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Unemployment white paper: winners and losers

By Chow Wei Cheng The government's long-awaited white paper, optimistically titled "Working Nation", has promised to cut unemployment to 5% by the turn of the century by implementing "reforms" in the labour market and in industry which will cost

Dirty tricks in PSU national election campaign

By Steve Rogers CANBERRA — Incumbent national officials in the Public Sector Union have embarked on a campaign of red-baiting and dirty tricks prior to national union elections in mid-May. The cause of their concern is a campaign being run by

... and ain't i a woman?: So much for independence

So much for independence "The independence of the Australian woman is now official", declared the Sydney Morning Herald on May 5. And how do we know? According to the government's white paper, women may now receive their unemployment benefit or

'Jobs, houses, education, peace: the acid test!'

Here, slightly abridged, we reprint the text of the victory speech of South African president-elect Nelson Mandela, delivered in Johannesburg on May 2. Fellow South Africans, this is indeed a joyous night. We are delighted by the overwhelming

No help to industry — Democrats

No help to industry — Democrats The white paper fails almost totally to mention, let alone address Australia's structural problems, according to the Democrats. "It started life as an industry statement, but a sandwich shop got in the way

Sydney: Pigsty 2000?

Sydney: Pigsty 2000? The Waste Crisis Network (WCN) warns that Sydney is at risk of becoming a "pigsty" by the year 2000. The latest issue of the Waste Crisis Quarterly, the network's newsletter, points out that Sydney's waste levels have risen