By Bill Mason BRISBANE — A Townsville woman who was sacked as a casual hotel receptionist because she was pregnant won a landmark award in the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Tribunal on January 22. Kerri Skellern was awarded nearly $14,000 and a
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By Nicole Berrell SPRINGWOOD, NSW — The Blue Mountains East Timor Association (BMETA) was formed at a meeting of activists here on January 21. The meeting was the second of a series of East Timor solidarity meetings held in the Blue Mountains,
Protest at Iraqi embassy CANBERRA — Fifty angry protesters gathered outside the Iraqi embassy here on January 25, chanting "Long live political freedom! No to dictatorship! No to terror!" The demonstrators were cordoned off from the embassy, which
By Janet Parker SYDNEY — Activists campaigning for the No Aircraft Noise Party in the federal seat of Sydney hosted a meeting on January 21 to forge links with other community groups in the Sydney electorate. In his opening address, NAN President
André Brie is a National Executive member of Germany's Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), formed from the ashes of the former ruling party of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). During a January visit to Australia, he addressed public
By Sean Healy The Coalition has provided yet another example of how much its election strategy is dependent on hiding its real agenda with its latest "commitment" on education. Coalition spokesperson for education, science and technology, Senator
The best police force money can buy Generally the wallopers and I don't get on. During my many activities of daily living I want nothing to do with them. Their thin blue line, mustered to hold barbarism at bay day in and day out, fails to impress
By Norm Dixon The Pan Africanist Congress has been thrown into turmoil by the resignation of general secretary Maxwell Nemadzivhanani. The PAC, long considered South Africa's second most significant liberation movement after the African National
The Redundancy of CourageBy Timothy MoVintage, 1991. 408pp., $14.95Reviewed by Sean Lennon The Redundancy of Courage is a novel about ordinary people forced to do abnormal things by abnormal circumstances. It is about East Timor, in the guise of the
Five hundred garment workers in Bangladesh have been sacked, five women raped and three women killed because of their campaign for the right to one day's holiday each week. Since July 25, 1995, the National Garment Workers' Federation of Bangladesh
The pause that depresses "Confronted by a flagging global economy, G7 finance ministers ... described the current slowdown as a 'pause', and not a cause for concern." — Financial Review, January 22. Non-believable "I don't believe in rudeness. I
EclipseWritten and directed by Jeremy PodeswaOpens February 15, George Cinemas, St Kilda, Melbourne and Verona Cinema, Paddington, SydneyReviewed by Margaret Allan Canadian film makers have produced some good films in recent years with successes like
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