Selleys workers 'sticking to the union'
BY SHANE BENTLEY
SYDNEY — Workers at the Selleys plant in Padstow here have taken strong action against what they see as an attempt to break their union. The 130 members of the Australian Liquor,
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Who's driving, where?
The theme of the World Economic Forum's Melbourne summit, September 11-13, is "Leveraging the New Drivers for Growth". Its focus is on which mix of economic policies will make the region the most desirable for Western
Anti-racism protests at Olympics planned
BY JENNIFER THOMPSON
SYDNEY — Amidst a media fear campaign about supposed terrorists' plans to violently disrupt the September Olympic Games, an alliance of groups is gathering in Sydney to plan peaceful
Strike at Edith Cowan University
BY CLAUDIA FRENTE
PERTH — All four campuses of Edith Cowan University were reduced to ghost towns here on August 16 and 17, thanks to militant union picketers, some of whom were forced to join the picket lines
Grateful
I am so grateful to the young woman who gave me a back-issue of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ in the Queen Street Mall just now. I would have bought the most recent copy, but I only have $1.65 so far until "pay-day" next Wednesday.
I went into the Hilton
Imposing whose will?
"If they [the protesters] go ahead with threats to shut the forum down then we will take appropriate steps to ensure people can go about their business without intimidation by a group of people seeking to impose their will on
March on detention centre planned
BY PAUL BENEDEK
SYDNEY — Migrants, refugees, anti-racists, students and all supporters of human rights are being encouraged to join a huge protest for refugees' rights planned for August 26. The demonstration
Howard's IVF discrimination opposed
BY LYDIA LEONARD
BRISBANE — More than 100 people rallied here on August 15 to oppose the federal government's plan to alter the federal anti-discrimination act to exclude lesbians and single mothers from
MALAYSIA: Penans appeal for international help
More than a hundred Penan people, from various settlements in the interior of Sarawak, have gathered at Long Kevok to stage a non-violent protest against sustained logging activities in their communal
Guevara says: Cancel Third World debt!
Guevara says: Cancel Third World debt!
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Hailing from Fairfield, in the heart of working-class Sydney, Guevara is a rebel rock band refusing to write for a commercial market. The
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Why we'll be protesting at the Olympics
BY SIMON BUTLER
The 400,000-strong reconciliation march across the Sydney Harbour
Bridge on May 28 demonstrated to the federal Coalition government that
a healthy anti-racism sentiment still
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