As an employee of a major regional newspaper group, getting a full-time job as a journalist in 2003 was conditional on signing an AWA (individual contract), there being no award offered.
Under the AWA there were no penalty rates for evenings, long
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On November 24, plans were put in place to evacuate the 980 people living on the six Carteret atolls, after they battled for decades with the effects of climate change. The Papua New Guinean government will move 10 families at a time to Bougainville,
At its national conference in November, the anti-war Respect coalition passed the following resolution pledging solidarity with Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution.
1. This conference extends its solidarity to the people of Venezuela and applauds its
Niko Leka, Newcastle
Twenty-seven maintenance workers employed by Boeing at the Williamtown RAAF base north of here have been locked out by the company since June 1 for refusing to sign new individual contracts. The workers, all members of the
Dr Leslie Cannold
The current debate around RU486 is about whether or not the safety and efficacy of a drug should be impartially evaluated on the basis of the medical evidence by the Therapeutic Goods Association (TGA), or whether this drug should
Kerryn Williams
On November 22, the US State Department decided to override restrictions on US-Indonesian military ties imposed by Congress less than two weeks earlier.
A foreign aid bill approved by Congress made the resumption of US military
Silke Stockle
On November 19, solidarity groups from all over Germany that support the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela gathered in Berlin's Humboldt University. The meeting discussed building a solidarity movement able to prevent a bloody coup
BY SCOTT LEWINGTON
I first met Melanie Shanahan in Hobart 20 years ago. She had moved down there because of her interest in environmental issues. She was active in Greenpeace in Sydney and, like many other activists, had been inspired by the Save
DARWIN — On November 19, 70 people attended the first screening of David Bradbury's latest documentary film, Blowin' in the Wind. The documentary focuses on the use of depleted uranium in "conventional" munitions and the impact of DU munitions
The following is abridged from a speech by Alex Bainbridge to a 800-strong civil rights rally organised by the Council for Civil Liberties in Hobart on November 12.
I want to begin by telling two stories.
The first is about by-law number 418,
Doug Lorimer
On November 20, four days before the UN International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-member board began its three-day November meeting, the Majlis (Iran's parliament) adopted a resolution requiring the government to cancel all its voluntary
Bakhtiyaris
Ian Rintoul (GLW #647) professes to have a far greater knowledge of the Bakhtiyari case than he has. In fact David Corlett was almost entirely correct except in his assertion that Ali might well be from Pakistan. McGeough with his
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