An election budget in Queensland
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — “Queensland treasurer Joan Sheldon's budget is a confidence
trick aimed at winning votes, while doing nothing for working people”,
Democratic Socialist candidates in the state
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Summer of the Seventeenth DollBy Ray LawlerNew Theatre542 King St, NewtownUntil June 27 Review by Helen Jarvis
The New Theatre has revived this Australian classic in a pacey production directed by Elaine Hudson. Ray Lawler's 1953 script retains its
Is any job safe?
By Sue Boland
Increasingly, employers and their spokespeople are telling us not
to expect job security. In April, Business Council of Australia president
Stan Wallis was quoted as saying that job security was not “a
91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ free speech campaign
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — Following attempts to ban 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly distribution in Rundle Mall over the past two months and in Central Markets since May 8, GLW sellers and supporters are fighting back. A
By Ben Reid
MELBOURNE — Trade unions have pledged to oppose construction of the Werribee toxic waste dump. The Australian Workers Union, whose members would build and operate the facility, has indicated that it may black-ban the dump. The
South African anti-homosexual laws struck down
The South African High Court in Johannesburg on May 3 declared the common
law crimes of sodomy, unnatural sexual offences and section 20A of the
Sexual Offences Act unconstitutional, legalising
Travels in East Timor
Peter Williamson visited East Timor last year, around the time of the
installation of the first bishop of Baucau. Here he describes what he saw.
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Arriving in Dili on a domestic flight from Bali, I am
Lively May Day in Lisbon
By Margarita Windisch
LISBON — Around 30,000 enthusiastic people marched on a gloriously sunny May 1 to show their strength as workers, activists and dedicated union members. Contingents of unions, political parties and
50 years of Palestinian catastrophe
By Jennifer Thompson
SYDNEY — Around 150 people gathered on May 15 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Palestinian dispossession by Israel. The seminar, organised by the University of Technology Friends of
International news briefs
Villagers blockade French TV station
NOUMEA, Kanaky — The French-controlled Pacific territory of Wallis
and Futuna is without television and radio after angry villagers launched
a blockade on May 5.
By Sean Martin-Iverson
PERTH — WA's prison system is in crisis. There have already been 10 deaths in custody since the beginning of the year. In 1997, 12 died. Deaths are likely to continue to rise as overcrowding intensifies and funding is
Protesters condemn Turkish government
By Arty Titiz
MELBOURNE — On May 14, some 100 Kurdish and Turkish people protested against the attempted assassination in Turkey of the Human Rights Association president, Akin Birdal. The attempt on
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