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Pressure grows over CES/DSS

Pressure grows over CES/DSS By Paul Oboohov Community and Public Sector Union members in the Commonwealth Employment Service have increased pressure on the federal government to stop corporatisation of the CES. The corporatisation would remove

Taking risks with the environment

Risk versus risk: Tradeoffs in protecting health and the environmentEdited by John D. Graham and Jonathan Baert WienerHarvard University Press, 1996. 337 pp., US$39.95Reviewed by Dot Tumney Risk management refuses to fit into neat boxes. Those making

In the Malaysian police lock-up

On November 8, thugs from the ruling National Front parties in Malaysia physically broke up the Asia Pacific Conference on East Timor II (APCET II). Police later arrived and, instead of arresting the thugs, arrested all the conference participants.

Campaigning at ANU in 1997

MATT TINNING was recently elected the 1997 president of the Australian National University Student Association on the "Counter Attack" ticket. ANU Resistance club activist MARTIN ILTIS spoke to him about his plans for next year. Question: Can you

Migrant bashing in parliament

Editorial: Migrant bashing in parliament Migrants, she declared before parliament, were "being offered the opportunity to ride on the backs of battlers from the day they arrive". No, this was not Pauline Hanson, the fish and chip proto-fascist

Hinchinbrook campaign continues

Hinchinbrook campaign continues By Trish Corcoran SYDNEY — One hundred and thirty people packed the Glebe Town Hall here on November 26 to hear an update on the campaign to stop tourist "development" and save the ecosystem in the area around

Beanland under fire in anti-discrimination row

Beanland under fire in anti-discrimination row By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Queensland attorney-general and justice minister Denver Beanland has accused the sacked head of the joint federal-state Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission,

Wooldridge flies a jumbo jet in parliament

By Max Watts SYDNEY — "Whoever expects politicians to be honest?", said one of the participants during a meeting of psychiatric patients, doctors and carers at Strathfield Town Hall on November 28. The meeting was organised by a new group, Mental

The 'Holy Trinity' and the Third World

IMF/World Bank/WTO: The Free Market FiascoEdited by Eric Toussaint and Peter DruckerNotebooks for Study and Research No. 24/25International Institute for Research and Education (IIRE)1995. 116 pp., US$8.75Reviewed by Eva Cheng The Free Market Fiasco

Labor allows the right to control NUS west

By Corinne Glenn At the National Union of Students (NUS) state branch conference on November 24, the Labor right (Unity) faction and the Liberals strengthened their grip on the student movement. The Labor left in the National Organisation of Labor

Australians Against Racism: new party founded

91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's CHRIS SPINDLER spoke to JACK BEETSON, director of studies at Tranby Aboriginal College in Sydney and a founder of the new anti-racism party Australians Against Racism (AAR), about the recent racist upsurge and plans for the

Report slams black health crisis

Report slams black health crisis By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The disastrous state of the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland has been underlined by a state government "status" report on health matters released on