The campaign against voluntary student unionism legislation, introduced by the Kennett government in 1994, has entered another stage. With the cancellation of federal funding under the Coalition, many student unions have less than
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MELBOURNE — With the election of a Howard federal government on March 2, most student unions at Victorian universities are left with significantly less funds for 1996. In 1994, the state Liberal government introduced Voluntary
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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
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Students and academics around the country will be striking on March 23 to protest against the introduction of up-front fees. The actions were called from the National No Fees Conference in late December, in response to new waves
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At the ALP national conference, a series of motions was passed condemning the proposal of up-front fees for undergraduate students, and calling for a review of the charging of fees for postgraduate courses, which
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Not since the 1989 anti-HECS campaign in Melbourne, has there been a student struggle such as the "no fees campaign" at the Australian National University (ANU). When ANU decided to impose a $5000 up-front fee
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CANBERRA — The creation of a separate ACT public service is looking even more doubtful after a mass meeting on May 25 decided to carry out an industrial campaign if outstanding demands are not met. The meeting followed an
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Canberra — Liberal and independent members of the House of Assembly on November 25 amended the ACT budget to block the cutting of 80 teacher positions. This victory was a response to the public campaign run by
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Asked in 2005 if his decision to ask DC to remove his name from the V for Vendetta comic he scripted in the 1980s constituted "throwing the baby out with the bathwater", Alan Moore explained: "The baby is one I put a great deal of
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Students rally in AdelaideADELAIDE — More than 400 students gathered outside of Parliament House here on October 13 to protest against the latest round of HECS increases. The rally was organised by the right-wing
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Adelaide universities go outADELAIDE — Academics from all three South Australian universities joined the national strike on October 18. The president of the Adelaide University Staff Association, Rod Crowther, said
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Gay man murdered in AdelaideADELAIDE — A homosexual man was murdered here last week, exactly 21 years after the infamous drowning of Dr George Duncan. Duncan, a gay professor at Adelaide University, was bashed and