Court action moves closer to victory By David Brazil Actions against logging in the Chaelundi State Forest continued last week both in the courts and in the forest. With the August 15 granting of a further extension of the injunction against
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Women march for abortion rights By Susan Price BRISBANE — Hundreds lined the streets here on August 17 for the largest pro-choice rally in a decade. Chanting "Goss be nimble, Goss be quick, drop the law, you make us sick!", the march moved from
Wallsend closure protested NEWCASTLE — For the second time, thousands turned out to protest against the proposed closure of Wallsend Hospital, near here. Union banners, hospital flags and solidarity signs were carried by the 10,000 protesters on
Write on Public Service deal Here's an addendum to your article on the public service wages deal (GLW #23). According to a Public Service Union activist in Perth, the WA branch of the PSU only discussed taking their wage claim to the Industrial
By Bruce Marlowe SYDNEY — In its 1991-92 budget, brought down last month, the Greiner government took aim at 12,500 jobs in the public service. Now that the lists of victims are going up on departmental noticeboards, the New South Wales Labor
Another protester jailed in Sarawak By David Brazil Gold Coast environmental activist Anja Light has joined Australian Nancy Rolfe and six other protesters from four countries in a Malaysian jail after being found guilty of criminal trespass. She
By Craig Cormick There is a new and growing category of refugee — environmental refugees. They, like refugees of war, have witnessed their homelands being ravaged, and their only hope is to gather their meagre belongings and flee. A report by
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