Court rules against Rio Tinto
A Federal Court ruling has found that three union delegates at the Rio Tinto-owned Hunter Valley No. 1 colliery were victimised when they had leave for union business "unreasonably refused". The company threatened the
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By Eva Cheng
The Indian left scored very mixed results in the September-October general elections, but the challenge ahead is extraordinary. The Hindu neo-fascist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) managed to secure national power a second time by
... and ain't i a woman?: Abortion: as early as possible, as late as necessary
An international conference on abortion, "Abortion in Focus", to be held at Coolum on Queensland's Sunshine Coast in November, will offer information on abortion
StiffedBy Susan FaludiRandom House Australia1999, 662 pp., $27.95 (pb) Review by Kath Gelber
It was with some trepidation that I approached Susan Faludi's new book, Stiffed, and it had little to do with its sheer volume. I was impressed by Faludi's
Don't mention it
"Giving can improve a company's reputation and do wonders for morale, not to mention profits." — Donna Greaves, adviser to something called Philanthropy Australia, urging corporations to give to charity.
Great expectations
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By Zanny Begg
Amongst the student left there has been increasing support for "autonomous organising" of the oppressed. Tactical discussions about the best path towards liberation for groups such as women, gays and lesbians, and indigenous people
SYDNEY — The State Rail Authority has been accused of breaching privacy laws by using electronic data received from station ticket machines to take disciplinary action against rail workers. Rail unions say 10 workers had faced disciplinary action,
By James Vassilopoulos
CANBERRA — Coroner Shayne Madden's report, released on November 4, into the July 1997 hospital demolition which killed schoolgirl Katie Bender found that the project "failed systemically". The report damns the ACT Liberal
Labor gains in UTS elections
By Will Williams
SYDNEY — The left's influence was weakened considerably in the recent University of Technology, Sydney, (UTS) students' association elections, to the advantage of the National Organisation of Labor
Skilled audacity
Shine Eyed Mister ZenKelly Joe PhelpsRykodisc RCD 10476 Review by Barry Healy
Kelly Joe Phelps delights in extracting the last drop of passion and pain out of the acoustic slide guitar, bending and scratching at the strings till
A win for reaction
The defeat of the republic referendum on Saturday was a victory for reaction. It was not an unmixed victory, however, and need not be a major one, provided progressive-minded people understand the reasons for it.
The result of
Timorese: don't outlaw union solidarity
The National Council of Timorese Resistance last month called on the Australian Democrats to block the federal Coalition government's "second wave" of anti-union laws, the October 22 Workers Online, the NSW
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