BY NICK FREDMAN
LISMORE — At a breakfast function for businesspeople here on July 18, deputy prime minister John Anderson was met by banners, placards and twenty-five chanting people opposing the government's policy of the mandatory detention of
501
BY MARIA VOUKELATOS
BRISBANE — On July 18, a 1500-strong rally of health workers marched
to Parliament House demanding fair wages and conditions. Solidarity stop-work
meetings happened simultaneously at major health centres across the
BY DALE MILLS
SYDNEY — "If you're under 30 and born in an Australian hospital, there is a permanent record of your blood which can be used for DNA profiling" a forum was told on July 17.
The meeting, titled "A Critical Forum on Surveillance and
BY TERRICA STRUDWICK
TOWNSVILLE — Indonesian trade union leader Dita Sari was one of 29 Third World women activists denied a visa to attend the annual International Women's Conference and the Network of Women Students Australia (NOWSA) conference
Acclaimed British director Ken Loach's latest film, The Navigators, deals with the experiences of a group of South Yorkshire railway track workers coping with the privatisation of British Rail. The Navigators reveals the "view from below" as the
BY MAX LANE
JAKARTA — President Megawati Sukarnoputri's support within her Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) is falling as she increasingly associates with the political figures from the era of the Suharto dictatorship.
Almost
On July 21, hundreds
of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly supporters around the country gathered to celebrate
the production of the 500th issue of GLW. Pictured is
Akasha performing at the GLW fiesta in Melbourne.
Photo by Peter Johnston.
From Green
BY LIAM MITCHELL
SYDNEY — With the strike at Dayson’s Rydalmere airconditioning re-manufacturing
plant entering its ninth week, the company is under considerable pressure
to end the dispute. The 12 workers on strike have told supporters
BY SEAN MARTIN-IVERSON
PERTH — After a week of coordinated industrial action, 2000 WA enrolled nurses have won a significant pay increase. Enrolled nurses in Perth's major public hospitals, organised in the Liquor, Hospitality & Miscellaneous
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — The record vote for the Greens in the July 20 Tasmanian election indicates there has been a swing to the left in the electoral arena. At the close of counting on July 20, the Greens had won four lower-house seats. The
BY ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ
In April 2000, Aguas de Tanari, a large multinational corporation, was due to take over the privatised water works in Cochabamba. Water prices were to increase and laws were passed to make it illegal to catch and use rain
BY MAX LANEÂ
JAKARTA — The Peoples Democratic Party (PRD) launched its new newspaper,
Pembebasan (Liberation) at a public meeting held at the Jakarta
Media Centre on July 11. Almost 400 people packed the auditorium for a
lively
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