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Lesbians and gay men: still fighting discrimination

Lesbians and gay men: still fighting discrimination By Marina Cameron SYDNEY — On June 19, NSW independent MP Clover Moore released details of a bill aimed at extending rights to gay, lesbian and unmarried couples which she intends

Victorian health dispute still simmering

Victorian health dispute still simmering By Jo Obronschka MELBOURNE — Victorian public sector nurses voted to end industrial bans, in place since June 12, at a stop-work meeting on June 23. The industrial action forced the state

Poem: The one eyed nun from hell

The one eyed nun from hell The one eyed nun from hell The Beyond Dependency Conference in New Zealand The one eyed nun from hellhas come down here to tellus,how to slash the dole,how to sear the soul,how to thrash the poorand

and ain't i a woman?: Affirmative action under attack

Affirmative action under attackAffirmative action under attack Having already made policy changes last October to limit the power of the Affirmative Action Agency to enforce the 1986 Affirmative Action (Equal Employment for Women) Act,

Action updates

Stonewall speak-out CANBERRA — Around 20 people attended a speak-out on June 28 organised by Resistance to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the riots at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City. Speakers addressed the history of

United we must stand: feminism and racial oppression

By Lisa Macdonald Over the last decade, capitalism's efforts to shore up profit rates have resulted in a serious decline in the living conditions of the majority of the world's population. Report after report documents that the gap between rich

News briefs

Privatisation comes unstuck SYDNEY — Plans by the Carr Labor government to corporatise, then privatise, the Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme have been defeated in the NSW upper house. Peter Wright of the Australian Conservation Foundation

Letter from the US: 50,000 march to back locked-out newspaper workers

50,000 march to back locked-out newspaper workers By Barry Sheppard With the support of the national union federation, the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), union activists from around the

Hamlet's better half isn't nearly enough

HamletDirected by Kenneth Branagh Review by John Tognolini Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet is the 60th film version of Shakespeare's classic story of murder, revenge, madness, incest and abuse of power. Seeing the two-hour version makes me want to see

A one-layered misreading

Bad Girls: The media, sex & feminism in the 90sBy Catharine LumbyAllen and Unwin 1997. 192 pp. $16.95 (pb) Review by Corinne Glenn Over the last two years, publishing houses have been rushing to provide books about young feminists and feminism

Citipower uses court against union

By Michael Bull and Vannessa Hearman MELBOURNE — A dispute between Citipower and members of the Electrical Trades Union has continued for seven weeks. ETU organiser Howard Worthing told Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly, "In the months prior to the expiry of

ALP and Democrats betray unemployed youth

By Marina Cameron The ALP and the Democrats went "belly up" in the Senate last week, according to Greens Senator Bob Brown, allowing the government to pass the amendment to social security legislation needed to implement work for the dole