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Melbourne PTU fights for wage increase By Tully Bates MELBOURNE — "The way the union is fighting by going to the Industrial Relations Commission is not the way to fight." This statement by a tram driver at the Brunswick tram depot after a
By Nikki Ulasowski Following the May 3 "No Fees for Degrees" national day of action, students in Adelaide established a tent university outside the ALP headquarters. 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly interviewed EMMA WEBB, an activist in the South Australian
Les Patriotes Directed by Eric Rochant At the Academy Twin in Sydney and Cinema Como in Melbourne from May 25 Reviewed by Jennifer Thompson Many fawning journalistic words have been written about Israel's secret service agency, the
Nuclear dumping in Japan By Eva Cheng Japan's central government and power industries have dumped 14 tons of highly radioactive waste in the northern fishing and farming town of Rokkasho despite strong objection from the local residents.
Amateur Written, directed and produced by Hal Hartley Starring Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan and Elina Lowensohn Screening at the Sydney Film Festival Reviewed by Barry Healy Here is the strange world of Amateur: an ex-nun writing
By Peter Montague New research on loss of species indicates that extinctions are occurring now at a rate 100 to 1000 times as fast as "natural background" rates of extinction. (Stuart Pimm, "Seeds of Our Own Destruction", New Scientist, April 8,
The President of the Bougainville Interim Government, Francis Ona, on May 16 called for an end to armed conflict with Papua New Guinea on Bougainville. The resolution of the interim government: reiterated its demand for the withdrawal of
WA TAFE teachers protest privatisation By Martin Price and Anne Pavy PERTH — Coffins, symbolising the death of TAFE, were carried onto the steps of Parliament House during a rally on May 18 organised by the State School Teachers Union
By Jorge Jorquera The Labor National Herald: This is undoubtedly what the true believers have been waiting for. It is, sort of, what the headline on the cover of the first issue proclaims — "the first national Labor paper". A memo from
By Michael Tardif AUCKLAND — Students across New Zealand demonstrated against fees for tertiary education on May 3 as part of a national day of action timed to coincide with similar student actions in Australia. The actions demanded an
'Tricontinental' is back By Leonardo Anoceto After approximately four years without being published, as a result of Cuba's severe economic crisis, Tricontinental magazine is once again poised for circulation on a quarterly basis.
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. Arthur Tunstall