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By Jo Brown and Alex Bainbridge The March federal election saw the Labor government re- elected on the promise that it would be "kinder and fairer" than John Hewson's Liberal Party. The ALP wouldn't introduce a GST, or the horror cuts and
Bloodlines Kev Carmody Festival Records Reviewed by Ignatius Kim The journey that Kev Carmody embarked on early this year with the EP Streetbeat is continued with his third album, Bloodlines. Originally a journey through
Did you know that 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly was sold in over 12 regional cities and towns across Australia? You can buy 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ at the Dancing Bear Cafe at Toowoomba in Queensland. You can get 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ from Bobouche in Bundaburg, in Middlemount,
The worth of a girl Women have come to expect rougher then usual handling from a sexist judiciary and legal system. The recent outrage over (in)Justice Bollen's comments on what constitutes "sufficient battering" to provoke self-defence
Friends on the Road Bhundu Boys Cooking Vinyl through Festival Victims Lucky Dube Dolphin through BMG Reviewed by Norm Dixon Over the past five years, African music has become increasingly popular in this country. Two of the
By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — There's a joke going around that says Mabo stands for "Money Available for Barristers Only", Kathy Whimp, project officer with the Aboriginal Legal Rights Service told a Politics in the Pub forum attended by
Jeff material "He could never shut up." — Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett, caught by TV cameras opposing the candidacy of former PM Malcolm Fraser for Liberal Party president. Economic rationalism Earlier this year Victorian Premier Jeff
By Catherine S. Beacham When US naval personnel formally withdrew from their Philippine base at Subic Bay last November, they left behind far more than the unsightly neocolonial infrastructure of their postwar militarisation policies.
Not sexism I take issue with Brandon Astor Jones' contention that "The collective silence and total disregard for the lives and human dignity of men in prison is 'sexism' in one of its most insidious forms." (GLW #110). The shocking
By Ray Fulcher MELBOURNE — The new leadership of the State Public Services Federation (Victoria) has accepted the Kennett government's industrial program of individual contracts. The move was welcomed by Premier Jeff Kennett and Trades Hall
US/UN out of Somalia! The United Nations/United States "peacekeeping" mission in Somalia stands exposed for the grisly farce it is. In a joint statement addressed last week to the UN Secretary General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 26
By Cindy Callender Over 360,000 pigs are raised for slaughter in Victoria each year, most under factory farming conditions. Pigs, whose intelligence is comparable to that of dogs, cannot fulfil their needs in intensive piggeries. Grossly