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Who is getting control of the internet?

Who is getting control of the internet? The federal government has announced the composition of the Information Policy Advisory Council (IPAC), the role of which is to provide "authoritative and broadly based" advice to the government on the legal,

NT TLC to administer workplace agreements?

NT TLC to administer workplace agreements? By Tim E. Stewart Darwin — A debate has begun among Northern Territory union officials about whether Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) under Howard's proposed industrial relations laws will be

Deal offered on school cleaner contracts

Deal offered on school cleaner contracts By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The Queensland government has been forced to retreat on its threat to privatise school cleaning, in what the Labor opposition calls "a humiliating backdown". The Borbidge

Battle for Hinchinbrook heats up

Battle for Hinchinbrook heats up By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Constructing a major resort on the Hinchinbrook Channel on the north Queensland coast is "like building a hotel on the top of Uluru", prominent marine biologist Professor Frank Talbot

Beginning to explore the trails of power

The House on Capital Hill: Parliament, Politics and Power in the National CapitalEdited by Julian Disney and J.R. NethercoteANU/Federation Press, 1996. 245 pp. PaperbackReviewed by Tony Smith This book produces both theory and personal stories.

Yonsei student rebellion

August 13 — Students begin three-day festival at Yonsei University, calling for unification with North Korea. Hundreds of radicals, who also demand the withdrawal of 37,000 US troops stationed in the South, are blocked from leaving Seoul to march

Mark Allen

Mark Allen By Anthony Benbow Mark Allen, a fiery young organiser with the building division of the WA Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, was killed on the job on September 6. Mark's death was the direct result of massive safety

A lull between explosions?

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — On August 23 leaders of Russia's main coal miners' union, the 780,000-member Russian Union of Coal Industry Workers (Rosugleprof), agreed to suspend a nationwide strike due to begin three days later. Then, shortly

The Coalition's jobless bashing timetable

The Coalition's jobless bashing timetable (Expenditure "savings" to June 30, 1999) July 1996 Introduce job seeker diary Establish dedicated telephone contact service for employers [dob in a "dole bludger" lines] Additional computer based

A well-polished gem from a Fabian terrorist

MisallianceBy George Bernard ShawDirected by Kevin JacksonWith Adrian Adam, Danielle Antaki, Peter Astridge, Stephen Barker, Janet Gibson, John Grinston, Bronwyn Lim, Sean Ryan, Stuart TyeNew Theatre, Newtown, Sydney until October 26Reviewed by Allen

Reunification the stakes in Korean student struggle

By Pio d'Emilia KIM MYONG HI is a well-known Korean writer and journalist. He has lived for many years in Japan, first as a student and later as spokesperson of Kim Dae Jung's Korean Democratic Movement and as correspondent of the daily Joong Ang

ANC to review death penalty

ANC to review death penalty A meeting of ANC national and provincial cabinet ministers and MPs on September 1 recommended a review of the organisation's policy on the death penalty. The ANC currently opposes the death penalty. ANC MP Carl Niehaus