Longford royal commission: Esso blamed
By Vannessa Hearman
MELBOURNE — The Longford royal commission, which reported on June 28, found that Esso's inadequate training of its employees led to the explosion at the Longford gas plant near Sale in
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By Jonathan Singer
Legal industrial action by workers will be virtually impossible if proposed amendments to the federal Workplace Relations Act (WRA) are passed, according to the ACTU. The measures are being presented by federal industrial
Viva Timor leste!
SYDNEY — Australian and East Timorese performers will join forces on July 15 to raise money for much needed medical and humanitarian aid to East Timor in an event organised by the Australia-East Timor Association (AETA).
Viva
Carr cracks down on pre-Olympic protests
By Bea Brear
SYDNEY — On March 27, Premier Bob Carr's Labor Party was re-elected in NSW with a hard-line "law and order" policy. In a push to "clean up the streets", NSW police have been refusing
By Edward Said
No one can doubt that what has transpired in Kosovo as a result both of Slobodan Milosevic's brutality and the NATO response has made matters a good deal worse than they were before the bombing. The cost in human suffering on all
Correction
In the article by John Pilger titled "The 'new feminism'" printed in GLW #365, a technical glitch resulted in Natasha Walter's name being misspelt throughout as NatashaWaiter. Our apologies for any confusion this may have caused.
Kurds protest Ocalan death sentence
By Gail Lord
More than 150 members of the Kurdish community travelled to Canberra on June 30 to condemn the death sentence imposed by a Turkish security court on the leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party,
Comment by Helen Lobato
Generation Xers feel ripped-off by feminism because they have not been able to fulfil the high expectations of themselves that feminism has created. This is the finding of a recent sociological study of Victorian women aged
By Andrea Marklew
BRISBANE — More than 600 people attended this year's annual Lesbian and Gay Pride rally at Roma Street Forum. The rally marks 10 years of activism for Brisbane's Lesbian and Gay Pride Collective. The rally was chaired by Gay
The force be with racism and sexism
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom MenaceDirected by George Lucas Review by Mary Merkenich
The latest Star Wars movie, The Phantom Menace, is both entertaining and visually very beautiful. Unfortunately,
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy is undertaking a statewide speaking tour from late July into August. Aboriginal elders will address community meetings to discuss the history, recent developments and future of Aboriginal political action. Since the
NT land rights under attack
By Margaret Allum
A review of the 1976 Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act released on August 21 contains recommendations which many say are an attempt to extinguish land rights throughout the NT. Building on Land
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