Left On-line
Frontier Online (http://www.abc.net.au/frontier) — The groundbreaking ABC-TV documentary series about the 150-year war against the Aboriginal people has a companion web page. The site reflects material presented in the TV series,
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Ted Roach, 1909-1997
@box text intro = Ted Roach, secretary of the South Coast branch of the Waterside Workers Federation during the pig-iron dispute in 1938, passed away on February 25.
Born in Coledale, NSW, in 1909, Ted learned
Unionists protest WorkCover changes
By Michael Bull
MELBOURNE — Ten thousand construction workers marched through Melbourne on March 5, condemning the Kennett government's changes to WorkCover. Their rally voted to continue a campaign of
By Marina Cameron
Talks on Northern Ireland resumed in Belfast on January 13. The major Irish republican party, Sinn Féin, is still being excluded by the British government despite the fact that it receives 43% of nationalist
MELBOURNE — In late April, a massive open air concert is planned in the Treasury Gardens to highlight the plight of 1300 East Timorese asylum seekers facing deportation to Portugal. Since the invasion of East Timor by Indonesia in 1975, there has
By Tully Bates
MELBOURNE — Public transport workers went on strike for 48 hours March 8-10, causing serious disruption to the Grand Prix. Predictably, the move sparked outrage from the state government and media, with Premier Jeff Kennett
Student protest shuts down meeting
By Jo Williams
MELBOURNE — Sixty angry students occupied the Law building at Melbourne University on March 3 and shut down a university council meeting. The meeting was set to vote on the university's
Police step up surveillance of young people
By Justine Kamprad
CANBERRA — Over the last week there has been a substantially increased police presence in the city area, particularly in Garema Place, a paved area with seats and a small
Critical Mass
HOBART — Critical Mass is an "organised coincidence" whereby, on one evening each month, the usual fossil fuel-driven peak hour traffic gives way to a slow moving, singing, chanting convoy of cyclists, skaters and walkers.
1997 Queer Film and Video Festival
By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — The seventh annual Queer Film and Video Festival, running March 14-31, will showcase nearly 100 feature films, documentaries and shorts from Australia, Europe, Asia and North
Thousands of trade unionists in South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique prevented trucks entering or leaving Swaziland on March 3, in solidarity with the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions.
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