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Queensland band Future Native is flying high after the successful launch of its debut single “Your Backyard”. A rousing rendition of its reconciliation song “Kakadu” is also included. The purpose of “Your Backyard”, says Future Native's
Bradbury film In seeing David Bradbury's new documentary film Fond Memories of Cuba on opening night, I was thoroughly disappointed with its simplistic and muddled portrayal of Cuba from such a renowned left-wing filmmaker. To a less informed
BRISBANE — Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Weekly's ROBYN MARSHALL spoke to several nurses at the Royal Brisbane Hospital on July 5 about the dispute. “I know that nurses from RBH, from the Royal Women's Hospital and other workplaces have lots of determination to
No just business as usual, Economist magazine, East India Company, Daniel Drew, South Sea Company, Mississippi Company, Wall Street, John Law"> WorldCom: media excuses corporate greed BY PETER BOYLE In the wake of the US$3.8 billion WorldCom
[This is a model motion unionists can move in their union to support the AMWU leaders under attack.] That [workers/unionists from this workplace/meeting] note the role played by the leadership of the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing
REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN  Secret Ballot Written and directed by Babak Payami Starring Nassim Abdi and Cyrus Ab Distributed by Celluloid Dreams (< info@celluloid-dreams.com>) Screened at the 49th Sydney Film Festival
More than 400 Afghans protested outside the United Nations compound in Kabul on July 4, according to the BBC. The demonstration was against the July 1 US bombing raid in the country's south-west that slaughtered at least 40 people, possibly
BY ARUN PRADHAN It is not difficult to understand the motives of people who want to break refugees out of the desert prison at Woomera — or any other refugee prison. But is it the way we'll force the government to abandon its racist
BY MAX LANE JAKARTA — On June 25, the Jakarta Media Centre was packed to overflowing. Former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) and Dita Sari, the most prominent labour movement figure in Indonesia, were going to speak on the
BY FIDEL CASTRO [The following is a slightly abridged version of a speech given by Cuban President Fidel Castro to an extraordinary session of Cuba's National Assembly on June 26.] Around the time when he assumed office, we wanted to avoid any
BY ANDY GIANNIOTIS HOBART — On July 2, the Tasmanian branches of the Socialist Alliance called for the nationalisation of the insurance industry to solve the insurance crisis. The announcement was a response to the July 1 suspension of
BY MAURICE FARRELL SYDNEY — More than 200 people joined a rally and march on June 27 to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Stonewall Bar riot in New York City, considered the birthplace of the modern lesbian and gay rights movement.