By Andrew Watson
BRISBANE — Some 200 building workers, members of other unions and supporters of the locked-out Mt Isa mineworkers picketed the headquarters of Mount Isa Mines Ltd in Ann Street here on May 12.
Members of the Construction,
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Tarkine campaign escalates
By Ben Courtice
HOBART — More than 150 people marched through the city streets to Parliament House on May 9 to protest against the road construction through the Tarkine wilderness and the arrests of protesters
Speaking clearly
Speak Quiet, Speak Strong
The Cutting Edge: SBS TV
Tuesday, May 23, 8.30pm (8 SA)
Reviewed by Lou Stanley and Kath Gelber
Speak Quiet, Speak Strong is a lot louder than its title. The program documents Aboriginal and
By Lisa Macdonald
"Foetal Welfare and the Law", a report released late last month, stems from an inquiry commissioned in 1993 by the Australian Medical Association. It followed several incidents in which women who were about to give birth had
By Chow Wei Cheng
The federal budget on May 9 contained very little for the 8.3% of the labour force officially classified as "unemployed". In effect, they were told to sit and wait for the economy to pick up. The problem is that the economy
Ghost of the 1964 dispute
By Jim McIllroy
As the MIM conflict develops, many have recalled comparisons with the great 1964-65 strike, which lasted more than six months.
The Mt Isa strike of 30 years ago split the town, and almost
Greenpeace stops Israeli boat from dumping toxics
Greenpeace activists on board the ship MV Greenpeace on the morning of May 7 prevented the Israeli vessel Aribel from dumping toxic sludge into the Mediterranean, two kilometres off the Israeli
Amnesty report on gay imprisonment
By Deirdre Graham
At least 15 countries around the world are still imprisoning people for being gay, according to the human rights group Amnesty International. Australia, Russia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Iran
Officials from the ministries of agriculture, foreign affairs and the environment of approximately 150 countries will gather for a major conference on plant genetic resources in Leipzig, Germany, in June 1996.
The intergovernmental conference,
Prostitutes Speak Out
Produced and directed by Phyllis Jane Rose
Reviewed by Penny Saunders
Attending the May Day presentation of "Prostitutes Speak Out" at the Lion Arts Centre in Adelaide allowed me to catch up with long-time acquaintance
By Freya Pinney
WOLLONGONG — Miscellaneous Workers Union (MWU) members led a strike at the university on May 8-10 over the hiring of non-union labour. The picket lines, which formed after a rally of 250 people, were maintained for 24 hours and
By Wendy Robertson
"Suharto is a Butcher; free East Timor Now", "Free Xanana Gusmao, Indonesia Out Now" and "No Blood For Oil" were some of the chants that echoed through city streets across Australia on Saturday, May 13. Around 1500 people
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