There's always the dole "They wouldn't be working with me if they weren't happy." — Horse trainer Gai Waterhouse, replying to claims by the Australian Workers Union that her strappers and stable hands are paid below award
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By Pip Hinman
Despite well-documented and widespread evidence linking nuclear explosions to health and environmental problems, there is a growing campaign to play down the impact of the underground tests at Moruroa atoll. A series of reports
By Robyn Marshall
Miriam Ortega, a long-time activist in Chilean left politics, arrived in Australia at the end of July on a one-month speaking tour. Miriam spent 11 years in Pinochet's prisons, where she was tortured continuously for 20 days in
Call for economic boycott of Burmese junta
Call for economic boycott of Burmese junta On September 18, Burmese democracy activists around the world will observe the seventh anniversary of "8888", a student-led nationwide uprising in 1988 that
A recent study based on an independent analysis of US baby food products found 16 different pesticides in eight major baby foods. Researchers with the Environmental Working Group (EWG) commissioned a food industry lab to analyse eight foods which
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From Spirit to Spirit — Tells the story
By Tim E. Stewart
DARWIN — The right to burn flags as a form of protest has been strongly supported by Northern Territory trade unions. The August 28 meeting of the NT Trades and Labour Council passed the motion: "The Northern Territory Trades
By Dave Mizon
The dispute between Esso and striking Bass Strait rig workers widened last week, with picket lines being set up at Esso's Long Island point refinery, halting the shipment of LPG fuel by road and sea from that location, and at the
FSLN prepares for Nicaraguan elections
FSLN prepares for Nicaraguan elections By Tyrion Perkins
[From June 28 to July 21, 13 people from Australia visited Nicaragua on a work-study brigade, meeting community movement and
CTV Perth needs you!
By Paul Davis
Community television is for the people and by the people. It is a powerful tool in the development of a politically aware society. Public access community television is due to begin broadcasting
Ban landmines now
Ban landmines now Every 15 minutes someone is killed or maimed by a landmine. Almost all of those affected are civilians, and many of them are children. For every survivor, two die. The majority of survivors
@FM18 WIDE = Adelaide women's services threatened
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE Another women's service in South Australia is coming under threat. A recently released review of the Women's Information Switchboard (WIS) recommends a complete
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