Bronwyn Taylor PSU members reject agency-based bargaining Rank-and-file members of the Federal Public Sector Union are sending a clear message to their union officials, the ACTU and the federal government that they will reject agency-based
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No to a nunnery The ABC's youth radio network, JJJ, has been regularly playing a song in recent weeks called "Get thee to a Nunnery" by the band This is Serious Mum, known to its fans as TISM. The song opens with the line "Is it God or the
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Australia's education system is currently undergoing major restructuring. The blueprint for reform is the 1991 Finn Report, which is seen by its makers as an integral part of a "worker-led" economic recovery and the means by which
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[This article was sent to the South African Labour Bulletin in response to an article which discussed the politics of the Australian trade union movement. We have abridged it slightly.] The article by Rob Lambert errs in
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73.3% of spouse killings are men killing women. 26.7% of spouse killings are women killing men. A history of domestic violence (almost exclusively male violence against women) was recorded in police files in at least 48% of all spouse
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Powes Parkop is a lecturer in law at the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby and a member of the radical Melanesian Solidarity (Melsol) organisation. Together with progressive lawyers and other grassroots activists, he
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Dagma Stephenson killed her husband on September 29, 1991, after 22 years of violent abuse at his hands. Her Queensland Supreme Court trial ended on the evening of August 19, 1992, when the jury found her not guilty of either
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A national poll conducted on July 1 and 2 by Irving Saulwick and Associates found that 49% of the voting public preferred direct employer-worker negotiation for wages, hours of work and working conditions. Only 22% favoured the
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Despite wet and blustery conditions, some 2000 people rallied in Melbourne's city square on August 23 in support of Bosnia and to denounce the Serbian campaign of "ethnic cleansing" of Croats and Muslims there. Among the speakers was DAVE HOLMES,
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BRISBANE — Some 200 men and women attended the "Men can stop Rape" rally in King George Square on September 5, organised by Men Against Sexual Assault as part of a national day of action. "This rally is to highlight the need for men in
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How Israel controls the news Palestinian media agencies seeking to transmit the truth of what is happening the occupied territories must play a complicated game to negotiate the very tight restrictions under which they are forced to work.
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Marooned Westerners The racist "white Australia" immigration policy was once described as "Westerners marooned on an Asian island, crying out for reinforcement". The current view in 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ of the green movement that immigration should be
News
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MELBOURNE — Outgoing officials of the Victorian branch of the Transport Workers Union, along with office staff and organisers, ended a week-long occupation of the union's offices on September 4. The dispute erupted after the
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Brown speaks in WollongongWOLLONGONG — Following the formal launch of the Greens political party (see page 5), Tasmanian MP Bob Brown spoke to a meeting of more than 100 people here on September 2. Addressing the meeting,
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MELBOURNE — One hundred and eighty-two independents had nominated for the October 3 Victorian elections when nominations closed on September 4. This is not surprising: the last Saulwick Age Poll (September 1 and 2) showed that
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Aid for NicaraguaNon-governmental organisations in Australia are joining the international relief effort for Nicaragua after tidal waves triggered by an earthquake devastated 340 kilometers of the country's Pacific coast on
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BRISBANE — Australia's first Indigenous Peoples Party will field 10 candidates in the Queensland state election on September 19. Champion jockey Darby McCarthy will head the IPP ticket in the seat of Clayfield. The
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Prepare for war "The defining challenge of the '90s is to win the economic competition. You will hear two visions of how to do this. Theirs is to look inward and protect what we already have. Ours is to look forward, to open new markets,
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Goss slated on promises to womenBRISBANE — "Women and the Goss Government" was the theme of a September 2 forum here. Speakers were Susan Price, Democratic Socialist candidate in the state election, and Unna Liddy of
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A budget follows Keating's coursePERTH — Following in the footsteps of the federal budget, the Lawrence government brought down a slightly expansionary budget on September 1. With a state election expected in February,
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PERTH — Severely embarrassed by the international furore over the toxic waste ship, Maria Laura, the Australian government is under strong pressure to ban toxic waste exports. The controversial shipment was organised by
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Victoria's main public service union, the SPSF Victoria (State Public Services Federation), has called Jeff Kennett's job creation scheme a hoax and says that the Liberal Party already knows the scheme is certain to fail.
