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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
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
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
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
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
The Politics of Belly Dancing: A choreopoem By Paula Abood Reviewed by Rosanna Barbero The Politics of Belly Dancing has concluded at the Performance Space in Sydney, and is now on its way to Wollongong and Canberra. It combats
'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
By Michael Karadjis English migrant Bernadette Wallace was stabbed to death in her home during a "home invasion" on August 20. The killers were described by her husband as having "short blond hair". On September 5, the state ALP member for