A week of a mini-budget which spread the Victorian state burden evenly and fairly among the poor, and of an industrial relations act which puts a bit more equality into the already equal and loving and caring relationship between employer and
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By Peter Anderson Two recent publications by the Australian Government Publishing Service continue the discussion about structural reform within the Australian economy. While Macquarie University researcher Brian Pinkstone raises questions
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — "We need a decent living wage!" Aleksei Bogdanov, delegate from the Lianozovo Electromechanical Plant, told the packed stadium. "How are people supposed to live on 3000 roubles a month?" Metalworkers' leader Yuri
By Peter Boyle MELBOURNE — If anyone doubts that the Liberal and National parties plan to destroy the collective bargaining power of workers, they have only to look at the Employee Relations Bill introduced into the Victorian Parliament on
By Max Lane Joel Rocamora is a political analyst and activist in the progressive movement in the Philippines. He was recently in Australia to attend the Philippines: 100 years of Struggle; 100 Years of Solidarity Conference organised by the
Unfree liberators Liberators is a 90-minute special on the role of black US soldiers in World War II, with a particular focus on the battalions that freed prisoners of the Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps. Black soldiers of course
Indigenous Peoples Party formed By Dave Riley BRISBANE — Queensland has traditionally been the centre of Murri resistance in Australia, said Murri activist Sam Watson, addressing a Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly forum on the recent political
In the Brisbane Sunday Sun last December, columnist David Bentley lamented the loss of the "real man" in the wake of the women's liberation movement. He suggested men needed to take courses in manhood, and use for a motto a quote from an old
World Cup message LONDON — The north of England is the heartland not only of the mining industry but also of rugby league. As the October 24 World Cup Final between Australia and Britain approached, rumblings were heard from British players
By Karen Fredericks SYDNEY — The Aboriginal Legal Service has launched a campaign against Sydney's bid to host the Olympics in the year 2000 — despite claims by bid officials that Aboriginal people in NSW support the bid. Activists from
Thousands in reclaim the night marches "This is the one night of the year when we are safe to wear what we like, go where we like and say what we like without fear of violence", said Joy McEntee form the Women's Action Group to a crowd of 100
By Norm Dixon The Papua New Guinea government has sent 40 troops to Bougainville who have just completed intensive counterinsurgency, jungle warfare and commando training at the Australian Defence Force base in Canungra, near the Gold Coast in
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