Qld legal aid in danger By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Community centres providing free legal advice could be forced to close because of a Queensland government cut in funding, a legal organisation warned on April 2. Karen Fletcher, convener
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By Peter Boyle MELBOURNE — Although there will be 22 candidates on the ballot paper when the Wills by-election takes place on April 11, one progressive independent, Coburg football coach Phil Cleary, believes he has a chance of beating the
By Peter Annear PRAGUE — The murder of a Romany man late last year — he was thrown from a window by a group of marauding racists — tragically focussed attention on the problems faced by the Romany national minority, commonly referred to
Inkatha threat to Zimbabwean government By Norm Dixon Chief Gatsha Buthelezi's Inkatha Freedom Party has promised opponents of the government in neighbouring Zimbabwe that, should it achieve power in South Africa, it will work to remove
By Peter Boyle Immigration minister Gerry Hand bluntly dismissed the hunger strike by 56 Chinese refugees detained at Port Hedland in an interview on Channel 10 on March 23. "If I was to intervene now", said Hand, "I may as well get the rules,
By Winfried Wolf Growth having fallen for three successive quarters, it was announced on February 18 that Germany was officially in recession. The hope had been that Germany could play a role of locomotive and bring the recession to an end
Timor On Saturday, March 21, I and a companion flew to Kupang. We intended to go to East Timor for a holiday. I had spoken to some Indonesians a few weeks before and they had recommended for me to go to East Timor to see what it was really
91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ banned By Chris Spindler ADELAIDE — Supporters of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly are campaigning for the paper to be distributed at the Central Markets. Market management has repeatedly stopped people selling the paper despite its
Campaign for Kenyan political prisoners By Norm Dixon A spokesperson for the Release Political Prisoners Pressure Group (RPP), Njoroge Murimi, in an appeal sent to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly, has called on the international community to withhold aid
Obituary em = By Geoff Francis Who's gonna mourn for this rich man? Who'll miss this millionaire? The papers are full of their obituaries, But who's gonna shed any tears? So the rich man has died, This famous millionaire, Who carved out
By Steve Painter Libya has condemned United Nations sanctions, imposed by the Security Council against the small north African state last week, as a violation of international law. A Libyan statement says the decision violates the
The Bush Poets Live Kookaburra Recordings through Festival Records Available on CD and cassette Reviewed by Denis Kevans I have heard, performed with and met poets on this CD. Murray Hartin and Mark Gliori I heard at Maleny Folk Festival and
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