Brazil privatises oil production
On August 6 Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso signed the Petroleum Law, privatising the country's lucrative oil industry.
The law ends the monopoly of the state-owned Petrobras over oil
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Who Cares? Guilt, hope and the child-care debateBy Sally LoaneReed Books, 1997. 359pp., $15.95 (pb) Review by Pip Hinman
Who Cares? provides valuable information about the evolution of professional child-care in Australia, including the impact
Water reform package "empty"
By Chris Spindler
SYDNEY — The Carr state Labor government's long-awaited water reform package has changed little. The plan sets targets for increasing water flows in rivers and reducing irrigation allocation,
By Ana Kailis
HAVANA — Cuban foreign minister Roberto Robaina addressed the opening session of the 14th World Festival of Youth and Students, held here from July 28 to August 5. The subject of the session was human rights. In his address,
Comment by Sean Healy
There has been considerable debate about how best to combat the ideas of One Nation on campuses. Some have argued that student organisations should declare campuses "Hanson free" and "ban" One Nation from meeting. Others
Jobs and services slashed in Tasmanian budget
By Tony Iltis
HOBART — Since coming to power, the Rundle Liberal government has overseen the destruction of 10,000 jobs. The state budget handed down on August 14 is set to continue the failed
By Russell Pickering and Nikki Ulasowski
BILBAO — In the wake of the Spanish government's offensive against the Basque independence movement, particularly focused on ETA (the armed Basque resistance movement) and the political organisation
By Ben Courtice
MELBOURNE — Management of the Australian Taxation Office has decided to make compulsorily redundant staff in INB Business Line, where there have not been enough volunteers for the redundancies that management wishes to
Motion — compulsory retrenchments in Tax
This meeting of CPSU members in [insert department name] condemns the moves by ATO management to resort to compulsory retrenchments in the INB Business Line in Sydney and Melbourne Tax Offices when
Lee Sappho sings the BluesWritten by Robyn Archer and Lee Sappho with Angela ChaplinOuter metropolitan Perth tour, August 26-30South-west WA tour, September 2-6
Review by Anne O'Callaghan
Robyn Archer has returned to Deckchair Theatre for
Left On-line
Webgrrls — Webgrrls is a real-world, face-to-face networking group for women in and interested in new media. Chapters are forming around the world to provide a forum for women to exchange information, give leads, learn about new
Victory for Citipower Workers
By Sue Bolton
MELBOURNE — After 15 weeks on strike defending their jobs, wages and conditions, 140 Citipower workers have won a significant victory. On August 21, the workers marched back to work beneath
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