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Penalty rate cuts hit youngMELBOURNE — Young workers in the hospitality industry would be hardest hit if the employers' challenges to penalty rates before the industrial courts succeed, according to the Victorian Trades
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SYDNEY — An organisation hoping to become a national green party, the Greens, was launched here on August 30. Representatives of Queensland, NSW and Tasmanian green political groups told the media they had agreed on a
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Brewery struggle continuesPERTH — The struggle to turn the old Swan Brewery site into parkland continues. One of the protesters arrested on the site on August 28, Uniting Church minister Helen Richmond, made a scathing
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Price campaigns for green, left alternativeBRISBANE — In one of the shortest election campaigns in Australian political history, the Labor, Liberal and National parties have produced few real issues so far for the September
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APPM closes mills and goes yachtingHOBART — The APPM Wesley Vale and Burnie paper mills will be shut down for a week due to what management claims is a shortage of orders. But at the same time that 1600 workers will be
Analysis
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Labor's sinking ship The parade of former prime ministers on the ABC's AM program last week was enough to show to what extent the political landscape has altered for the worse after 10 years of Labor dominance in state and federal parliaments.
World
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There has been considerable violence in the period of campaigning for the Thai elections on September 13. One horrific incident was a bomb explosion at Hat Yai railway station on August 13, killing three people and injuring at
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The ruthlessness of the apartheid state in eliminating its opponents was a key theme in the speeches made during the 10th anniversary commemoration in Cape Town of the assassination of activist and journalist Ruth First. First was killed in a
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Mark Deasey has worked with Quaker Service Australia in Cambodia for the past four years. Back in Australia, he talked to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly about the changes he has witnessed and his view of the peace process. "When I
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NZ spending fallsWELLINGTON — A report from the Statistics Department has confirmed how extensive and widespread the impact of unemployment and repressive economic policies has been in New Zealand. The department surveyed
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Lebanon vote shakes Syrian influenceVoting in the recent Lebanese elections underlined the nation's desire for political independence. Results so far show a large swing against pro-Syrian candidates and towards supporters of
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The Cuban economy has developed special and exceptional characteristics since late 1989. The new conditions that emerged as a result of the collapse of socialism in Eastern Europe and the subsequent disappearance of the
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The following letter from a prisoner in East Timor, arrested after the Dili massacre in November 1991, was dated June 23 and recently received in Australia. Only today I'm able to answer your letter sent through H. For I was very busy. As you
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Dr Aurora Parong has been a close observer of the human rights situation in the Philippines under three regimes — Marcos, Aquino, Ramos. Rather than moving into medical practice after her graduation from the University of the Philippines, she
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Is the "no-fly" zone south of the 32nd parallel in southern Iraq a Bush re-election stunt or part of the US establishment's long-term political and economic plans in the Middle East? Dr Bob Springborg, associate professor of
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IMF loan to Albania The IMF on August 26 announced approval of a $US29 million loan to Albania — its first since Albania became a member last October. The announcement said that the country's economy had suffered such collapse since 1990 that
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In a remarkable turn of events, the recently elected government of Fiji, led by coup leader Sitiveni Rabuka, is applying pressure on the Australian-owned Emperor gold mine's management to recognise the Fiji Mine Workers Union. The
Culture
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Making good use of the didgeridoo Didgeridoo Dreaming Alastair Black Jarra Hill/Larrikin Records Available on CD and cassette Didgeridoo Fusion BushGiants Jarra Hill/Larrikin Records Available on cassette Reviewed by Cameron Parker
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Viva! Zimbabwe — Dance Music from Zimbabwe Various artists Hannibal records through Festival Available on CD and cassette Reviewed by Norm Dixon Mention Zimbabwean music, and the band that most people will think of is the Bhundu Boys. The
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Doin' time behind bars Barmaids Written by Katherine Thompson Directed by Angela Chaplin Performed by Valerie Bader and Angela Punch McGregor Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney Reviewed by Margaret Allan Anyone who has ever "done time"
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The Player Directed by Robert Altman Written by Robert Altman and Michael Tolkin Starring Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi and a galaxy of Hollywood stars National release Reviewed by Lee Wallace The Player, Robert Altman's take on Hollywood,
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Through Murri Eyes Brisbane's community theatre company, Street Arts, will shortly be presenting Through Murri Eyes, a collaboration of dance, song and theatre. The performance takes the audience through Aboriginal history, from traditional
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A successful Wollongong Cultural Dissent on August 15 featured the talents of local Irish-Australian singer-songwriter Vince Brophy (pictured), with support from Adelaide's Phil Doyle.
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Modern Poetry em = By Rosemary Evans poetry = I can't stand poetry = poetry like this, poetry = which is really just poetry = chopped-up prose poetry = masquerading as verse. poetry = poetry is first cousin to music; poetry = it should
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SYDNEY — With two weekends still to run, the second Multicultural Theatre Festival is already a success. "Australian Accents" features 17 theatre companies of Australians from different cultural backgrounds. The opening
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Refractory Girl Women and Sport edition, Winter 1992 Edited By Angela Matheson $5.00 Reviewed by Carolyn Beecham "It has been argued", says Shona Thompson, "that sport is a trivial and frivolous issue for feminism when lined up against