Message Stick: The Healer — Brian Dowd runs an Aboriginal men's healing program called Back on Track, highly regarded for helping turn around the lives of countless Aboriginal men. ABC, Friday May 5, 6pm.
The Chaser's War on Everything —
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Tim Gooden
The new anti-worker laws have been in place for only a month and in that time the horror stories the ACTU warned us about have come true.
Workers have been sacked for "operational requirements", Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs -
Marce Cameron, Sydney
The Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network (AVSN) and the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society have joined forces to call for a rally outside the US consulate in Sydney on May 20 as part of an international day of action in
John Gauci, Sydney
At the April 27 Unions NSW meeting it was reported that four Sydney-based combined delegate meetings would take place at the following locations:
May 18, 10am — Masonic Centre, Sydney and Blacktown RSL; lMay 15, 10am —
One hundred and fifty years ago, on April 21, the eight-hour-day movement began in Australia when stonemasons and building workers marched through Melbourne.
The young working class of this country proved its industrial worth as one trade after
John Pilger
People ask: Can this be happening in Britain? Surely not. A centuries-old democratic constitution cannot be swept away. Basic human rights cannot be made abstract. Those who once comforted themselves that a Labour government would never
On April 26, federal cabinet decided to proceed "in principle" with the introduction of a new "access card" to be used when accessing government-run health or welfare services.
Despite claims to the contrary, the introduction of the card lays the
WOLLONGONG — PM John Howard was met by 200 Shoalhaven protesters on April 24 demanding that his government abandon its anti-worker laws. Arthur Rorris, South Coast Labour Council secretary, told the protesters: "It's appalling to think that Howard
Justin Tutty, Darwin
If Compass Resources gets its way in the Rum Jungle region, the site of the Northern Territory's first and dirtiest uranium mine, the future of the NT town of Batchelor looks bleak. Rum Jungle is very close to Browns Cut where
MELBOURNE — On May 1, community radio station 3CR 855AM celebrated 30 years of being on the air with a day of special programming featuring rare archive material and historical interviews.
3CR was established to provide a voice for those denied
Duncan Meerding
While blindness and low-vision services are quite advanced in Australia, many people with a visual impairment are out of work. Often this is due to a boss's dogmatic belief that people with a visual impairment cannot work as
Rachel Evans
On April 26-29, 40 university presidents and office bearers of the National Union of Students attended an NUS-organised "president's summit" in Canberra to discuss the restructuring of student organisations under the Howard
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