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• Squatters take on Sydney University

  Squatters take on Sydney UniversitySYDNEY — Squatters reoccupied houses owned by Sydney University in Katherine Street, Forest Lodge on June 21. The action was part of a campaign by Direct Action Against Homelessness
• Opposition to new reactor

  Opposition to new reactor Greenpeace, the Greens (WA) and the Sutherland Shire Council last week announced their united opposition to a new nuclear reactor anywhere in Australia. The move follows recent suggestions that a new reactor,
• Protesters stop woodchip train

  Protesters stop woodchip trainPERTH — A group of 200 south-west residents and protesters peacefully stopped a woodchip train at Balingup, 200 km south of here, on the afternoon of June 19. The train was on its way
• Community health hits back

  Community health hits backMELBOURNE — Chanting "Save our community centre" and "Fuck Kennett, not health", a spirited rally of 150 people marched through the streets of Collingwood on June 16. Proposals by the
• Anti-gay violence in NSW schools

  Anti-gay violence in NSW schoolsSYDNEY — The NSW Gay and Lesbian Teachers and Students Association (GaLTaS) has welcomed the introduction of state legislation prohibiting vilification of homosexuals, but says that
• PSU action blocks unfair sacking

  PSU action blocks unfair sackingMELBOURNE — Public Sector Union members in Department of Social Security (Area West) who took industrial action in support of a sacked temporary employee have won his reinstatement for the
• Publishing schedule

  Publishing schedule Because so many of the people involved in 91������̳'s production and distribution will be attending the Resistance conference in Melbourne, we will not be producing a paper next week. The next issue of 91������̳ Weekly will
• Timor vigil

  Timor vigil MELBOURNE — Supporters of East Timor are holding weekly vigils outside the Garuda Airlines office to protest against the imprisonment of Xanana Gusmao and other leaders of the East Timorese struggle for independence. The
• Brisbane march launches Pride Festival

  Brisbane march launches Pride FestivalBRISBANE — Five hundred people participated on Saturday, June 26, in a march and rally organised by the Lesbian and Gay Pride collective as a commemoration of Stonewall and as the
• Environment seminar planned

  Environment seminar plannedADELAIDE — The Better Environment for West Torrens (BEWT) group is celebrating its third birthday with a major seminar, "Inventing the future — Tandanya Bioregion". BEWT operates
• Koalas invade Boral office

  Koalas invade Boral office SYDNEY — Supporters of the Wingham Forest Action Group wielding chainsaws an dressed in koala suits stormed the offices of the Boral Corporation on June 24 to protest against logging of NSW old growth forests.
• Wildlife smuggling book defeats 'ban'

  SYDNEY — An attempt by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to prevent distribution of a book on wildlife smuggling has been defeated. The book details involvement of NPWS officers in the illegal
• Help for FMLN

  Help for FMLNThe Canberra-based Committee to Defend Human Rights in El Salvador is coordinating an effort to send material to assist the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) in its election campaign.
• Women rally for justice

  MELBOURNE — About 600 women and men marched here on June 19 to demand justice for women. Organised by the recently formed Justice for Women Action Collective, the rally protested against the lack of commitment to women's
• Loose cannons: Just awful

  Just awful "There is nothing worse than being ushered from the plane into a car in front of other passengers." — Counsel for Neil Pickard, sacked NSW agent-general to London, on the hardships of the job, which included an official car.
• More Victorian school closures imminent

  MELBOURNE — The second round of Kennett government state school closures is under way. In May the Directorate of School Education issued a paper misleadingly called "Quality Provision of Education in Victoria" which set
• New unity among building unions

  MELBOURNE — Recent elections of the Building Workers Industrial Union division of the Construction, Forestry and Energy Workers' Union (CFMEU) in Victoria are seen as an important step towards creating a united union within the
• Ecopolitics VII at Griffith

  Ecopolitics VII at Griffith Ecopolitics VII, to be held at Griffith University July 2-4, will have a strong emphasis on global environmental issues and on the links between the environmental, peace, women's and indigenous movements. The