By Sarah Stephen
People will remember Keating's infamous "Get a job" remark to a group of demonstrators taking part in the March 23 national day of action against fees. From Keating's attitude, and the fairly minimal media coverage, you could be
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Sexism in the judiciary
By Kerry Vernon
BRISBANE — Remarks by a federal Industrial Court judge on April 13 that "It is not unknown for a woman to sleep her way to the top", have drawn outrage and criticism from a wide range of women and
By Sandra Eager
SYDNEY — Bulldozers have moved into bushland at the North Ryde and Beecroft 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ of the M2 tollway, but the campaign to stop the construction continues. A blockade has been in place at Terrys Creek, North Ryde, since the
May Day on South Coast
By Liam Mitchell
WOLLONGONG — Workers, students and community activists are expected to rally on May 6 for the annual May Day March in support of justice for all peoples.
Leading the march will be picketers
Shelley: The Pursuit
By Richard Holmes
Harper Collins, 1995. 830 pp., $49.95 (hb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
In 1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley was collecting his mail from England at a post office in Rome. When his name was called out, a
By Deryagul Beran
We have received word from Kurdistan that for some time a women's army has been in existence among the guerillas there. We spoke to a representative of the Free Women's Movement of Kurdistan (TAJK), who has herself taken part
By Robyn Marshall
A wide-ranging patent granted in the US at the end of March to the National Institutes of Health, a major government-funded research body, will cripple the development of life-saving gene therapies.
NIH has given the
Internationally, May Day is celebrated as the working people's holiday. It is a tradition that began late last century in the struggle for the eight hour day in the USA and Australia. As a tradition, the day is a mark of solidarity with working
Timorese meet UN secretary-general
By Chris Slee
MELBOURNE — Some 100 East Timorese and members of the Australia-East Timor Association rallied outside the Grand Hyatt Hotel on April 27. Inside, United Nations Secretary-General Boutros
By Peter Montague
Somewhere between 2.6 and 3.8 million US men and women served in Vietnam during the years 1965 through 1971, the years when chemical herbicides were being used to denude the jungle and destroy enemy crops.
Alongside the
Bad Boys
Starring Martin Lawrence, Will Smith and Tea Leoni
Directed by Michael Bey
Reviewed by Barry Healy
Bad Boys is produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, the people responsible for Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun and
The things that happen on Yungaburra Road
By Rosanna Barbero
SYDNEY — Death Defying Theatre's Yungaburra Road, written by Noelle Janaczewska, provides an examination and voyage into all forms of violence: individual, community, national
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