CANBERRA 鈥 The Residential Tenancies Act 1997 has recently come into effect, but there has been very little publicity given to the changes, particularly for public housing tenants. The act specifies such things as fair process for
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Reclaim the Night MELBOURNE 鈥 The Reclaim the Night Collective has continued to meet. It is planning a number of activities such as a debate on the way forward for the feminist movement, the traditional rally and march on October 30, and a
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Northern Ireland Doug Lorimer argues that the Northern Ireland Agreement endorsed by Sinn F茅in "does nothing to end the root cause of violence in Northern Ireland". As far as I know Sinn F茅in have never claimed it would. What Sinn
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The Little Aussie Battler (reg'd trademark) There is a funny idea abroad (by which I mean, of course, in this dry brown land in which we dwell) that there exists a minor figure of such truthful grit that every attribute of ordinariness is
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MUA members speak out against the Patrick deal Each week 91自拍论坛 Weekly sponsors the Friday breakfast show on community radio 3CR in Melbourne. The June 26 show covered the MUA-Patrick settlement, which was adopted against some opposition at MUA
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Correction In the article "Forest agreement rigged and fraudulent" in GLW #321, the Nyoongar Land Council, which represents the Nyoongar people of south-west WA was misspelled as Nyungar Land Council. Our apologies for this error.
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Actively Radical TV 鈥 Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Ph 9565 5522. Access News 鈥
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Communist Party backs waterfront dealHow do you think a party which calls itself "communist" would assess the deal between Patrick, the Maritime Union of Australia and the Australian Council of Trade Unions, endorsed at mass
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In a month's time, 91自拍论坛 supporters will be launching a two-week drive to extend the paper's readership and support base. We are appealing for your help. In the past, such campaigns have significantly boosted the paper's profile and, just as
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Since the introduction by the McMahon Liberal government of the Child Care Act in 1972, government grants for child-care have become an election "carrot" used by both major parties. As a result of government funding over the last
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No to Howard's election blackmail!For 12 months John Howard has been threatening to call a double dissolution election on the issue of native title. He claims that unless the opposition parties in the Senate pass his amendments to
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Elections A federal election seems to be looming. With all political parties well and truly in campaigning mode, many issues and questions that are important to feminists will be posed more sharply over the next few months. Not least of these
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Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) released the following statement on June 25. The recent success of Pauline Hanson's racist One Nation party in the Queensland elections presents new challenges for the progressive movement.
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Open the books! The June 26 Financial Review front page article, 聯Corporate crackdown: executives forced to reveal their salaries聰 explained that changes to the Company Law Review Bill will require companies to explain in their annual
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Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has called the offer of Indonesian President Habibie of 聯special status聰 for East Timor a 聯significant policy change聰. This sentiment was echoed by Senator Robert Hill in the Senate
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MUA members vote for dealSYDNEY 鈥 On June 24, 450 Patrick members of the Maritime Union of Australia voted in favour of the draft settlement between their union and Patrick Stevedores. Before the vote, those present
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A fair trial? By Brandon Astor Jones "Trial by jury, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, [is] a mockery and a snare." 鈥 Lord Denman (1779-1854) Jones: I want to thank you for sharing these few precious minutes with me.
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By Sean Martin-Iverson PERTH 鈥 Hundreds of students from City Beach Senior High School walked out on June 25 to protest a government restructuring plan which would result in schools being closed, merged and downgraded to middle schools (Years
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Victorian secondary students strike against Hanson By Jo Williamsand Reuben Endean MELBOURNE 鈥 On June 25, 1000 secondary students from across Victoria walked out of school to demonstrate their opposition to Pauline Hanson and the racist One
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MELBOURNE 鈥 Delegates to a two-day National Tertiary Education Industry Union conference on June 15 and 16 resolved to go on the offensive against the federal government's cuts and privatisation. The conference was organised to
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One Nation challenged by a multi-ethnic election teamThe Democratic Socialists have announced an initial 13 candidates for the federal election to present a progressive alternative to the economic "rationalism" of the Labor
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Resistance calls national high school walkout By Sean Healy Following the success of the high school strike against One Nation in Victoria on June 25, the socialist youth organisation Resistance has called a national school walkout on July 24. A
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Youth peak council cutCANBERRA 鈥 Federal youth affairs minister David Kemp has announced the end to funding of the Australian Youth Policy Action Coalition, the peak council of youth groups. This move to silence a critic of
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BRISBANE 鈥 Serious faults with a new computer system, the Newstart Common Platform (NCP), dealing with unemployment and related benefits has caused chaos at Centrelink, the federal agency responsible for delivering social security
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Don't they all sell them? "He's a rare commodity for the NSW right in that he actually trades in ideas." 鈥 NSW ALP assistant state secretary Damien O'Connor on Michael Costa, new secretary of the state Labour Council. Off the rails "My father
