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No ADI development at St Marys!

No ADI development at St Marys! SYDNEY — Around 150 people gathered outside NSW Parliament House on February 17 to oppose the development of the Australian Defence Industries site at St Marys in Sydney's west. The protesters listened to a wide

Indonesian police threaten Australian unionist

Indonesian police threaten Australian unionist Indonesian police are threatening to imprison or deport Australian trade unionist Roger Smith. Smith, who works in Indonesia for the American Centre for International Labour Solidarity, has been

Staff incensed by UQ management

Staff incensed by UQ management By Robyn Marshall BRISBANE — A general meeting of staff at the University of Queensland on February 16 described a management pay offer as inadequate. During resumed enterprise bargaining negotiations on

A hot French winter looms

A hot French winter looms By Stan Demidjuk The new millennium in France has begun prophetically. Besides the snow, rain, tempests and storms, a wave of industrial and political action has swept across the country. France is in for a very hot

Loose cannons

Humane " ... my heart goes out to those who may be suffering." — Esmerelda Exploration chairperson Brett Montgomery explaining why his company is refusing to accept responsibility for the contamination of water downstream from the cyanide spill

Free education, not privatisation!

By Grant Coleman In Orientation Weeks, student activists around the country are launching the campaign to stop the privatisation of higher education. The National Union of Students has called a national day of action on March 22 and numerous

ACT opposes mandatory sentencing

ACT opposes mandatory sentencing By James Vassilopoulos CANBERRA — Three hundred people turned out to a protest on February 17 against mandatory sentencing in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. The rally, called with only two days'

Looking Out: 'I did'

Looking Out: 'I did' By Brandon Astor Jones "The judge is condemned when the criminal is absolved." — Publilius Syrus In 1979, while on trial for my very life, the "Honourable" Judge Luther Hames took frequent naps as the prosecution presented

and ain't i a woman?: Judging gender

Judging gender Women appointed to the judiciary by Peter Beattie's Labor government in Queensland were there due to their gender, not their merit, former High Court chief justice Sir Harry Gibbs implied at a function at Brisbane's Supreme Court

National youth week a sham

By Marina Carman There's nothing like the announcement of a government-sponsored national youth week to make a young person proud and happy — at least that's what David Kemp, the minister for education, training and youth affairs, is hoping.

2,000,000 behind bars in the US

2,000,000 behind bars in the US Washington, DC — The Washington DC-based Justice Policy Institute (JPI) reported at the beginning of this month that on February 15, the United States jail population would top 2 million for the first time. Using

Unionists debate Pilbara dispute

By James Vassilopoulos CANBERRA — Supporters of workers' rights discussed the implications of BHP's attempt to force their Pilbara work force into individual contracts at a 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly forum here on February 16. Trevor Zeltner, the