BY MARIA ENGQVIST
As in Iraq, the number of US military personnel being killed in Colombia continues to rise. The US military has lost at least eight soldiers and pilots since February, including three CIA intelligence experts who were taken
547
BY SUE BOLTON
MELBOURNE — Workers from OneSteel subsidiary Martin Bright Steels have been on strike since July 4. The Martin Bright dispute is part of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union's Campaign 2003.
There are 80 workers on the site,
BY MARY MERKENICH
MELBOURNE — On July 19, the annual conference of the Victorian branch of the Australian Education Union unanimously endorsed a resolution to support nationally coordinated action over the refusal of state governments to
BY LOUIS PROYECT
African-American jazz legend Benny Carter died on July 12, at the age of 95. Two days later, Afro-Cuban musician Compay Segundo, of Buena Vista Social Club fame, died — he too was 95. They both remained active musically into
BY MATTHEW EGAN
LISMORE — Students and staff at Southern Cross University (SCU) were angered to learn their vice-chancellor, Professor John Rickard, was paid a staggering $460,000 in 2002. According to the July 21 Sydney Morning Herald, this was
BY DAVE RENTON
HARARE — The failure of the June's mass stayaway, called by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has hardly made life easier for activists. The government of President Robert Mugabe has unleashed gangs of young
Flashback
"Sending in Australian troops to occupy the Solomon Islands would be folly in the extreme... The fundamental problem is that foreigners do not have answers for the deep-seated problems afflicting the Solomon Islands." — Foreign minister
1, Pacific Coal, Blair Athol, Errol Hodder, Hail Creek, Tony Maher ">
Rio Tinto workers reinstated after five years
BY ALISON DELLIT
Five years and four days after their unfair dismissal, 16 Queensland miners have finally been granted the
BY SAM WAINWRIGHT
PERTH — In the June Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) election, two of the three positions in the Western Australian branch were won by the Rank and File ticket, which called for a return to democratic and militant unionism.
BY PHILIP FERGUSON
CHRISTCHURCH — New Zealand's Labour government has rushed through new immigration restrictions. The Immigration Amendment Bill and Immigration Amendment Bill (No. 2) were introduced into parliament on the evening of July 1
Dependant heroin users (NSW): more than 50,000
Opiate (eg, heroin) overdose deaths:
Australia-wide in 1992: 327 (aged 15-44).
Australia-wide in 1998: 700+ (aged 15-44)
Percentage of drug users with hep C:50-70%
Cost of drug consumption,
Victorian Premier Steve Bracks' Labor government is putting pressure on non-governmental community services organisations to make "productivity savings" in order to enable annual cuts to the Department of Human Services (DHS) budget over the next
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