On the evening of June 1, David Russell, senior solicitor at the British law firm Towells, received an unexpected phone call. Rio Tinto, the world's largest mining corporation, wanted to surrender. Russell was representing former Rio Tinto workers,
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P&O wharfies reject new "death bonus" BY ROBERT DARCY SYDNEY — Waterside workers at P&O Ports' White Bay site have labelled as a "death bonus" a new bonus scheme brought in with less than a week's notice and without consultation with
Statistics as lies
The Human Development Report 2000 findings of a growing rich-poor divide have proved contentious, mainly because they shatter claims that the brave new world of corporate-run "globalisation" will lead to prosperity and bounty for
Making a living? Having a life?
BY JONATHAN SIGNER
Did the living standards and quality of life of workers improve in the 1990s? The answer is dependent on two questions: what goods and services could they access from their disposable incomes and
FIJI: 'Parachute journalism' aids plotters' propaganda
DAVID ROBIE, a respected commentator on Pacific island affairs and now head of the journalism program at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, spoke to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's NICK FREDMAN.
ECUADOR: Church calls cops on activists
Friends of the Earth (FoE) Australia has called on supporters of environmental and social justice to protest against the detention of activists in Ecuador. On July 10, a group of more than 50 peasant,
Kazem, a refugee from Iraq, arrived in Australia by boat from Indonesia in October. University educated and with a family in Iraq, he hoped to make a new life in Australia, free from constant fear. He planned to bring his wife and children out to
Good governance
"We are not going to repair or rebuild everyone's home ... Even if we were able to, it would not be a good idea; it would not be good governance." — Stephen Lewarne, head of reconstruction in the United Nations administration in
Write on: Letters to the editor
Equality of opportunity?
Readers may have seen a recent series in the Australian on inequality.
Much rubbish was written, some of which I hope to address later. However, particularly striking was the consensus
UN report shows poverty grinds on
The benefits of increased global trade, investment, technology and economic growth are not flowing through to the world's poorest people, a new United Nations report released on June 29 has found. Worldwide, 1.2
Statistics as tragedies
BY SEAN HEALY
The HDR 2000 is primarily a statistical compilation, with pages and pages of tables. But amongst the statistics are real tragedies:
In Afghanistan, 94% of the country's 21.3 million people have no access to
On June 12-13, the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) issued regulations for the formation of a joint Timorese-UNTAET "cabinet" and announced changes to the nature of the National Consultative Council (NCC). The
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