The federal government has launched a new measure aimed at teaching young people their "A B C". The $143-million scheme will link the payment of unemployment benefits for 18 to 24 year olds to their literacy and numeracy levels. From
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The Alternative Life Style Organisation's choice of theme for the January 23 gay and lesbian dance party in Melbourne — "Red Raw" — has been controversial. Red Raw was billed as a "revolutionary dance party", and the publicity
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With an apparent lack of irony, the One Nation party used Starship Troopers to advertise the launch of its new youth group, Young Nation. Resistance national coordinator Sean Healy commented: "Starship Troopers is a film about a
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US1. We can understand history The 10 richest people in the world own more wealth than that produced each year by the whole of sub-Saharan Africa. Facts like these are often presented to us as inexplicable, just part of the ways
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From December 7 to 11, the national conference of the National Union of Students met at the University of Ballarat. Labor students were in a particularly strong position. They won more than 47% of all delegates
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From December 7 to 11, delegates to the national conference of the National Union of Students will be gathering in Ballarat. It's a pivotal conference, one which finds Labor stronger and the left weaker than in many years. The time
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Pub promotes racist, sexist performerBRISBANE — On November 6, the show at the Wickham Hotel, promoted as Brisbane's "premier gay dance venue", was disrupted by a protest against sexism and racism. Holding placards which read
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On September 15, the ALP launched its education policy for the federal election. Its key promises for tertiary education: $110 million in increased operating grants over the next three years; abolition of up-front fees for domestic
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PALMERSTON NORTH, NZ — The New Zealand government recently passed legislation forcing all student unions to hold referendums on voluntary membership before May 1, 1999. In 1995, right-wing students at Waikato University formed a
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BRISBANE — At around midnight on August 24, residents of a house on the premises of the Resistance Centre were woken by the sound of a heavy object landing on the roof, followed by several small explosions. Rushing outside, they
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NZ Alliance discusses coalition with LabourAUCKLAND — More than 350 people gathered at Massey University in Albany on August 8-9 for the Alliance national conference. The Alliance groups three parties: NewLabour, Mana Motuhake
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Auckland — In an attempt to silence student opposition to government cuts, the New Zealand government passed legislation on August 5 that will undermine universal student membership of student unions. The legislation requires all