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Latham outlines Labor education policy

Latham outlines Labor education policy By Alison Dellit NEWCASTLE — Mark Latham, federal Labor spokesperson for higher education, addressed a forum organised by the Newcastle University Students' Association and the Labor Club on August 24.

Bad news on the Great Lakes

By Peter Montague An International Joint Commission (IJC) was created by treaty between the US and Canada in 1909, to resolve problems in the Great Lakes. Since 1972, the IJC has been working aggressively to improve water quality in the lakes, with

Drugs in the water

By Peter Montague A new class of water pollutants has been discovered during the past six years. Pharmaceutical drugs given to people and domestic animals, including antibiotics, hormones, strong pain killers, tranquillisers and chemotherapy

Life of Riley: Best of all possible worlds

Best of all possible worlds Bet ya' can't wait to get into the booth and make your mark for democracy. Bet ya' real excited about this election. Come October 3, you're sure to be up early and down at the local school hall before the bunting's

Representing Maori in NZ politics

WELLINGTON, NZ — The crisis for right-wing political parties in New Zealand deepened last month when the deputy prime minister, Winston Peters, and a number of other New Zealand First MPs walked out of cabinet over the sale of the Wellington

Mirrar elder fined for trespass on her own land

Mirrar elder fined for trespass on her own land By Peter Johnston DARWIN — The senior elder of the Mirrar people, Yvonne Margarula, has been convicted and fined $500 for trespassing on her own land. Three other Aboriginal people, who were

Action updates

Reith chickens out BRISBANE — Federal industrial relations minister Peter Reith was forced to cancel an election campaign street-walk in West End on September 4 after 100 people gathered outside the local Liberal campaign office to condemn the

'Asian' crisis goes global: Was Marx right after all?

By Allen Myers Karl Marx's analysis of how capitalist economies operate has never been popular with newspaper owners, other capitalists or the politicians who serve them. This remains the case even when they have to make use of his insights,

Music diversity in the age of Hanson

MELBOURNE — Well known band Even will headline a Rock Against Racism to be held here on Sunday, September 13. "It would be more accurate to call it a jazz, soul and rock against racism", event organiser Jo Williams told Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly. The

ACT abortion defence campaign gears up

By Lara Pullin CANBERRA — One of Canberra's biggest rallies in years was held on September 2 when many forces combined to express their opposition to MLA Paul Osborne's attempt to outlaw abortion in the ACT. Canberra's city square was filled with

Loose cannons

Not socialist "The time is coming when we [the ALP] will either be a socialist party or we will finish up as a muddle-headed, middle-class, petit-bourgeois, status-seeking party." — Former Labor leader Arthur Calwell, in his 1972 memoirs.

Domestic violence, mutton birds and murder

SnorkelLa Mama Theatre, 205 Faraday Street, CarltonBy Richard BladelDirected by Peter HoughtonWith Carmen Mascia, Christopher UhlmannUntil 13 September Review by Vannessa Hearman Snorkel tells the story of two siblings bonded by a history of family