Southern Cross Uni dispute continues
By Nick Fredman
LISMORE — On August 4, staff at Southern Cross University stopped work for the second time since enterprise bargaining negotiations broke down in May. Staff unions and the Student
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The National Union of Students (NUS) was formed in 1987. From its inception, it has been dominated by members of the Labor Party, particularly members of the National Organisation of Labor Students (NOLS). How the left should approach NUS has been
Downer in Dili: what wasn't reported
By Sam King
DILI — The Australian government, forced to recognise that some form of political change in East Timor is inevitable whatever the result of the referendum, has been attempting to woo the
By Vannessa Hearman
DILI — Pro-independence forces and United Nations Assistance Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) workers are very confident that the referendum in East Timor on autonomy or independence, now scheduled for August 30, will go ahead
Thirty years of scientific research have established that the most powerful predictor of human disease is economic inequality. The main public health problem of our time is growing inequality of income, wealth and status. The New York Times reported
They jail trade unionists in Indonesia
Last week, Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's MAX LANE spoke to Indonesian labour leader DITA SARI, who was released from jail on July 3 after serving three years of a five-year sentence for organising workers to fight for
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Rally — Wed Aug 11, 12.30pm, Victoria Square, City. Ph 8212 3155.
Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly forum — "Sink or swim? The unions' struggle against Reith's second wave". Wed Aug 25, 7pm, Resistance Centre, 1st fl, 34 Hindley St, City. Ph 8231
By Alex Bainbridge
HOBART — The salmon industry used the opportunity of a federal cabinet meeting here on August 3 to mobilise opposition to the government's decision to allow uncooked salmon to be imported. Around 500 people rallied in Franklin
By Alex Bainbridge
HOBART — Thirty people protested against the reactionary policies of John Howard's Coalition government during a federal cabinet meeting here on August 3. The lively action contrasted with the larger but very tame salmon
Exhibition exposes ships of shame
By Ana Kailisand Claudia Beltran
PERTH — The Global Mariner exhibition is an awesome multimedia display of issues facing seafarers worldwide. The ship Global Mariner was purchased by the International Transport
Burmese students remember August 8
By Sean Healy
August 8 is the 11th anniversary of the 1988 uprising in Burma. On the 8/8/88, the entire country rose up against the corrupt and brutal regime of General Ne Win, in power since a military coup in
By Natalie Zirngast
The classified version of the 1997 Australian defence policy document, leaked in the August 3 edition of the Bulletin, details a return to "forward defence". While the unclassified version made veiled references to concerns
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