By Peter Anderson Downcast, pensive, obviously distraught, he mutters, "What can you say? What can you bloody well say?" But Gough Whitlam's appearance said it all. These closing frames of the recent ABC documentary, Whitlam, were probably the
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By Karen Fredericks Over the past two years state and federal governments have, one by one, abandoned attempts to legislate for guaranteed continued access by the forest industry to native forests and wilderness areas. This has been a victory
Free markets are a dangerous fraud On June 17, I moved to establish a Senate inquiry into tariffs and industry development. That move was prompted by increasingly desperate appeals from Australia's manufacturing industries and unions that
New step toward criminalisation of abortion in Poland By Cyril Smuga On October 22, a special commission set up to study the proposed law on "the juridical protection of conceived children" voted 12-6 to recommend that the proposal be adopted
By Frank Noakes LONDON — Shattered glass underfoot, the muffled explosion of another car igniting, the sound of running feet, the smashing of a Molotov cocktail; more fire; shouts and the smell of fear; the baton charge. Next night, the same.
By Peter Boyle MELBOURNE — Independent Senator Janet Powell described the November 21-22 conference of the New Zealand Alliance, which she attended as an observer, as "really magnificent" and an inspiration for people active on the progressive
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — "I'll buy your voucher for 1000 roubles! Phone now — the price will go down!" Some weeks ago that hand-written notice was pasted up outside the bread shop where my neighbours and I queue in the autumn frosts.
Policing offensive behaviour By Alex Cooper Policing Offensive Behaviour, a report released just before the October 10 Victorian state election by the Federation of Community Legal Centres shows a widespread abuse by police of their power
By Nick Everett Abel Gutterres is a leading representative of Fretilin, the liberation organisation of East Timor, based in Melbourne. He spoke to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly about the imprisonment of Xanana Gusmao by Indonesian troops and the December
By Louise Matheson Standing within the tangle of tree ferns and vines, gazing up through the rainforest understory at the ancient grey gums towering above, it is hard to believe that if some had their way, before long bulldozers will come
By Sean Malloy The Australian Council For Overseas Aid said that the United Nations should seek the immediate release into UN custody of East Timorese Fretilin leader Xanana Gusmao, who was imprisoned by Indonesian troops on November 20, and
By Sally Low If you are one of the thousands of green left or left green activists in this country who agree on the need to rebuild and restore a credible vision of socialism — one that will be green, democratic, feminist and internationalist
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