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TWU prepares to fight bus privatisation

By Amanda Lawrence CANBERRA — The ACT Carnell Liberal government has announced plans to privatise Canberra's ACTION buses, the only public transport in the city. The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has vowed to take industrial action to prevent the

Ethnicity, class and sexuality collide head on

Ethnicity, class and sexuality collide head on Head OnDirected by Ana KokkinosWith Alex Dimitriades, Paul Capsis, Elena Mandalis and Maria MercedisAdapted from the book Loaded by Christos Tsiolkas By Conrad Barnettand Natalie Wood Ari (Alex

Unity party preferences Labor above anti-racists

By James Vassilopoulos The Unity — Say No to Hanson party is barely 10 weeks old yet already it has 3000 members. It is standing 74 candidates in Victoria, NSW, Queensland and WA. In three states, its Senate tickets have a direct preference swap

Kennett to aid Indonesian dictatorship

By Vannessa Hearman MELBOURNE — Victorian premier Jeff Kennett has recently returned from a tour of south-east Asia. On September 17, he said that he had offered the Indonesian regime aid to get through the economic crisis. Kennett offered to

Democrats: keeping the bastards rich

By Sue Boland Now that the opinion polls are showing a slim majority against a goods and services tax (GST), big business is getting worried. While capitalists know the Labor Party is no threat to their profits, it isn't offering what the Coalition

and ain't i a woman?: Child support

Child support In her "Family Law and Child Support Policy Directions", released on September 18, Pauline Hanson criticises the present system of child support paid to the custodial parent (usually the woman) after the break up of the children's

CPA: 'vote for progressive candidates'

CPA: 'vote for progressive candidates' ADELAIDE — MICHAEL PERTH is the Communist Party candidate for Port Adelaide. He spoke to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's JOHN NEBAUER. Perth joined the Communist Party in Ireland in 1968. "My mum had two jobs to support

Speak-out slams racism

Speak-out slams racism By Mike Byrne BRISBANE — "We have called this rally to highlight the need to actively campaign against racism as the key issue in this election", Graham Matthews, the Democratic Socialists' candidate for Brisbane, said in

Letter from the US: Clinton: 'high crimes and misdemeanours'

Clinton: 'high crimes and misdemeanours' By Barry Sheppard The release of independent council Kenneth Starr's report outlining 11 charges against US President Bill Clinton, which Starr says "may" represent impeachable offenses, has set off a

Makers and shapers

Makers and shapers The Coalition election campaign received a powerful thumbs-up from big business on September 23. John Howard was feted and praised by 1000 of Sydney's business tops at a free lunch put on by millionaire Harry Triguboff. The

Native title under attack in WA

Native title under attack in WA By Sean Martin-Iverson PERTH — The WA government is hastily preparing new native title legislation. Only three weeks has been allowed for public discussion of the draft legislation. The state legislation flows

Looking out: A cold blooded heaven

A cold blooded heaven By Brandon Astor Jones While viewing a Public Broadcasting religious program, wherein those who worshipped did so with the chilling aid of several deadly vipers, this writer decided to present one snake's fictional