Treading Our Own Paths: A book of writings by people from the Canberra region who have experienced psychiatric illnessEdited by Robin DavidsonFootsteps Press, 1997.92 pp., $10 (includes postage)ACT Writers Centre, PO Box 23, Griffith, ACT 2603Also
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CFMEU wins WorkCover top-up deal
By Michael Bull
MELBOURNE — The Master Builders Association (MBA) last week agreed to union demands for workers' compensation top-up insurance to cover the state government cuts to WorkCover. Construction
Democratic Socialists: time to put the unions on a war footing
"Corporate Australia sniffs a decisive victory at Webb Dock", Dick Nichols, the Democratic Socialist Party's industrial convenor said last weekend. "That's why the union movement has to
Glad you explained that
"[British Prime Minister Tony Blair's] meeting with US President Bill Clinton, advisers and academics in Washington to set an intellectual framework to Democrat and British Labour policies [was] dubbed a 'wonkathon' by the
Snake CradleBy Roberta SykesAllen and Unwin, 1997. 330 pp. Review by Maureen Sexton
Snake Cradle is the first volume of Roberta Sykes' three-volume autobiography Snake Dreaming. Sykes leads us through the story of her life until 18 years of age. We
More support for MUA
A section of the CPSU has passed a motion that: "The Tax Section Council of the Community and Public Sector Union expresses its support for the Maritime Union of Australia against the attack by the National Farmers
Comment by Peter Reid
Was Liberal powerbroker Michael Kroger appointed to the ABC board to keep a watchful eye on the national broadcaster in the run-up to the coming federal election? Opposition leader Kim Beazley thinks so. Communications
No new Gulf War!
By Allen Myers
US President Bill Clinton, reported Prime Minister John Howard, was "very grateful" for the Australian government's backing as the US prepares an attack on Iraq. US presidents were similarly grateful the last time
Editorial: A new low
A new low
On February 5 and 6, the High Court heard an appeal by the Ngarrindjeri women of South Australia arguing that the 1997 Hindmarsh Island Bridge Act, passed by federal parliament to enable the privately owned
By Manal Diab
WEST BANK — Twice in the last three months, my room-mates and I, Palestinian women living in our native land, were attacked by our Jewish neighbours. Palestinians continue to be treated as unwanted foreigners in their own land. Last
East Timorese seek asylum in embassies
By Jon Land
Six East Timorese youths entered the Spanish embassy in Jakarta on February 11, requesting asylum and travel to Portugal. They are the third group of East Timorese to seek asylum in foreign
My Night With RegBy Kevin ElyotThe Newtown Theatre, SydneyUntil March 14 Review by Mark Stoyich
For the first time in human history, we live without fear of imminent death. For 50 years, disease and war have been held (temporarily?) at bay, with
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