Unions recognise role of women
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — Celebrations for the centenary of women's suffrage continued in South Australia with activities from September 16 to 23 directed towards women in the workplace. 160
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Two years after the Liberals swept to government in Victoria, the Kennett regime still rules the roost despite wholesale destruction of infrastructure and public services. The Victorian premier is so "successful" that he is even being touted as the
Disasters like the volcanic eruptions in Rabaul in Papua New Guinea do not happen every week. The spectacle of a mountain billowing gray ash combined with a boiling harbour is a rarity.
When disasters like Rabaul do happen they attract
By Craig Cormick
Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe.
Pope
By Alison Dellit
Not since the 1989 anti-HECS campaign in Melbourne, has there been a student struggle such as the "no fees campaign" at the Australian National University (ANU).
When ANU decided to impose a $5000 up-front fee
The following is the text of a letter from the leader of the East Timorese National Council of Maubere Resistance (CNRM), Xanana Gusmao, to South African President Nelson Mandela, sent from Cipinang Prison, Jakarta on May 15. The letter, written in
MAASTRICHT, Netherlands — As international scientists confirmed earlier predictions that climate change will happen unless cuts to fossil fuel emissions are made, Greenpeace warned that governments are still taking little heed.
At the
Looking out: Any suggestions?
By Brandon Astor Jones
Some readers may have heard about John Crawford, the top US spokesman for the British luxury car maker Jaguar. Recently, he addressed a group of journalists at an automobile
Progress report
"Prince Ranariddh claimed the King [Sihanouk] told him that he would only retake political power on three conditions: that there be one party, no media freedom, and no human rights organizations." — Sue Downie in the September
Bosnian women call for peace and justice
By Jennifer Thompson
Sydney — Speaking at a meeting on September 8, a Bosnian woman survivor of Omarska concentration camp at Prijedor, in Bosnia-Hercegovina, called for action by women
Open Learning — Journals and Letters of Colonial Women — Voices not often heard in colonial literature were those of women. Most women's writing was in the form of letter or journal, rather than in the public arena. This program considers a
'Blaming Vietnamese young people'
By Julia Perkins
Vincent Don, a street worker at Cabramatta Community Centre, who was involved in organising the September 17 "peace rally" in Cabramatta and works day to day with young people
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