By Stephen Robson
I've never met Graham Richardson, but then again, I have. I did a spell in Young Labor and the ALP, and I came across more than a few Graham Richardsons. They were mainly men, but now it seems there are a few more women who
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The Invisible Man: The Life and Liberties of H. G. Wells
By Michael Coren
Bloomsbury, 1994. 240 pp., $16.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
H.G. Wells, author of best-selling science fiction novels, was not much taken with Vladimir Lenin: "a
Looking out: Little-big-girls
By Brandon Astor Jones
"Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our [presumed] bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us." — Van Wyck Brooks
Because this column is published via
ADELAIDE — Some 1000 public sector workers attended a stop-work rally on November 15 outside Parliament House, called by the Public Sector Association to oppose the Public Sector Management Bill being debated in parliament. The bill would enable
Journalists act against Murdoch's attack
By Tully Bates
ADELAIDE — Attempts by Rupert Murdoch's Advertiser newspaper to lure journalists away from their union have met a poor response: only 34 out of 200 have left the union and signed
By Max Anderson
LONDON — Thirty thousand university students marched in the pouring rain from Battersea Park in South London to Hyde Park on November 9, to protest against cuts in student grants and university budgets.
Not content with
By Peter Montague
Environmental racism is the selective exposure of racial subgroups to dangerous toxins. It happens all the time.
The clearest example is lead. For at least 40 years, the children of blacks and Hispanics in the USA have
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.
Clinton changes
By Norm Dixon
AUCKLAND — In the wake of the resignation of Jim Anderton, leader of the New Zealand Alliance and the country's most popular parliamentarian, the five-party Alliance has begun far-reaching organisational changes and policy
Tertiary fees exclude women
By Michael Tardif
Two studies released last week have further emphasised the likely impact of the federal government's push towards user pays tertiary education.
Universities have been able to charge fees
By Wendy Robertson
The thousands-strong protests in Dili and the 29 East Timorese students occupying the US Embassy in Jakarta have again focused international attention on the plight of the East Timorese under Indonesian occupation. This
Parliament locks out MPs
By Ray Smith
HOBART — The speaker of state parliament, Graeme Page, will introduce legislation in the new year to protect members of parliament from their constituents.
This follows an embarrassing incident
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