Julia Costello & Frances Usherwood, Sydney
The University of Sydney recently proposed the cutting of its nursing faculty. This proposal, announced by Vice-Chancellor Gavin Brown, states that the faculty will not take any more undergraduate
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Defence of gay and lesbian rights
SYDNEY - More than 800 people gathered in Town Hall square on June 26, in a massive show of opposition to the Coalition government's moves to amend the marriage rights bill in order to ban marriage
Roberto Jorquera
"I must be calm but very sincere. I have absolutely no intention of insulting you or launching personal attacks. But it is cynical to include Cuba in a list of countries involved in the illegal trafficking of persons. And what is
Justin Tutty& Jon Lamb, Darwin
Environmentalists rallied June 28 to demand a moratorium on water extraction licenses in the Northern Territory's Daly River Basin. The protest was held before a meeting of the Daly Community Reference Group.
The
Dick Nichols
The last month of federal parliament's winter session has seen a chain of dizzying backflips by the federal Labor "opposition".
For six or seven months Labor leader Mark Latham seemed to promise something a bit better than the hated
Strikes hit Sydney Buses
SYDNEY — Bus mechanics at NSW government-owned Sydney Buses workshops struck for three hours on June 30, disrupting morning peak-hour services. The strike was over conditions in their latest enterprise bargaining
Reagan
Ronald Reagan's death has led to some grossly untrue claims being made by his supporters about the effects of his policies. On economics, readers should consult Peddling Prosperity by Princeton economics professor Paul Krugman. "Rapid growth
Cam Walker, Melbourne
They say a week's a long time in politics — but it's nothing compared to thirty years.
Friends of the Earth Australia is turning 30. From modest beginnings, FoE International is now the world's largest grassroots
The budget couldn't fudge it,the war has left our senses dazed; and his welfare policiesare dredged from ancient days.
Destroying health by stealth,robbing families blind;those who want to vote for himmust be out of their tiny mind.
The Timorese
Ally Black, Glasgow
Three features of the June 10 European Parliament elections stand out starkly. First, there was a pitifully low turnout in most of the 25 member states making up the newly enlarged European Union.
Voter abstention reached an
Dick Nichols
Lisa Macdonald, the Socialist Alliance's candidate for the federal seat of Reid, has described the debate between Labor and the Coalition over who has the best "coastal protection" policy as "an obscene joke".
"People smuggling,
Doug Lorimer
Two days earlier than scheduled, Paul Bremer, Washington's proconsul in Iraq, flew out of Baghdad. He left behind a hollow sovereignty, headed by Iyad Allawi — a former member of Saddam Hussein's secret police who went on the CIA's
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