BY ANTHONY BENBOW
PORT HEDLAND — "BHP posted out 537 workplace agreements. We've got over 400 of them piled here in the union office, still in the envelopes. We expect another 70 or so when people return from annual leave. Probably 20 more were
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If you can't beat them ... I
"I hope we have moved on from keeping the bastards honest to also giving them a few good ideas." — Democrats leader Meg Lees defending her record on February 28.
If you can't beat them ... II
"If I wanted to be
BY BRONWEN BEECHEY
ADELAIDE — The 2001 Womadelaide world music festival, held February 16-18, attracted a record 67,000 people. They braved high temperatures to hear an inspiring and exciting line-up of musicians from around the globe.
Sierra
BY VIV MILEY
SYDNEY — The dean of arts at the University of New England in Armidale has agreed to "sell" the department of modern Greek studies and its students to the University of New South Wales for $2 million.
Head lecturer of modern Greek
Members of the Australian Defence Industries Residents Action Group and supporters picketed federal Liberal MP Jackie Kelly's office in Penrith on February 15, to oppose the proposed residential development on the heritage-listed ADI site at St
Clubbing the competition
Picture this: two computer operating systems are fighting it out
for control of millions of personal computers around the world (the operating
system is the fundamental piece of software which allows a computer
For the first time that anyone can remember, an International Women's Day march and rally is being organised in the Central Queensland coastal city of Rockhampton, sometimes referred to as the "beef capital" of Australia. One of the key organisers of
BY GREG HARRIS
GLASGOW — The third annual conference of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) held here February 10-11 adopted an ambitious program of activities for the coming months. Key among these were a decision to contest all of Scotland's 72
BY PIP HINMAN
The recent well-publicised report by Global Alliance for Workers
and Communities on sexual harassment of women workers in Nike factories
in Indonesia is hardly earth-shattering news. By now, Nike's legendary
exploitation of
BY JIM McILROY
BRISBANE — A bulletin issued by the Community and Public Sector Union to Centrelink staff on February 22 reported that "Recent media reports have exposed a plan by the federal government to impose a new 'fee for service' funding
BY GERALDINE CAHILL
MELBOURNE — Every year, community radio station 3CR serves a feast of women's programming, music and performance to celebrate International Women's Day. This year, 3CR's banquet will bigger than ever. It will kick off at
BY MAX LANE
Despite the humiliating forced resignation of Indonesian President Suharto in May 1998, the political machine that he built during his 33-year reign has remained virtually intact.
Suharto's son may be on the run from a prison sentence
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