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Campaigning for gay and lesbian rights

By Rodney Croome [This is an abridged text of the campaign manager's report delivered last month to the annual general meeting of the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group.] Thanks to our well-publicised appeal to the United Nations

The hole in Kennett's 'safety net'

The hole in Kennett's 'safety net' By Di Quin MELBOURNE — The Kennett government's Employee Relations Act purports to establish a "safety net" of minimum conditions for the new employment agreements being forced on many workers.

Queensland Greens optimistic

Queensland Greens optimistic By Maurice Sibelle BRISBANE — Queensland Greens are optimistic that Drew Hutton will be elected to the Senate at the March 13 election. "I suspect that more people than ever are disenchanted with the

A strange happening

A strange happening Joan Coxsedge, long-time political activist and scourge of spooks, is no stranger to phone taps and sundry other ASIO tricks, which are generally hard to prove. But it seems our bumbling spies have tripped themselves up.

Dick Nichols

Dick Nichols How likely is it that any of the alternative parties will break through the two-party system? I don't think that any of the parties by themselves have got a clear enough grasp of the politics of what needs to be done or a

90,000 Victorian workers take to the streets

90,000 Victorian workers take to the streets By Roberto Jorquera MELBOURNE — March 1 marked the death of the state award system here. Some 80,000 people marched in Melbourne and several thousand more rallied in regional centres to

Sam Watson

Sam Watson Do you think a third force will ever break through the two-party system? I believe the Australian electorate is moving towards that. There's an enormous cynicism out there in the broader electorate. People who have

The postwar rebirth of cabaret

By Dave Riley The rise of fascism in Germany and then the war produced the first major break in European cabaret tradition since its beginnings in the years after the 1871 Paris Commune. While some cabarets were formed by exile German

Where is the 'green tape'?

By Sid Walker While many aspects of the Coalition's Fightback 2 document have come under challenge, there is one piece of misinformation that has not yet received any attention. A section entitled "Accelerating stalled investment

Davis rescues a formula

Davis rescues a formula On My Own Directed by Antonio Tibaldi With Judy Davis and Matthew Ferguson Reviewed by Gabrielle Carey On My Own is a teen coming of age film with a difference. At the edge of 15-year-old Simon's fairly

Tim Petherbridge

Tim Petherbridge (pictured), an independent Senate candidate in Victoria, is one of the founders of the Canticle Bakery in Croydon. The bakery is housed in a building designed to be environmentally friendly and aesthetically attractive, and the

John Coulter

John Coulter Do you think the Democrats or any of the alternative parties will ever break through the two-party system? Well, it's depressing that after 15 years of bloody hard work we still have only have 11 members of parliament, seven