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Radio highlights
A Swag of Yarns — A special program to mark National Aboriginal and Islander Day of Celebration. Some of Australia's leading storytellers, songwriters, actors and performers present the stories, yarns, legends and myths of the
By Emma Webb
ADELAIDE — The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) Building Division and the Conservation Council formally established the Coalition of Unions and Environment Groups (CUE) on June 5, World Environment Day.
By Jeannine Purdy
PERTH — Non-Aboriginal Western Australians commemorated the founding of the Swan River Colony on June 5. They have learned the story of the "settlement" of their state, of Perth in particular, as one in which Aboriginal
Message to Vietnam forum
A Democratic Socialist Party forum in Sydney on June 6 celebrated the anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War and discussed the lessons of the struggle against it. The following greetings to the forum were presented by
By Anthony Benbow
PERTH — A one-day "nuclear showdown" conference, focusing on anti-nuclear campaigning, was organised here on May 27 by People for Nuclear Disarmament (PND), the Medical Association for Prevention of War (MAPW) and Critical
By Alison Dellit
CANBERRA — Classes at Telopea Park High were disrupted for three days last week as students organised and joined in protests sparked by France's decision to resume nuclear testing.
The controversy began on June 16, when
By Chow Wei-Cheng
In preparation for the federal elections, the ALP and ACTU have unveiled another Accord agreement. It promises a low inflation target (2-3% per year) in return for "safety net" pay increases totalling up to $50 per week by the
The nuclear threat
The latest move, led by the French government, to consolidate and strengthen the world's nuclear weapons capability makes a mockery of the so-called New World Order. If this is indeed an era of diplomacy and negotiated peace,
Anti-nuclear campaign broadens
By Chris Spindler
SYDNEY — As the federal Labor government begins to feel the mass opposition to its weak opposition to the Chirac government's decision to resume nuclear testing, anti-nuclear campaigners
Brisbane rally against testing
By Debbie Marshall and Nicole Kamp
BRISBANE — More than 500 angry people rallied outside the French Consulate on June 23 to protest against the decision by French President Jacques Chirac to resume nuclear
SYDNEY — Chanting "end nuclear testing, ban all nuclear weapons" at least 300 protesters took the anti-nuclear campaign to the French consulate on June 23. The picket brought together groups including the Anti-Bases Campaign, Pax Christi,
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