ACT government back-flip on pay deal
By Tim Gooden
CANBERRA — When ACT unions arrived at the Australian Industrial Relations Commission on May 9, they thought they were about to ratify across-government-services enterprise agreements. Instead
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Latin America is becoming one of the fastest growing regions for agrochemical sales, according to "Crop Protection in Latin America", a January 1996 publication by Agrow Reports. Latin America accounts for approximately US$2.6 billion, which is 9% of
KIEN SEREY PHAL is director of the Cambodian Women's Development Association in Phnom Penh. She spoke to ROSANNA BARBERO about the problem of the trafficking of women. Question: When did this issue escalate?
Since 1989, there has been a dramatic
By Lisa Macdonald
Before the last federal election, the Labor Party and Coalition placed restoration of the Murray Darling river system at the centre of their environment policy packages. While environmentalists agree that their responses were
By Brendan Doyle
SYDNEY — Less than a week after the Port Arthur massacre, about 1500 people rallied in Hyde Park to call for stricter gun laws. The rally was organised by the Coalition for Gun Control. The mood was sombre, matched by the dark
"No free trade without free trade unions" was the theme of the 300-strong May day march on May 1 in Adelaide. Melanie Sjoberg reports that Greg Mead, author of The Royal Omission, told the crowd about the gross misrepresentation of Aboriginal culture
HamletBy William ShakespeareDirected by Marian DworakoskiNew Theatre, Sydney, until July 6Reviewed by Jonathan Strauss The Sydney New Theatre, formed in 1932, has been a pioneer in presenting socially relevant and committed theatre and proclaims its
By Jorge Jorquera PERTH — Thirty-five people attended a Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance Politics in the Pub on May 10 to discuss the "new wave" of racism being generated by the Howard government and how to combat it. Speakers included
Nick Everett is a member of Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) in Brisbane. He recently spent ten days in East Timor, travelling to Dili, Bacau, Los Palos and a number of other towns. He was able to observe the situation of
By Jennifer Thompson
Workers at CRA-owned Novacoal's Vickery mine are still on strike after the federal Industrial Relations Commission arbitrated on April 24 in favour of management, allowing the introduction of 12-hour shifts for a six-month
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations on May 8 cleared the Brisbane Aboriginal Legal Service of any wrongdoing. Registrar Noureddine Bouhafs has advised the service that it will be able to go back to Aboriginal
Picnicking in peace
Situated, as I am, in a somewhat northerly aspect of this landscape, a few kilometres south of the Tropic of Capricorn and in cooee of a cane toad or two, I leave myself open to being addressed at all-too-frequent intervals by
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