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Evans attacks picket of Indonesian Embassy By Sue Bolton CANBERRA — Foreign Minister Gareth Evans is attempting to put an end to the East Timor picket of the Indonesian Embassy here. The picket has been maintained for the last two months
By Craig Brittain Magazines don't often get reviewed. This is a shame, because unless you happen to stumble across them, you might never know of their existence — especially left-wing magazines which don't make the newsstands. Dissent was
By Kevin Healy There's a seditious push by the socialists who have destroyed this country to go on destroying it, in the hope that workers will become disillusioned with capitalism and overthrow it. You've got to give a deal of grudging credit
ADELAIDE — SA local government workers are about to begin a 4% productivity bargaining wage negotiation. The deal will be struck individually with about 150 local councils, and will cover about 3000 workers. MELBOURNE — Victoria's power
By Andy Feeney Tougher emission standards recently adopted by 11 north-eastern states of the USA will force the car industry to manufacture cleaner cars for the entire nation, pollution control officials and activists say. The 11 states —
A second chance The break-up of the former Soviet Union provides humanity with its second chance in a decade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. The first was in the mid-'80s, when Mikhail Gorbachev announced a sweeping, unilateral nuclear
PNG mine closed by land dispute By Alex Bruhl PORT MORESBY — The Mt Kare alluvial gold mine, near Porgera in a remote area of the Papua New Guinea highlands, remains closed after being raided by armed men on January 9. The raid,
Emerald Beach fight continues By Kim Spurway The Look At Me Now headland, at Emerald Beach near Coffs Harbour, is still threatened by a proposed sewage outfall, despite a court ruling against the plans of the Coffs Harbour Council. On
By Tom Flanagan HOBART — Labor Premier Michael Field's decision to call a snap election was the only way to avoid certain defeat on the floor of parliament. The five Green Independents had vowed to move a motion of no confidence in the
Winners The Business Review Weekly, in association with Alcatel, held its business awards dinner in Sydney's Queen Victoria Building in early December. Then prime minister Bob Hawke awarded the Business Leader of the Year award to then chief
By Tom Flanagan HOBART — The Green Independents' lunchtime campaign launch on January 15 filled the 400-seat Hobart Town Hall to capacity, with another 200 people on the steps listening to speeches broadcast by loudspeakers. With the
By Melanie Sjoberg MELBOURNE — An important element of the ACTU's drive to amalgamate Australia's roughly 300 unions into about 20 mega-unions ran into trouble in December when rank and file workers defeated an attempt to shotgun the