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BRISBANE — Thousands of Centrelink call-centre staff attended lunchtime meetings around the country on December 9. The meetings were called by the Community and Public Sector Union to condemn management's introduction of a new computerised
Brendan Rosser & Lucy Palmer, Newcastle On December 10, 30 activists gathered outside the army recruitment centre for an international human rights day "die-in", in solidarity with the people suffering in Iraq. The protest proceeded to the
Mark Stephens The latest AIDS epidemic update released by UNAIDS for World AIDS Day shows that the majority of the 40 million are now living with AIDS will soon be female. Over the past two years, the number of women living with HIV has risen in
Reihana Mohideen, Manila Thousands of people in the Philippines have been victimis of typhoons that ravaged several provinces in the first week of December. The typhoons swept through Bulakan, Nueva Ecija, Cagayan, Rizal, Quezon, and other areas
On November 29, a US government committee "clarified" in a new regulation that it was illegal to publish books by Cuban, North Korean, Sudanese or Iranian authors without explicit government authorisation. Several groups, led by the PEN American
The following is a letter to the Cuban Five, who were charged with espionage and sentenced to long jail terms in the US. My name is Craig Johnston. I am in prison in Australia for crimes against the capitalist state. Myself and 16 other trade
The Decline of the Tea LadyBy Jenny StewartWakefield Press, 2004195 pages, $24.95 REVIEW BY ALEX TIGHE This humorous, yet insightful contribution to discussion on management caused me to ponder my own memories of my early days working in the