By Kylie Moon
PENRITH — Sydney's urban sprawl is relentless. One proposed project is at the 1535-hectare Australian Defence Industries (ADI) St Marys site, bordering Penrith and the Blue Mountains. The site, the largest remaining tract of
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WA plans boot camps for addicts
By Stuart Munckton
PERTH — Western Australia's Liberal government is considering using "boot camps" to deal with the drug problem in the state. Under the plan, a heroin addict convicted of a criminal offence
By Alana Kerrand Jen Crothers
SYDNEY — "go girl!", the Sydney Women's Festival held in the Domain on March 7, was attended by around 7000 people. Those who believed the hype that the festival was to be the new face of the feminist movement would
Plumbers' union campaigns for increased apprentice wages
By Vannessa Hearman
A year ago the Plumbing Division of the Communication, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) lodged a wage claim with the Industrial Relations Commission to increase
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By Allen Myers
A standing joke among critics of Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett is that the slogan he put on car registration plates, "Victoria — on the move", is only too true: since he has been in office, there has been a steady drift of
Papuan representatives demand independence
By Linda Kaucher
One hundred West Papuan community representatives met with President Habibie, members of his cabinet and the head of Indonesian armed forces (ABRI) in West Papua, in Jakarta on February
A metaphor
Hey! Wait up, Little John! You're moving as fast as those little legs of yours will carry you.
— Can't wait. Can't stop. Seven point five (pant), you know. Seven point f-I-v-e.
Seven point what? Jesus, can't you stop for a
Mining a lode of cultural pride
ROSEBERY, Tasmania — Tough times are often the catalyst for cultural expression. SARAH MAGUIRE reports on the "tough-as-steel" West Coast miners — and their artistic side. "We are the women and children,
Of the
By Sean Healy
VSU didn't drop from the sky in 1993, when the WA and Victorian legislation was first floated. Rather, it has a 20-year history originating in attempts by right-wing students and governments to muzzle student organisations. The first
Community Legal Centres resist restructuring
By Graham Matthews
BRISBANE — On March 8, about 50 community legal centre (CLC) workers, management committee members and supporters attended a public meeting to hear an explanation of the federal
Targets, London 1860 —
Targets, London 1860 —
The dullest of records wereold Factory Reports bound, called "BlueBooks". Lists of figures, translations of workers'lives tossed about in debateand later boredom. Membersof Parliament used these
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