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Uranium scare in SA

Uranium scare in SA By Anthony Thirlwall ADELAIDE — Western Mining Corporation on February 14 revealed a contamination alert at its huge uranium and copper mine, Olympic Dam, in the north-west of the state. The alert was sparked by

Victorian teachers still waiting for award

Victorian teachers still waiting for award By Elisabeth Thomas MELBOURNE — At a branch delegates meeting on February 12, Victorian teachers voted for a campaign of industrial action in response to a delay in granting an interim federal

Loose cannons

All relative "There is no democracy in preselection , and we need to democratise our party ... we need a more broad-based selection committee who will look at people not because they are someone's relative but because they deserve it." — NSW

Cops mistreat logging protesters

Cops mistreat logging protesters By Aneurin Coffey and Lachlan Anderson MELBOURNE — Police use of neck holds to remove protesters from an anti-logging picket on the February 11 has been condemned by medical experts as highly dangerous.

Employers plan to break waterfront union

By Frank Enright "The company's intention to extend the further utilisation of supplementaries [casuals] at the expense of permanent employees is yet a further example of the confrontationist tactics and policies within the stevedoring industry

DSS heats staffing dispute

DSS heats staffing dispute BRISBANE — The Department of Social Service escalated a dispute with the Public Service Union on February 18, by taking the state PSU branch to the Industrial Relations Commission over alleged breaches of dispute

4ZZZ needs a computer

4ZZZ needs a computer BRISBANE — 4ZZZ radio station is trying very hard. A ZZZ reporter was thrown out of PNG Prime Minister Paias Wingti's media conference for asking about Bougainville, and another was arrested over free speech in the Queen

Cognac for some, Claytons for others

Cognac for some, Claytons for others Porsche sales are up: evidence, surely, of the the much eulogised economic recovery. Good news too on profit margins: they are forecast to rise 20% this year. And by year's end unemployment is expected to ...

From ivory towers to degree factories

By Rob Miller The media have become fond of comparing university students today with their counterparts in the '60s and early '70s and concluding that students now are much more conservative. This is usually explained by the inane "the '60s were

... and ain't i a woman?: Women-only facilities

Women-only facilities In recent years we've heard claims by men that facilities for the use of women only are discriminatory against men, and therefore should be stopped. In 1990 a senior officer in the Commonwealth Department of Health, Dr

Industrial round-up

Adelaide By Melanie Sjoberg Nineteen waterside workers at Port Adelaide were sacked on March 17 after refusing to work "double header shifts" in protest over the sacking of 55 workers in Sydney. Daryl Grey, South Australian branch

A bleak world pre-Stonewall

The Boys in the Band Directed by Kevin Jackson New Theatre, Newtown, until March 19. $16/11 Reviewed by Tom Flanagan The Boys in the Band is a play dealing with gay issues that dates from the pre-Stonewall era. First performed in New York