BY CHRIS PICKERING
WOLLONGONG — On November 13, NSW Public Service Association (PSA) delegates reluctantly accepted the recommendation of their union officials to lift a range of work bans. The decision followed a NSW Industrial Relations
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US attorney-general John Ashcroft recently visited an elementary school. After speaking for 15 minutes, he said, "I will now answer any questions you have".
Bobby stood up and said, "I have four questions: 1. How did US President George Bush win
BY CHRIS LATHAM
On November 6, federal Coalition workplace relations minister Neil Andrews introduced a new raft of anti-union legislation in federal parliament.
The federal government's Building and Construction Industry Improvement Bill 2003,
Green issues
David Harris (91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly #561) complains, "I have a problem with the green in 'Green' Left Weekly. Number 559, October 29 is a classic example, not one article on green issues!". Harris goes on to list the Otway forests and
BY DALE MILLS
The November 11 decision by the US Supreme Court to hear a legal challenge to the detention of some of the prisoners in Washington's off-shore Camp-X prison has set the stage for a showdown between the courts and the US
BY TONY ILTIS
MELBOURNE — On November 22, a noon protest rally will be held in the Footscray Mall to protest against police racism and violence against Muslim youth in the city's western suburbs. The protest is being organised by the Western
BY CHRIS LATHAM
PERTH — On November 6, the Western Australian branch executive of the Australian Education Union (AEU) announced that a 24-hour strike would be held on November 18 to support the teachers union's campaign for a new certified
BY RICHIE VENTON
GLASGOW — A bit of working-class history has been made in the past few weeks. Two branches of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport workers (RMT) have voted to affiliate to the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP). After
BY NORM DIXON
Australia's big-business media — in particular Rupert Murdoch's stable of daily newspapers — continue to deliver a barrage of increasingly sensational "revelations" about Willie Brigitte, the French citizen deported from Australia
BY JESS MELVIN
MELBOURNE — "Redevelopment" has gone off the rails at Melbourne Central train station. As part of the "new evolving Melbourne Central", rail commuters have been diverted from their usual direct exit point to Swanston Street, which
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — Forest activist Neil Smith, known as "Hector the Protector", was jailed after turning himself in to Tasmanian police on November 13. He refused to pay a $5000 fine for sitting in a tree during a 1998 forest
BY NORM DIXON
Thousands of people mobilised in an attempt to stop the transport of tonnes of nuclear waste from La Hague in France to a "temporary" N-waste dump in Gorleben, northern Germany.
On November 9, 5000 people turned out in Dannenberg
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