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Ask what you can do for your countryAsk what you can do for your country Your attention please! Can we settle down. In the back there — yes, you! ... see me after. All right then. That's better. We have called this special
By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — Maree Clarke, coordinator of the Koori Arts Unit (KAU) of the City of Port Phillip, was recently contacted by a woman who wanted to buy some Aboriginal art. "I told her to come and see the work we had left from
Brisbane's Solstice Festival By Nick Everett BRISBANE — The city's third Winter Solstice Festival took place over the June 6-9 long weekend. The festival is described by its organisers, the Queensland Folk Federation, as demonstrating a
Pagans at Brendan Behan @box text intro = SYDNEY — The Born Again Pagans will be launching a new CD on Thursday, June 26, from 8 to 10pm, at the Brendan Behan Hotel (formerly the Britannia) in Cleveland Street, Chippendale. An occasion not to
By Max Lane The Indonesian press has described riots at Medaeng prison in Surabaya on June 11 and 12 as the biggest in Indonesian history. According to Pos Kota daily, 575 prisoners rioted, destroying 12 buildings, including six prison blocks.
Campaign Against Racism established in Melbourne By Maurice Sibelle MELBOURNE — Campaign Against Racism was set up here at a meeting on June 12. CAR was established to oppose the racism of Howard and Hanson following the successful
By Jennifer Thompson On June 13, immigration minister Philip Ruddock announced a series of new requirements for around 8000 people, temporarily resident in Australia on humanitarian grounds, to either obtain permanent residency after a 10-year
Inventing the AbbottsProduced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Janet Meyers Review by John Tognolini The advertisement on TV shows three young women. "They're the Abbots — they're rich", it blasts out. The next scene is two young men, and the
Metalworkers rally for award MELBOURNE—Metalworkers around Victoria attended rallies to defend their award conditions over the past week. They were responding to the fact that July 1 is the day on which the provisions of the Howard
By Nikki Ulasowski and Russell Pickering AMSTERDAM — On June 14, 50,000 people from across Europe gathered in Amsterdam at Dam Square to protest against "unemployment, exclusion and insecurity". The protest preceded the Inter Governmental
New threat to Aboriginal Day of Mourning site By Chris Martin SYDNEY — Aboriginal activists campaigning to save the historic Day of Mourning conference site in Elizabeth Street are stepping up their campaign following the lodging of a
By Jim Green Before the end of the year, the government will decide whether another nuclear research reactor is to be built in Australia. The HIFAR reactor, located at Lucas Heights, just south of Sydney, cannot operate beyond 2003 unless it