Picketer wins court case
MELBOURNE — A January 13 rally outside the Geelong Magistrates Court supported Wendy Bainger, who was arrested on the picket line at E.P. Robinson's wool scouring plant in Geelong. Bainger was charged with wilful damage,
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By Liam Mitchell
On the Evans River at Evans Head in NSW, there used to be an extraordinary geological formation which was a sacred site. It acted as a bridge and was part of a songline or "natural corridor". Currently Graham Ingles of the Ingles
By Chow Wei-Cheng
The banking sector is undergoing rapid changes. Branches are being closed, large numbers of employees are being sacked, industrial action is increasing, and mergers are sweeping the industry, worsening the wave of lay-offs and
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 Thursday, 10pm, and Saturday, 7pm.
Access News — Melbourne
By Barry Healy SYDNEY — Following a police raid on January 14, there has been a flurry of publicity about crime problems in the Aboriginal community centred on Eveleigh Street, Redfern, known as "the Block". Forty police sealed off the area and
Extremely angry
By Brandon Astor Jones
When I become very angry, in this tiny cell, I am often taken to an ageing childhood that too quickly ended. More often than not, I am drive to the reading of poetry. Sometimes, after a few lines read aloud,
We received the following e-mail message from a South Korean worker on January 13: "Many of my friends fight the labour law. One man is dead. We need your help. Today socialism is illegal in South Korea. We need international friends. Help!".
The
The Quest
Old questions,
faced down the ages,
by each generation
and each man and woman
in their own way
and in their own time.
Questions, simple yet profound.
Do we accept:
Each against all?
Survival of the fittest?
Go for the
Life of Riley: The Wicked Wik of the North
@column intro = [Scene: Somewhere in the Australian outback around midday on a hot summer day. Flies are buzzing. Enter TWO SHEEP.]
FIRST SHEEP: What a scorcher! What we poor buggas have to do to earn
A shorter working week
Since its election, the Howard government has repeatedly claimed job creation as its first priority (just in case anyone got confused by cuts to labour market programs, mass lay-offs in the public service and its "cross your
By Ben Courtice
HOBART — The environment movement was probably the biggest, most vibrant social movement of the 1980s and early 1990s. Many people became involved in environmental groups and campaigns. Half way through the next decade,
St Kilda Writers FestivalFebruary 1 - 16 at various locations Preview by Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE— "Beyond Writing" is the theme of the 10th annual St Kilda Writers Festival. The theme is addressed in a number of events that look at writing and
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