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Messages to Australian rallies

The following messages from the French peace movement and the peak trade union body, the Confederation Generale du Travail (CGT), were given to Australian participants at the commemorations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Blood, sweat, tears and sugar

The Big Picture: Sugar Slaves ABC TV, Wednesday, August 23, 9.30pm Reviewed by Norm Dixon The sugar industry in Australia generates around $2 billion a year, and Australia recently surpassed Cuba as the world's largest exporter

Unions oppose SA local government restructuring

By Margaret Gleeson ADELAIDE — In what the Advertiser hailed as a "radical blueprint for local government reform" the long-awaited report of the ministerial advisory group (MAG) on local government reform was released on July 26.

What are they doing to the footy?

Football Ltd: The Inside Story of the AFL By Garry Linnell Ironbark, 1995. 393 pp., $17.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon Ah, footy! The pleasure of sinking your boot into the perfect torp, or gasping at the silky skills of a

Soundtrack, minus the film

Soundtrack, minus the film The Secret of Roan Inish Music by Mason Daring Distributed by Larrikin Entertainment Reviewed by Bernie Brian I'm not sure whether it is an advantage or a disadvantage not to have seen a

'Colonialism, oui!', says Labor government

By Norm Dixon Labor leaders are falling over themselves to reassure the rulers of France that, while they may not like their nuclear tests, their right to control the territories of Tahiti, Kanaky and Wallis and Futuna is not being

Residents oppose freeway proposal

Residents oppose freeway proposal By Sue Bolton MELBOURNE — According to Transurban, the company that will build and run this city's mega-freeway project, we are about to get a "sculptured northern gateway" on the expanded

Mt Isa enterprise deal

Mt Isa enterprise deal By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Workers at the MIM Mt Isa mine voted overwhelmingly to accept a new enterprise deal on August 10, ending a nine-month dispute which involved strikes, bans and a major lockout.

Loose cannons

Australian culture @lctext = "She [Annita Keating ] is accompanying the orchestra and doing some PR for us and Australian culture. It is a cultural ambassador sort of thing." — Sydney Symphony Orchestra publicist on what the PM's wife will be

PNG plans special law for BHP

By Norm Dixon The Papua New Guinea government has foreshadowed legislation that will not only impose an inadequate settlement on tens of thousands of people demanding compensation for the massive environmental damage caused by the

WA unions react to threatened legislation

By Jonathan Strauss PERTH — Since the election of the Court government in WA in March 1993, workers' rights have been under constant attack. The introduction of individual work contracts, job cuts in the more highly unionised public

Radio highlights

@9point = Indian Pacific — Peter Mares presents the last part of the series on modern Japan's attitude to World War II, The Japan That Can Say Sorry. Also, a special feature on the 50th anniversary of Indonesia's independence: Indian Pacific talks