BY GRANT COLEMAN
The federal government's plans for higher education, contained in the package "Our universities: backing Australia's future", represent the most decisive step towards a tiered, privatised system since the abolition of free
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BY DOUG LORIMER
Disaffection is growing in the United States as an increasing number of people realise they were conned by the propaganda of US President George Bush's administration — which was uncritically parroted by the US corporate media —
BY SUE BOLTON
MELBOURNE — Workers from OneSteel subsidiary Martin Bright Steels have been on strike since July 4. The Martin Bright dispute is part of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union's Campaign 2003.
There are 80 workers on the site,
BY JESS MELVIN
MELBOURNE — On July 21, more than 100 students from the Victorian College of the Arts — 10% of the student population — disrupted a senior-staff meeting to place demands on VCA director Andrea Hull.
The college arts school
BY MARY MERKENICH
MELBOURNE — On July 19, the annual conference of the Victorian branch of the Australian Education Union unanimously endorsed a resolution to support nationally coordinated action over the refusal of state governments to
BY SUE BOLTON
MELBOURNE — Fifteen Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) members and one Electrical Trades Union member appeared in the county court on July 21 and 22 over an industrial dispute involving Johnson Tiles and Skilled
BY LOUIS PROYECT
African-American jazz legend Benny Carter died on July 12, at the age of 95. Two days later, Afro-Cuban musician Compay Segundo, of Buena Vista Social Club fame, died — he too was 95. They both remained active musically into
Flashback
"Sending in Australian troops to occupy the Solomon Islands would be folly in the extreme... The fundamental problem is that foreigners do not have answers for the deep-seated problems afflicting the Solomon Islands." — Foreign minister
BY MARIA ENGQVIST
As in Iraq, the number of US military personnel being killed in Colombia continues to rise. The US military has lost at least eight soldiers and pilots since February, including three CIA intelligence experts who were taken
1, Pacific Coal, Blair Athol, Errol Hodder, Hail Creek, Tony Maher ">
Rio Tinto workers reinstated after five years
BY ALISON DELLIT
Five years and four days after their unfair dismissal, 16 Queensland miners have finally been granted the
BY MATTHEW EGAN
LISMORE — Students and staff at Southern Cross University (SCU) were angered to learn their vice-chancellor, Professor John Rickard, was paid a staggering $460,000 in 2002. According to the July 21 Sydney Morning Herald, this was
BY SAM WAINWRIGHT
PERTH — In the June Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) election, two of the three positions in the Western Australian branch were won by the Rank and File ticket, which called for a return to democratic and militant unionism.
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