Left unions publish new paper
By Peter Boyle
MELBOURNE — A number of Victorian unions under left-wing leadership and some community groups have produced the first issue of a new monthly newspaper called FrontLine. Their aim is to "help
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Bob-bob-bobbin' along
Bob Roberts (M)
Written and directed by Tim Robbins
Reviewed by Mario Giorgetti
Meeting halls across Pennsylvania ring to the cheering and the clapping and the stamping that characterises the hysteria of
NSW Water Board changes studied
By Gail Lord
PENRITH — A public seminar organised by the Government Pricing Tribunal of NSW was held here on February 12 as part of the state government's plans for privatising the water supply. Other
Accord Mark VII
In the seventh manifestation of the misnamed Prices and Incomes Accord between the federal Labor government and the ACTU, the peak union body has agreed to forgo national wage claims for three years, or even longer if high
By Pip Hinman
While the media have made much of federal Labor's child-care cash rebate proposal, child-care workers are not as eager to embrace what they regard as anything but a fairer system.
"To start with, the 30% rebate is not
Green Party candidates Murray Matson (Kingsford Smith) and Mark Berriman (Sydney) sorted rubbish or "non-recovered material" at Eastgarden shopping centre on February 18 to call attention to the need for greater recycling. According to Matson, a
Woodchip protest at Bunbury
By Ingvar Anda
BUNBURY, W.A. — Thirty protesters were arrested at the Bunbury woodchip export facility here on Sunday, February 14. The arrests took place at the base of the massive pile of woodchips which
Liberals stall on brewery
PERTH — The new Liberal state government has already refused to act over the redevelopment of the old Swan Brewery site.
Aboriginal affairs minister Kevin Minson said last week that, while the Liberal Party was
By Alex Cooper and Peter Boyle
MELBOURNE — Community action groups are trying to keep up the momentum of the campaign against the Kennett government through numerous demonstrations and protest meetings, but the government is beginning to
No GST on Tomatoes! say Tasmanians
By Sean Pybus and Natasha Simons
HOBART — When Liberal leader John Hewson visited Salamanca Markets on Saturday, February 20, he didn't expect to be pelted with fruit and vegetables.
Hewson was
By Anne Casey
Jane Beckman, from Newcastle, heads the NSW Green Alliance Senate ticket in the federal election. Beckman has been active in the women's movement for well over a decade, particularly around working women's issues. She was a
On Clinton
In response to Alan Kazlav (Write On, GLW #87): It is not news that elections, especially in the USA, are largely a ritual. Election programs are hardly more than a device to capture votes and the candidates adjust their messages
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