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Public servants see red over wages

By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — More than 1000 members of the Public Service Association rallied on the steps of Parliament House on November 23 to protest the state government's lousy wages offer. PSA general secretary Jan McMahon said that with

and ain't I a woman?: Fudging the figures

"Forget about the glass ceiling and all those other feminist icons purporting to hold back the advancement of women as leaders", advises Geoffrey Maslen in the November 17 Bulletin magazine. "Women already dominate uni campuses — soon they will

SA health system in crisis

By Bronwen Beechey ADELAIDE — On November 20, 500 people rallied in Victoria Square to protest the SA government's budget cuts to mental health services. Mental health workers and clients, along with members of the Australian Nurses Federation

Recreating a history of struggle

By Julia Perkins ROSEBERY — A $10,000 Arts Council grant has been awarded to the "Rosebery Miners and Axemen's Bush and Blarney Festival" for a community theatre project based on Marie E.J. Pitt's poem "The Keening". Pitt, who lived in Rosebery

Loose cannons

The experts "The IMF's mask of infallibility hides a record of mediocrity punctuated by some truly costly blunders." — Harvard economist Jeffrey Sachs. White blindfold history "I wouldn't think that would be appropriate because I don't see

Action needed to counter uranium threat in WA

Action needed to counter uranium threat in WA By Stuart Munckton PERTH — When the Coalition was elected in 1996, the West Australian Anti-uranium Coalition had this to say in its uranium policy: "The new government will approve any mine, any