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A visit to death row By Glenys Alderton [Brandon Astor Jones' regular column has apparently been delayed in the post. In its place, we print this account of a visit to him last December.] It is Christmas Day, and I am sitting on a small, hard
By Nick Fredman SYDNEY — NSW teachers will stop work for two days on June 2021 if the Department of School Education and TAFE do not agree to their demand for a 12% pay rise with no trade-offs. Teachers from government schools in the metropolitan
By Lisa Macdonald The Students and Sustainability conference will be held in one of the environment movement's earliest home bases this year. From July 1 to 5, Lismore in northern NSW, will be hosting the national gathering of environmentalists,
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Weekly was one of the beneficiaries of a recent Darwin fundraising event "Unite against Uranium" organised by several groups involved in the anti-uranium campaign in the Northern Territory, including the Environment Centre, Resistance,
By Gus Gulson In the past, forest reserves in NSW have mostly been created from land that no-one else wanted. Economically unviable areas or areas too steep for logging have made up most of the reserve system. The more productive areas have been
Difficult "To convince the international community that equity requires us to be treated somewhat differently is a difficult negotiating task." — Environment minister Senator Robert Hill, looking forward to the international greenhouse
By Emma Webb ADELAIDE — The South Australian Education Network (SAEN), the National Tertiary Education and Industry Union (NTEU), the Public Service Association (PSA) and other unions have united to organise a worker and student mass meeting and
Jeff Kennett's private prison industry By Ben Alterman CASTLEMAINE — With a minimum of publicity or questioning about the tendering process, the Liberal Kennett government has implemented its plans for the widespread privatisation of the
From: The Office for Open Communication Circulation: All Coalition Politicians, State and Federal Subject: Stamping out Political Correctness When the Howard government came to power, it was obvious to all and sundry that a tide of political
"... [they] set no value on anything we gave them. nor would they ever part with any thing of their own for any one article we could offer them ..." For him the sea was another sky And the sky another sea Deep as wishing wells and both As
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 4pm-7pm. Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31,
A Law for Women: Domestic Violence — A series of programs that highlights the limitations and problems of the legal system as it relates to women. This episode looks at the violence experienced by women and explains how women can apply for an