By Karen Fredericks Dozens of countries have banned the Japanese freighter, Akatsuki Maru, from their territorial waters. Australia has not. The ship, which left the French port of Cherbourg on November 7, is carrying 1.7 tonnes of the highly
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By Jan Malewski Jozef Pinior, one of the historic leaders of the Polish worker-based democratic mass movement Solidarnosc, has been denied a hearing by the minister of justice to appeal his conviction stemming from the 1988 strikes that were
Vigil mourns death of democracy By Sean Lennon and Pip Hinman MELBOURNE — A vigil began on the steps of Parliament House at 11 p.m. on November 12 to mark the passing into law of the Employee Relations Act. The ERA was passed by parliament
By Liam Mitchell ADELAIDE — The South Australian Labor Party State Council meeting on November 12 voted to sacrifice workers' compensation in order to avoid facing an early poll and likely defeat at the hands of an electorate which has
Ombudsman accepts police 'twaddle' By Steve Painter SYDNEY — The Australian Federal Police have lied to the federal ombudsman over incidents at the Aidex '91 protests in Canberra in November last year, says Denis Doherty of the Anti-Bases
Phil Herington Phil Herington, active in the antiwar movement in Melbourne and later in the Australia Vietnam Society, died in Melbourne on November 2. A member of the Communist Party of Australia during the '70s, Phil was for many years the
By Michael Aaronson The New South Wales Council of Social Services (NCOSS) has started a major campaign to do something about the twin philosophies of economic rationalism and managerialism — the philosophies the Liberal government in NSW
Motivated "I've always felt that trying to help Haiti was a noble thing. I've taken on a number of unpopular clients. That's why I got a law degree." — US lobbyist Robert McCandless, on his US$165,000-a-year fee for representing the Haitian
By Kaye Dixon At seven years old, when visiting the city from Mallacouta, Sal Rees practised drop kicks with her grandfather in the backyard at Coburg. Her grandfather, Henry Flogg and her father, Don Rees, played football for Brunswick.
Comment by Barry Healy The Public Sector Union leadership — after two years of inactivity followed by months tirelessly wearing down membership opposition to enterprise bargaining — has released the outcome of its recent round of pay
Unions are planning a series of stoppages and actions to voice their opposition to the new industrial legislation. Members of the State Public Services Federation called on their members to refuse to deal with parliamentary papers on Friday,
ADELAIDE — Approximately 5000 people participated in a rally organised by the United Trades and Labour Council against changes to WorkCover at Parliament House on December 10. CANBERRA — The national meeting of the Australia-Vietnam Society
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