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Jabiluka blockade: 'a symbol of resistance' JABIRU, NT 鈥 MEGAN KINNINMENT, a member of the Jabiluka blockade coordinating group, spoke to 91自拍论坛 Weekly's REBECCA MECKELBURG on June 26 about the situation at the blockade, which began at the
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Self-determination struggles discussedMELBOURNE 鈥 A forum organised by Resistance on June 21 brought together young people from the Kurdish, East Timorese and Tamil communities to discuss their people's struggles for
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BRISBANE 鈥 The meaning of the rise of One Nation and the need to build a real alternative to racism and nationalism were the themes of a public meeting held here on June 24. The meeting, sponsored by the Democratic Socialists,
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Council tries to ban free speech rallyADELAIDE 鈥 Around 100 people attended a rally for free speech in Rundle Mall on June 26, despite attempts by Adelaide City Council to prevent the action from going ahead. The protesters were
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On July 1 the federal government will introduce the Youth Allowance to replace the Youth Training, Newstart and Sickness Allowance, and Austudy for unemployed people under 21 years old and full-time students under 25. The YA has
Analysis
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Editorial: Unions can't keep ignoring Hanson The large vote for the racist One Nation organisation in the Queensland election, and the outfit's rise in national opinion polls, should be seen as a threat by the entire union movement. The
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MOSCOW 鈥 Early on June 11, a train drew into Yaroslavsky Station here, bringing 150 miners from the Pechora coal basin in the Arctic north. Linking arms, the miners marched through central Moscow to the building that houses the
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Behind the Ethiopia-Eritrea clash By James Thomson Instead of spearheading 鈥淎frica's renaissance鈥, two of Africa's poorest countries 鈥 Ethiopia and Eritrea 鈥 have been launching rockets, artillery shells and air strikes at each
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The issue of loyalist parades has dominated the final days of election campaigning for the Northern Ireland assembly. One of the most contentious parades of the Northern Ireland marching season passed without major incident. The
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Habibie gets an unwanted birthday presentJAKARTA 鈥 Tensions are high throughout Indonesia one month after Suharto stepped down from the presidency, in the wake of massive demonstrations, handing over to his vice-president, B.J.
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VW washes hands of slave labourGiant German-based multinational car company Volkswagen is refusing to pay back wages and compensation to people forced to work in its factories as slaves during the second world war. Similar
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Namibian miners: 'Rio Tinto is racist' WINDHOEK 鈥 Rio Tinto, the world's biggest private mining company, has been accused of "racist practices" in Namibia by the trade union representing mining workers. On June 19, the Mineworkers' Union of
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On June 18, 6000 members of the Independent Union of Telephone Employees (UIET), which represents technicians and phone repair workers, and the Independent Brotherhood of Telephone Employees (HIETEL), which organises office
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Anti-EU conference in WalesCARDIFF 鈥 Progressive and environmental organisations from all over Europe joined here to protest against the summit meeting of the leaders of the European Union on June 15 and 16. The EU's
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Protests continue in East TimorThe people of East Timor continue to demand the right to self-determination and reject Habibie government's offer of "special status". Mobilisations of thousands of students and young people, which have
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The Cold War ended six years ago, and President Clinton has said, "In this new world, our children are growing up free from the shadows of the Cold War and the threat of nuclear holocaust". Unfortunately, the president is not
Culture
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Three DollarsBy Elliot PerlmanPicador, 1998. 381 pp., $16.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon For a few short years, Eddie and Tanya, fresh young husband and wife university graduates, seemed to be making their way through life securely and serenely. In
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Jabiluka 1 The ground it was sodden, the grass it was greenWhen first I did hear of something obsceneTo mine Jabiluka, to sink down a mineFor what use is a portal, without a decline? Oh dread for the future, and cry for the earthWeep for you
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Why the South African revolution stalled The ANC and the Liberation Struggle: A Critical Political Biography By Dale T. McKinley Pluto Press, 1997 175 pp., $34.95 (pb) Available at Resistance Bookshops (see page 2)
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Battlers and Stirrers: Journal of Australian Studies 54/55, 1997Edited by Richard NileAdvisory editor Ross FitzgeraldUniversity of Queensland Press Review by John Nebauer Battlers and Stirrers is a collection of essays on "an alternative group of
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Stones in a long path Urban Clan: A portrait of the Page Brothers and the Bangarra Dance TheatreDirected by Michelle MahrerMusicArtsDance films Review by Claudine Holt The title of this documentary is apt. Three urban indigenous Australians,
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Community theatre on Tasmania's west coastROSEBERY 鈥 The "Big hArt" community theatre company is developing a theatre project with young people here. With funding from DEETYA and the Arts Council, two Melbourne community
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From Hollywood to OuagadougouFor decades, Hollywood has busily churned out images of Africa that are both ludicrous and racist. Africa is usually portrayed as "wild and untamed", its majestic wildlife taking centre stage. African
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Marsinah's song heard around the worldOn March 10, Indonesian playwright Ratna Sarumpaet was arrested along with her daughter and eight others for organising a protest against the "re-election" of Suharto for a