Phhew!
"Queen: I will accept republic." — Headline in Sydney Morning Herald after King Paul's meeting with Queen Liz.
Name two, please
"I did build many, many things, and people forget to mention them." — Bankrupt entrepreneur Alan Bond,
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By Ray Fulcher
MELBOURNE — One year after the election of a Liberal government, Victorians are facing a worsening standard of living. Official unemployment is 13%, and in some areas youth unemployment is 40%.
Premier Jeff Kennett is
Boycott Mitsubishi campaign launched
The Rainforest Information Centre and the Environmental Youth Alliance launched the Australian Boycott Mitsubishi campaign on September 24. The "Mitsubishi Challenge" National Basketball League will be
Irish to the core
Belt of the Celts
Irish to the core
The Wolfe Tones
Shanachie through Larrikin
Reviewed by Ian Jamieson
Like many on the Australian left, particularly those of us with dubious Irish ancestry, I came to appreciate
A fierce rave around the world
BRISBANE — "The People will be Seen, The People Will Be Heard" were the words that greeted more than 300 people at FIERCE at Boulder Lodge on Friday night, September 24.
The cross-arts extravaganza attracted
Quarantine sackings despite anthrax outbreak
By Steve Rogers
CANBERRA — Federal budget plans to slash quarantine staff are to go ahead despite the outbreak of anthrax in Queensland. The cuts mean that some 30% of the Australian Quarantine
By Max Lane
MANILA — A struggle within the Filipino communist movement has spread and sharpened within the Communist Party of the Philippines-influenced legal National Democratic (ND) organisations. The issues are Stalinism, internal party
By Tony Smith
The rugby test series between Australia and the Springboks might not have settled much about the relative skills of the two sides. One thing the television coverage did decide, however, was "Guess which beer I'll never buy? Never
Sam Wainwright
Playing games
On Friday Sydney — parts of it — went on an orgy of celebration. The establishment press declared triumphantly, "Our Sydney wins games". Fireworks and parties burst into the night. Sydney had been given the
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW, the "White House", September 24 — As the rouble crashed and opposition newspapers were shut down, Russians on the fourth day after President Boris Yeltsin's coup d'etat were pondering a future of shattered links
In contrast to the Australian government aid, there are many non-government and community groups trying to help the poor within poor countries achieve real and lasting change.
International Women's Development Agency
The IWDA is an
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