Definitely not bubblegum pop
BY NICOLE HOYEÂ
BRISBANE — With the empty lyrics of bubblegum pop music artists like
Britney Spears and NSync hogging the mainstream music charts and airwaves,
selling millions of albums worldwide,
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Nurses reject pay offer
BY MARIA VOUKELATOS
BRISBANE — The Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) has been in a month-long
battle over wages and conditions in the Queensland Health Service. Nurses
are demanding a 12% pay rise over the next two
Unwarranted Praise
Greens Senator Bob Brown, in a June 14 press release, congratulated
federal Labor leader Simon Crean for having “taken a large step in moving
Labor from the 'me-tooism' on asylum seekers it proffered during the [2001
News Briefs
'Youth for Refugees' hunger strike
CANBERRA — Pro-refugee high school and campus students and young workers
took part in a 24-hour solidarity hunger strike on June 28. The hunger
strike, organised by Resistance, was in
SCOTLAND
Socialists ready to shock the establishment
BY FRANCIS CURRANÂ
With less than one year until the Scottish Parliament elections,
due in May 2003, the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) faces its biggest challenge
yet.
BY PAUL BENEDEK
SYDNEY — The last person you would expect to launch a book on East
Timor would be Gough Whitlam, who was, in 1975, the Australian prime minister
who allowed Indonesia's occupation of that country. So I was surprised
to find
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