges in the ACT plan to cut courses and student services, and increase class sizes, because of a $1.8 million funding cut by the ACT government. Canberra's eight colleges
By Melanie Sjoberg
The national officials of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), threatened by a rank and file ticket in the union's elections, have resorted to rumour-mongering in an effort to protect their cosy bureaucratic niche. The
Comment by Zanny Begg
SYDNEY — Community Action Against Homophobia (CAAH) was established to organise against attempts by the Liberty Christian Ministry (LCM) to hold a "Coming out of homosexuality" conference here on September 25. The conference
A timely look backwards
Stop Uranium Mining! Australia's decade of protest, 1975-85By Greg AdamsonResistance Books, 199947pp., $4.95 (pb)Available at Resistance Bookshops, or send payment (plus $2 postage) to PO Box 515, Broadway 2007 Review by
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Back when the Rileys were top of the pile, the family coat of arms used to mean something — like a logo for genetic material. It can be viewed as an abstract representation of a double helix.
Mexican students' epic struggle in danger
By Phil Hearse
MEXICO CITY — Commandeered buses flying red and black flags and Che Guevara portraits sped through the city on October 2, ferrying students to a demonstration commemorating the 1968
By Jonathan Singer
Industrial relations minister Peter Reith is preparing a "third wave" of federal anti-union legislation even before parliament has finished dealing with his "second wave". The second wave legislation to amend the federal
The rich people's games
By Sean Healy
SYDNEY — Any hopes that the 2000 Olympics would live up to their billing as the "people's games" were dashed on October 26 when SOCOG, the body responsible for running the games, revealed how few tickets
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