The recent deal between the Australian Democrats and the Howard government to include provisions banning secondary boycotts in the new Workplace Relations Act is a serious threat to unions. BERNIE BRIAN explains the example of the 1985 Mudginberri
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Life of Riley: Divided we fall
If it seems to you that we never had so much, that is only the slogan of those who still have more than you. Don't be taken in when they pat you paternally on the shoulder and say that we're all equal here. Because if
Leadership change in SA Liberals
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — John Olsen has become the new SA premier following weeks of rumour and unrest in the state Liberal Party. A significant slide in the ratings appears to have prompted the final coup
Editorial: Migrant bashing in parliament
Migrants, she declared before parliament, were "being offered the opportunity to ride on the backs of battlers from the day they arrive".
No, this was not Pauline Hanson, the fish and chip proto-fascist
Anger over CIA and crack trade
By Barry Sheppard
A few months ago, the San Jose, California, Mercury News ran a series of articles documenting how the Nicaraguan contras pushed crack cocaine in the United States as a way to fund their war
Pakpahan defended in Jakarta
Fifty members of the student group PIJAR demonstrated in front of the Indonesian High Court on November 26 to protest the court's decision to reinstate the four-year sentence originally passed on labour advocate Muchtar
Ban on homosexual foster parents
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Queensland Council for Civil Liberties president Ian Dearden has accused the state Coalition government of breaching the state's own anti-discrimination legislation by proposing to ban
Christmas is a difficult time to ignore, even for the most conscious anti-consumer. Toy stores ascend to their annual frenzy and, in true X-files style, large men in red suits begin to colonise most department stores.
When else but Christmas would
Canberra anti-racism rally
CANBERRA — Five hundred people rallied on November 23 in the centre of Canberra as part of a national day of action against racism. The action was organised by the Anti-Racist Coalition and issued the demands: defend
By Marina Cameron
US President Bill Clinton's call while visiting Australia for binding greenhouse gas emission reduction targets highlighted yet again the bankruptcy of the Australian government's environment policies. Of course, Clinton's
Pauline Hanson
Ignorance profound
clichés abound
pitiful renown
unfunny clown.
Most who are as unwise as you
seem clever by being mute,
but that doesn't suit
and so you flail
against those who fail
to be what it is you'd
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & GrillA Musical Play by Lanie RobertsonPerformed by Joy YatesDirected by Crispin TaylorEnsemble Theatre, Sydney, until December 14Reviewed by Trish Corcoran Ensemble Theatre is a peculiar location for showing the life of
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