By Alex Bainbridge
HUNTER VALLEY — The Industrial Relations Commission decided on November 7 to terminate the enterprise bargaining period at the strike-bound Hunter Valley No. 1 mine and begin compulsory arbitration. Miners' union leader Mick
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Voluntary student unionism push in NZ
By Marina Carman
In an attempt to weaken student opposition to the privatisation of higher education, Â鶹´«Ã½ of the New Zealand government are making a renewed push to legislate for voluntary student
Doing it ourselves
John Howard's most recent ludicrous comments on his plan to further dispossess Australia's indigenous people are a stark reminder (as if we needed it) that the Coalition government is completely out of touch with the reality of
He Plays Zeus From Olympus
I work the phones, where the raw stuff's on tap,a million soap operas bottled and trapped,and think how apart from boosting the ratings ofradio personalities,this is quite the best line for the developing poet,about how
Reaching out
By Brandon Astor Jones
"There is a basic principle that distinguishes a hot medium like radio from a cool one like the telephone, or a hot medium like the movie from a cool one like TV ... Hot media are ... low in participation,
In the name of humanity
By Yvonne Francis
[This is the text of a letter sent to the judge who will hear the appeal of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly columnist Brandon Astor Jones against his sentence to execution.] In June 1995 my brother, William George
Appropriate technology in Guatemala
BRISBANE — West End's House of Freedom was packed to hear Patricia Morrow present a talk and slide show on two projects in the highlands of Guatemala as part of the Australian Volunteer Abroad Program organised
The Landlord of Oz
Synopsis, being a summary of what has gone before for the benefit of those who have just joined us:
At a time, not too far away, the WICKED WIK OF THE NORTH cast an evil spell over the Wonderful Land of Oz. Fearing that
By Max Lane
In response to media questions on the morality of the government's promised US$1 billion loan to the Suharto regime, PM John Howard claims the money is for the Indonesian people — not the Suharto family. The loan has become
By Jennifer Thompson
On October 29, Iraq's Revolutionary Command Council announced that US citizens and aircraft working for the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) on Iraq would be banned. However, the Iraqi leadership's hope of forcing a
WorkCover rallies: Kennett can be defeated
By Sue Bolton
MELBOURNE — After the 60,000-strong protest on October 29 against the state government's proposed cuts to Workcover, Victorian unions called another statewide stoppage on November 12.
The National Union of Students is the peak umbrella organisation of student unions in Australia. Whilst it has generally been subject to a conservative and careerist Labor leadership, it has also been the scene of struggles between Labor and more
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