You can't leave it to parliament
@box text int = When the Kennett government was first elected in Victoria, it announced a series of cutbacks and attacks in rapid succession, hoping that any potential opposition would be stunned into inaction.
Editorial
Cop of the world
It didn't get a lot of media coverage — being nowhere nearly as interesting
as the ongoing Washington soap opera, Monicagate — but US
President Bill Clinton has proposed an increase in the US government's
military
For 'reconciliation', read 'surrender'
Visiting Uluru on January 13, Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer performed what amounts to an allegory for the government's plan to achieve "reconciliation" with Aboriginal people by the centenary of
No reconciliation with racism!
After massively cutting the budget of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, extinguishing native title in all but name and giving the go-ahead to the destruction of Aboriginal women's sacred sites on
Howard: who's pulling the strings?
When US President Bill Clinton called on the Australian government to back a US military strike against Iraq, Prime Minister John Howard enthusiastically agreed.
In 1991, Labor's Bob Hawke was just as
Cancel the debts!
In the aftermath of catastrophic destruction by hurricane Mitch, foreign governments have now pledged some US$200 million in assistance to Nicaragua and Honduras, the countries worst hit. This sum, while considerably more than the
An encouraging development
This issue of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly contains an important and encouraging development: Resistance magazine, a new publication that will be incorporated in each issue of Â鶹´«Ã½.
Resistance magazine will be designed,
Wages and jobs
Surprise! It's less than a month from the federal election, and already the powers that be have discovered the need for — guess what? — wage cuts!
On Monday (October 26), five academic economists made front-page headlines in
Packer's taxes and ours
Was anyone really surprised by the October 13 Federal Court ruling which rejected attempts by the Australian Tax Office to make Kerry Packer (through the companies he owns) pay taxes on some $500 million of income?
The
Racism: the fight isn't over
When One Nation failed to win more than one Senate seat, National Party and other politicians were quick to claim that the racists had been "turned back". The implication is that racism can be defeated simply by keeping
Balance of power
In a cynical vote-catching ploy, the Australian Democrats have adopted a new slogan for the federal election: "Vote Democrat to stop One Nation dividing Australia".
The Australian Democrats' battle with One Nation for the
Either John Howard and Peter Costello believe that they have supernatural powers, or they are desperately lying in order to win the federal election and implement their plan to cut taxes for the rich and increase them for everyone else.
Since the
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