BY SIMON MILLAR
After more than two years of unsuccessful attempts by Yallourn Energy to stonewall the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union Victorian mining and energy division into giving up more than 200 workers' jobs, arbitration on
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BY CHRIS SLEE
MELBOURNE — The Power Workers Support Committee has begun holding public meetings in Melbourne's suburbs to build support for the Yallourn Energy workers. Public meetings were held in Sunshine on May 2 and Brunswich on May 10.
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — "We value our relationship with S11 and M1, a relationship born of common values and goals [and] we'd like to talk to you about what will take place at CHOGM and work closely with you", John Maitland, the national
BY ARUN PRADHAN
MELBOURNE — Footscray residents, members of the Socialist Alliance, refugees, Victorian University staff and students and migrants originally from Egypt, Chile, Somalia, India and Papau New Guinea came together on May 10 for the
BY SHUA GARFIELD
HOBART — "Save the Forests!" and "Corporate Greed!" were among the more polite greetings given to Prime Minister John Howard upon his arrival in the small Tasmanian town of Margate on May 12.
Howard was arriving to attend the
BY EVA CHENG
Existing arrangements for nuclear arms control were placed in jeopardy on May 2 when US President George W Bush announced his plan to go ahead with the long-mooted "Son of Star Wars" National Missile Defence scheme.
In choosing to
Thirteen DaysDirected by Roger DonaldsonWritten by David SelfWith Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood and Steven CulpAt major cinemas
REVIEW BY KIM BULLIMORE
For two weeks in 1962 the sights of the world's largest superpower were trained on a small
BY MALIK MIAH & RICH LESNIK
SAN FRANCISCO — Mechanics and utility workers at United Airlines face a new representation election. The standoff pits the incumbent union, the International Association of Machinists, against the upstart Aircraft
While efforts by the state to mount a lawsuit against Indonesia's former dictator collapsed ignominiously last year, the PRD has succeeded in taking Suharto and 12 other generals to court for the unlawful arrest of its members in 1996. This is the
Under the headline "Murdoch supports May Day — Oh yeah!", Rob Gowland wrote in the May 2 edition of the Guardian, weekly paper of the Communist Party of Australia:
"On Friday, April 27, The Australian, flagship of the Murdoch press and a paper
BY REEM HALAWANI
As the Palestinian intifada enters its eighth month, the Israeli government of Ariel Sharon remains intransigently against granting any concessions to the Palestinians. Instead, it has escalated its attacks on the occupied
BY JIM McILROY
BRISBANE — John Jones, spokesperson for the Dalungalee Aboriginal traditional owners of Fraser Island, accused Queensland Labor Premier Peter Beattie of a "kneejerk reaction", after the state government ordered the immediate
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