By Chris Spindler
SYDNEY — A group of overseas trained doctors are on a hunger strike to protest discrimination against them. The Australian Doctors Trained Overseas Association (ADTOA) is trying to counter a sustained campaign by the
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International Women's Day takes aim at Howard
By Becky Ellis
SYDNEY — Feminists are preparing for International Women's Day 1998. The Sydney collective aims to bring together as many women as possible against the Liberal government's
Corruption scandal hits Russia's 'young reformers'
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — During a meeting with Boris Yeltsin on November 4, "young reformers" Anatoly Chubais and Boris Nemtsov reportedly urged the Russian president to sack business
SYDNEY — The Capsicum Gas Monitoring Committee, which has done extensive international research into the use of this chemical weapon, has condemned the announcement by state police minister, Paul Whelan, that capsicum gas would be introduced into
By Margaret Gardiner
In recent times Prime Minister John Howard has spoken out against the "black armband" view of Australia's history. He seems to prefer that the shameful and sorry treatment of Aboriginal peoples at the hands of
Living in the Olympic state
By Margaret Gleeson
SYDNEY — Maximising profits for property developers tendering for the Olympic Village, by not requiring a component of affordable housing, was motivated by the government's desire to "drive
New premises for Women's Liberation House
SYDNEY — New premises for the Sydney Women's Liberation House have been found after an accidental fire destroyed the original centre on June 6. The new address is 43 Bedford Street in Newtown.
Activists sued over Kumarangk campaign
By Emma Webb
ADELAIDE — Five more organisations and individuals are being sued for defamation by Thomas and Wendy Chapman, the proprietors of the development company Binalong, formerly associated
The family home is hardly havenBy Margaret Allen
John Howard and his government are determined to reinstate "family values". But while Howard may extol the virtues of a return to the comfortable and relaxed nuclear family, the reality is
Emulsifying your enemies' internal organs (or design under capitalism)
By Arun Pradhan
From that very silly Commonwealth Bank logo to the handle on your fridge, you can be pretty sure that a professional designer had a part in shaping your
Something for nothing
John Winston Howard, MHR (Lib) Bennelong: It would be impossible for me to give you — with no scientific training — even a glimpse of my knowledge and achievements in organic chemistry. You know me as a
Prisoners' group condemns ANC Youth League bid
By Norm Dixon
The SA Prisoners Organisation for Human Rights (SAPOHR) has expressed "shock and outrage" at the ANC Youth League's involvement in a consortium bidding for a multimillion-rand
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