Ron Perkins, Perth
The Perth Convention Centre was filled on June 1 with one of the largest assemblies of trade union delegates since the fight-back against repressive industrial relations legislation in the mid-1990s under then-Coalition Premier
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ARMIDALE — On June 3, the University of New England Students' Association electoral tribunal overturned the results of a May 24-26 referendum regarding the association's affiliation to the National Union of Students, ordering a new ballot.
@9point non= SYDNEY — An estimated 50,000 people turned up to hear at least 200 international and local writers and journalists speak during the May 23-30 Sydney Writers Festival.
Renown Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki, interviewed by
Ralph Nader & Kevin Zeese
The last few weeks have not been good ones for the war effort. Despite being given every huge military budget he has requested by Congress, US President George Bush can no longer credibly claim to be winning the war. ABC
June 8
1984: Homosexuality is decriminalised in NSW.
June 11
1872: Trade unions are legalised in Canada.
1981: IRA political prisoner Kieran Doherty is elected as an Irish MP while on hunger strike.
June 12
1964: Nelson Mandela is
MELBOURNE — Students occupied the Liberal Party's Victoria headquarters on June 2 in response to the federal government's proposed "voluntary student unionism" (VSU) legislation.
One of the protesters, Julia Dehm, said: "The Coalition has made it
James Lehrer, La Paz
After three weeks of mobilisations in defence of Bolivia's gas reserves, the country's political crisis continues to deepen. A June 2 attempt to quash the crisis by President Carlos Mesa, by calling elections for a new
Norm Dixon
Zimbabwe's authoritarian capitalist government, headed by President Robert Mugabe, has unleashed a massive wave of police brutality and destruction in an attempt to terrorise the country's fiercely anti-government urban working class and
Marce Cameron
In recent months Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has not missed an opportunity to urge his supporters to contribute to a historic debate on the future of the country's Bolivarian revolution.
In the multitude of popular
Susan Price, Sydney
On June 1, more than 1500 university and TAFE staff from campuses across Sydney were joined by students and unionists from other sectors for a rally and march. This was part of a national day of protest against the federal
James Vassilopoulos
Seventy-two per cent of workers are not taken in by the federal Coalition government's argument that exempting companies with less than 100 employees from unfair dismissal laws will create jobs.
An ACTU-commissioned survey
Alex Miller is a member of the Socialist Alliance national executive and the 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly-Socialist Alliance editorial liaison board.
In a recent speech to the Socialist Alliance national executive, Louise Walker argued that there are
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