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Issues go begging in NT election

DARWIN — Froth and bubble rule in the campaign for the Northern Territory elections on June 4. The incumbent Country-Liberal Party (CLP) accuses the ALP of taking orders from "down south" and not having the expertise to govern. Labor says the CLP

1. Definition of pure science

1. Definition of pure science examining a given system using logic and especially mathematics to model a way the system might work so as to be able without fail to predict its future state, given enough knowledge of its present state

... and ain't i a woman?: Whose magazines?

Whose magazines? The battle for shares of the women's magazine market is on. And the field is full — there's New Idea, Woman's Day, New Weekly, That's Life, Who Weekly (essentially a pure gossip column but, interestingly, classified as a

New Zealand ferry company aims to break unions

By Ian Powell WELLINGTON — The major industrial dispute is under way between the recently privatised New Zealand Rail company and the ferry crews it employs. NZ Rail operates the ferries that ship passengers, vehicles and freight between New

Mitsubishi: Forest destruction is a family affair

US-based Rainforest Action Network "Save the Rainforest — Boycott Mitsubishi" campaign coordinator MICHAEL MARX updates the case against Mitsubishi Corporation. Here in Australia, plans are afoot for a new round of demonstrations to keep the

ATO agency bargain accepted

ATO agency bargain accepted By Chris Slee Public Sector Union members in the Australian Taxation Office voted in a series of meetings from May 11 to May 25 to accept the proposed agency bargaining agreement. The agreement gives a 4%

SA teachers' strike a success

By Chris Spindler ADELAIDE — Some 7000 teachers, teacher assistants, students, parents, fellow unionists and supporters gathered at a rally on May 24 to defend the public education system. Two hundred and thirty, schools were closed for the

Survey documents anti-lesbian/gay violence

Survey documents anti-lesbian/gay violence By Kath Gelber Violence against lesbians and gay men is "endemic" according to a report released in Victoria by Gay Men and Lesbians Against Discrimination (GLAD). The report found 70% of lesbians

The kosher pig

Leon the Pig Farmer Produced and Directed by Gary Sinyor and Vadim Jean Written by Gary Sinyor and Michael Normand Featuring Mark Frankel, Brian Glover, Maryam D'Abo and Connie Booth Reviewed by L. Pradhan Leon the Pig Farmer is the

You can hear the jaws dropping

Frontline ABC-TV, Monday Reviewed by Dave Riley This is true: my jaw dropped during the first episode of Frontline and I still can't pucker up. In my prepubescent foolishness, I once kissed the TV screen during The Mickey Mouse Club in the

Illawarra environment day

Illawarra environment day The second World Environment Day march in the Illawarra, on Sunday, June 5, will be a fun, loud celebration of the theme "Save our coastlines". "The Illawarra is truly gifted with its escarpment and pristine

Campaign launched in Manila to free Lagman

By Max Lane MANILA — Following a demonstration of 200 activists from worker, student and urban poor organisations outside the presidential palace on May 28, the Free Lagman Movement was launched. On May 26 agents of Naval Intelligence arrested