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Unionists concerned about mobile phone towers

By Shelly Collins CANBERRA — Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) members in the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs met on December 3 to hear from Telstra, Australian Communications Authority and DIMA management on the

What's new in Labor's new platform?

What's new in Labor's new platform? By Susan Laszlo The release, two weeks ago, of Labor's draft platform coincided with polls showing Prime Minister John Howard's popularity at a record low. The Wik debate, the nursing homes fiasco, cuts to

and ain't i a woman?: Male bodies on display

Male bodies on display Have you noticed the proliferation of advertising billboards featuring glamorous young men with gleaming biceps, tight buttocks and big pecs bared, all "trim, tanned and terrific"? Whether it is selling male underwear,

Appeal launched for Dita Sari

Appeal launched for Dita Sari By James Balowski According to People's Democratic Party (PRD) sources, Dita Indah Sari, chair of the PRD-affiliated Centre for Labour Struggle, was released from hospital on November 28. Dita had been in intensive

Corporate rorts, the law and the rich

Corporate rorts, the law and the rich By John van der Velden When John Elliott was acquitted of fraud charges in August 1996, he announced to the football crowd at Optus Oval that he had "stuck it right up the NCA" [National Crime Authority],

Stakes raised in Jabiluka uranium battle

By Tom Flanagan DARWIN — Aboriginal traditional owners are blocking a key aspect of the plan to mine uranium at Jabiluka. They are using the limited legal rights they now have to refuse to consent to the milling of Jabiluka uranium ore at the