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Housing workers challenge forced relocation

BY MELANIE SJOBERG SYDNEY — An early morning protest outside the NSW Department of Housing's Liverpool head office on July 30 turned into a 24-hour stop-work, as some 300 workers expressed their disgust with a management proclamation that they

NEW ZEALAND: Alliance, Nationals big losers in poll

BY MURRAY ADDISON  AUCKLAND — On July 27, New Zealand's third general election held under the mixed member proportional representation (MMP) electoral system election was held. The campaign was notable for the few issues raised and

IRAQ: US war drums beat louder

BY NORM DIXON US President George Bush will order a massive military attack on Iraq sometime in the next six months. However, the US ruling class has yet to agree on exactly how the war will be conducted, what its eventual scale will be or on its

Loose cannons

Strict interpretation “You'll notice that I never said she should resign”, Democrats Senator Andrew Murray told a July 30 press conference, a day after explaining that Natasha Stott Despoja's leadership of the party was “an

Woomera nuclear dump provides 'opportunities'

BY JIM GREEN On July 26, the federal government released a draft environmental impact statement about the planned national radioactive waste dump near Woomera in South Australia — and a fine farce the EIS is, too. The government

Unionists' refugees' kit launched

BY FELICITY MARTIN MELBOURNE — "We are not your enemies" was the message given by temporary protection visa holder Qureshi, at the Trade Unionists for Refugee Rights (TURR) kit launch at the Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC) August 1.

An evening with John Pilger

SYDNEY — On August 13, Dendy Opera Quays Cinemas' will screen two of John Pilger's acclaimed The Timor Conspiracy and his latest documentary, The New Rulers of The World. Pilger is a renowned Australian journalist and documentary filmmaker whose

BRITAIN: Treatment of asylum seekers reaches new low

BY SARAH STEPHEN Dressed in riot gear, British police and immigration officers broke down the door of a mosque in Lye, West Midlands, with a battering ram in the early hours of July 24. Two Afghan asylum seekers who had sought sanctuary there 28

CMG closes the gates

BY TERRICA STRUDWICK ROCKHAMPTON — On July 29, Consolidated Meat Group decided to close the Lakes Creek meatworks after a seven-month industrial dispute. The 600 remaining staff, including management, have been laid off. The dispute

AFGHANISTAN: US removed evidence of massacre

BY NORM DIXON US soldiers removed vital evidence from the scene of the July 1 wedding massacre in Oruzgan province, Afghanistan, according to a preliminary United Nations report leaked to the London Times. The details were published in the Times

PALESTINE: Israeli settlers go on rampage in Hebron

Armed Israeli settlers who went on a rampage throughout Hebron on July 28 shot dead Nevine Musa Jamjoum, a 14-year-old Palestinian from the town. Tens of armed settlers went on a violent rampage, attacking Palestinians, breaking into houses

Write on: Letters to the editor

NTEU elections In response to Vicki Sentas, Bruce Lindsay and Justin Bare's criticism (Write On, GLW 501) of my article in GLW 499 on the NTEU elections: I reported the respective tickets' own characterisation of their achievements without comment