On October 26 and 27 women around Australia will take part in the annual Reclaim the Night march, demanding an end to violence against women and children. Reclaim the Night marches in recent years have been attracting large numbers of women, many of
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By Ben Courtice HOBART — "The Greens are going for government" and are "not some kind of ginger group" Australian Greens leader Bob Brown told a fundraising gathering here on October 14. A recent poll, commissioned by North Forest Products, showed
By Julia Perkins PERTH — Under the pressure of its ranks and one of the most influential militant minorities in the union movement nationwide, the WA Trades and Labour Council has launched itself into an industrial campaign with some bite.
The Center for Women's Global Leadership has called a "16 days of activism against gender violence" campaign, culminating in an International Day Against Violence Against Women on November 25. The first such campaign was held in 1991. The centre
Jennifer Thompson A report on the human rights situation in the Kosovo region since 1994 has revealed that Serbian police are continuing to repress the Albanian majority. Kosovo was an autonomous province of Serbia until 1989 when Serb nationalist
Based on highly reliable international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. Bosnian war crime trials begin Before the
Bureaucracy lives! "Anyone who manufactures, tests, launches or drops a nuclear bomb within the City of Toronto is violating official policy." — Toronto City Council announcement in the Toronto Globe and Mail. Question ... "Essentially, a number of
By Karen Fletcher Is having more women in "positions of power" the best strategy for achieving women's liberation? Some in the women's movement believe so, and are actively campaigning for more women to enter parliament. The newly-formed Australian
Writeon Thuggishness Nothing incenses Rupert Murdoch more than the possibility of reduced profits and he quickly launched an attack on Coles Myer directors who allegedly threatened to withdraw up to $88 million in advertising and printing from News
By Karen Fry NEWCASTLE — Fifty people protested outside the Department of Training and Education's regional office in Newcastle on October 16. The focus of the action was the Carr government's decision, announced in the October 9 state budget, to
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