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CBC workers fight cuts Public broadcasting in Canada is also under attack. By April, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation will have had its budget slashed by $400 million. More than 2000 workers will lose their jobs, including those with the news
ADELAIDE — The Living Waters Revival Concert held here on Invasion Day, January 26, featuring indigenous and multicultural performers looks set to become an annual event. Continuing the momentum of the Kumarangk (Hindmarsh Island) public meeting
By Stuart Russell Jittery about the worsening economic situation and threats to its authority, Big Brother is arriving increasingly at our workplaces and homes. Bosses and the state in Australia and other western countries are intensifying their
News values: Ideas for an information ageBy Jack FullerUniversity of Chicago Press, 1996. 251 pp. $41 (hb)Reviewed by Dot Tumney This is probably where Mediawatch would like to spend more of its time if there wasn't so much tabloid crap requiring
APEC: what it is and how to fight it By Dick Nichols [This is the edited text of a talk to the Slam APEC conference in Manila in November.] APEC brings out all the greed of Australian big business. Multinational mining companies like BHP,
Comment by Ted Trainer 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ has frequently urged us to block the budget and fight the cuts. If you agree, I think you might be making some serious mistakes. Capitalism ran into major over-production in the 1970s. The factory owners now cannot
Aboriginal residents of the Block in Redfern have decided to fight back. They have decided to resist their eviction, which is being pushed by a racist alliance of governments, developers and one of the most corrupt police forces in the country.
BHP — A Share Prospectus There is a company called BHP drilling for oil in the Timor Sea, that's why we can't set Timor free we've all got shares in BHP. Don't talk to me about democracy human rights or humanity, 'cause we're drilling
By Maree Roberts At a recent National Conference of Federated Ethnic Communities Councils (FECCA), Pauline Hanson and the attacks on migrants were squarely on the agenda. However, the responses of the ethnic representatives at the conference (and
Budgeteer Junior Hello. This is easy! Hello. Hello. Can I write my name? Keiran. My name is Keiran — K.E.I.R.A.N. What do I say next? I am six years old. I am in grade 2. I like Power Rangers, Batman and the Simpsons. And I like the computer. I
Hate mail The Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group may be able to help the police track down neo-Nazi groups operating in Tasmania. Group spokesperson Rodney Croome said on January 28 that high profile gay and lesbian advocates have been
By Adam Hanieh Speculation is increasing in Israel on the possibility of a government of national unity between the two major parties, Labour and the ruling Likud. Despite the impression given by much of the big business press that these two