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By Alex Cooper MELBOURNE — The Kennett government will soon present legislation to parliament to give police greater powers. Police will be able to take fingerprints regardless of whether the person objects. Under current law, police
By Peter Boyle The Australian Democrat-initiated independent parliamentary inquiry into tariffs and industry development has called for a 12-month pause in tariff reduction and an urgent reappraisal of industry policy. The final report

New Zealand is in the process of shifting to a new electoral system. The new proportional system will mean a greater representation of alternative forces and the erosion of the established parties, argues Keith Locke.

Lyne lashes back Adrian Lyne's latest film, Indecent Proposal, a romantic Hollywood blockbuster which will be released in Australia on April 29, contains a brief and tantalisingly puzzling shot. Demi Moore, the sexy "wife" (the film's
Comment by Dave Holmes Perhaps other GLW readers have, like me, been fascinated by the recent stream of revelations about massive corruption in Italian public life. It seems that just about the entire ruling "political class" of Christian
MADELEINE BLACKWELL, the director of Matebian Nia Lian (Voices of Souls), a play by the East Timorese Cultural Group currently being performed in Melbourne's Theatreworks, believes that the story of East Timor reveals ugly truths about the nature
Exhaust fumes cleaner than London air? LONDON — The following advertisement was displayed in the April 17 Guardian newspaper: "This Saab refreshes the air other cars leave behind. "Incredible but true. "Proved by government
No conclusions "No conclusions should be drawn from the fact that a ticket cannot be drawn from one machine while it's still in the testing phase." — Sydney CityRail spokesperson after a new automatic ticketing machine being demonstrated
Speaking their language The Predator Ice Cube Priority records through MDS Available on cassette and CD Reviewed by John-Paul Nassif Ice Cube, Amerikkka's most wanted, the nigger you love to hate, is now the Predator. The
Brewer condemned for 'handouts' claim By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Powers Brewery head Bernie Power has run into a storm of criticism for his claim that welfare "handouts" to Aborigines were the cause of alcohol abuse. On April 19,
Every Australian city has its equivalent of Sydney's western suburbs, a region of the city which is densely populated by predominantly low to middle income earners, isolated, underserviced and with a reputation for juvenile crime and little
Another mine to close? By Bernie Brian WOLLONGONG — Coal mining company Denehurst, owner of one of the oldest pits in NSW, has given a new meaning to the phrase "enterprise bargain". It has told 250 employees at the Metropolitan