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How can we stop the logging?

How can we stop the logging? [The following is abridged from a statement being circulated in Western Australia by Resistance and the Democratic Socialist Party.] More than 80% of Western Australians want an end to the clear-felling of old-growth

VSU legislation hits parliament

By Wendy Robertson Within days of leaking its proposal, the Coalition has introduced voluntary student unionism legislation into parliament. The move provoked widespread anger amongst students, who overwhelmingly reject VSU. In response, the

Melbourne teachers achieve a victory

By Mary Merkenich MELBOURNE — Australian Education Union members at Mill Park Secondary College in Melbourne's north-west recently stopped an erosion of their working conditions. Mill Park is the second largest state secondary college in

Government hides report on Biak killings

Government hides report on Biak killings By Linda Kaucher The Australian Defence Department has refused a freedom of information request concerning West Papua put to the Department of Foreign Affairs. When Indonesian armed forces reacted

Feminists march for IWD

After having been postponed due to rain a week earlier, the International Women's Day march went ahead in Adelaide on March 13, reports Jo Ellis. Three hundred women and men rallied in support of the march's main demand, that anti-abortion laws be

Council kicks out Boral

Council kicks out Boral By Alison Dellit and Hugh McCallum NEWCASTLE — On February 9, Newcastle City Council voted nine to two to make environmental performance part of the criteria for deciding which companies it will have commercial dealings

Tanner laments 'family breakdown'

Tanner laments 'family breakdown' By Jo Brown CANBERRA — Victorian Labor "left" MP Lindsay Tanner addressed a public meeting of 60 students organised by the Labor Left Club at the Australian National University on March 9. Tanner, who was

Get Active! Stop Jabiluka! Stop uranium mining!

The campaign to stop uranium mining has a long and proud history in Australia. During the 1970s and '80s, thousands of people took to the streets to campaign against Australia's involvement in the nuclear cycle. In the early 1980s more than 300,000

CFMEU accused of breaching Workplace Relations Act

CFMEU accused of breaching Workplace Relations Act By Michael Bull MELBOURNE — The Construction and General Division of the Victorian branch of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Engineering Union (CFMEU) is facing two separate court

Equality before the law?

Equality before the law? By Tony Iltis HOBART — On March 4, Robyn Scotney from Bridgewater was jailed for a year for "defrauding the commonwealth". Her actual crime? She had failed to notify Centrelink that she was in a "de facto" relationship.

Beckett's back to haunt us

Beckett's back to haunt us Burnt PianoWritten by Justin FlemingDirected by Richard WherrettBelvoir Street Theatre, SydneyFrom March 9 Review by Brendan Doyle The danger of having a monumental dramatist like Samuel Beckett as a major character in

Speak-out against anti-abortionists

Speak-out against anti-abortionists By Jenny Long SYDNEY — Around 30 activists attended a March 13 speak-out against anti-abortionists' harassment of patients at an abortion clinic in Sydney's inner west. As pro-choice activists described the