The EAST TIMOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT CENTRE argues that the Australian government's supposed "historic shift" in policy on East Timor, recently announced by foreign minister Alexander Downer, is much ado about little. Since the 1970s, both
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Education workers score 'great win'
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE â Following recommendations by the Industrial Relations
Commission that the government release funds for extra staffing in schools
and that the Australian Education Union
Sacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian LandscapeBy Ken S. InglisMelbourne University Press, 1998522 pp., $49.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon
On Anzac Day each year, the air hums and whines with a verbal barrage — "sacrifice", "bravery",
By Angela Luvera
The first International Women's Day (IWD) was organised by women
active in the socialist movement in the early 1900s. They wanted to set
aside a day on which women could organise for their demands and celebrate
their
The killing of Lake Baikal
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — There are not many places in the world where you can leave an industrial plant in operation and doom hundreds of species of plants and animals to extinction. One such place is Siberia's Lake
Mine owners ravage West Coast Tasmania
By Dave Andrews
ROSEBERY — Three of West Coast Tasmania's major mines are facing bleak prospects as management and financial backers threaten mass sackings, back-breaking roster changes and possible
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Threat to gay rights in Fiji
SUVA — Right-wing political forces and conservative church groups in Fiji are attempting to reverse a constitutional provision that outlaws discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. A clause in the Bill
Dita Sari rejects bail offer
THE INDONESIAN MEDIA announced on December 13 that Indonesian political prisoner Dita Sari had been offered early bail by the Habibie government. Dita, a labour activist and leader of the People's Democratic Party, was
By Kylie Moon and Mark Abberton
MELBOURNE — On January 18, Victoria's Student Unionism Network (SUN) met. More than 40 student activists from a wide range of Victorian universities and National Union of Students (NUS) state and national
100,000 remember Liebknecht and Luxemburg
BERLIN — The traditional January 9 march to the graves of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, the revolutionary Communist leaders murdered in 1919 on the orders of the Social Democrats, attracted 100,000
Godfrey Bigot gets back to basics
By Brad Pedersen
The major parties are lining up for a law and order policy auction,
each seeking to make the highest bid. They will trade in pseudo-solutions
that prey on the public's fears and
Three of the world's top bands have joined forces to highlight the frame-up
of radical journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal. Rage Against the Machine, rap group
Beastie Boys and Bad Religion have scheduled a benefit concert on January
28 in East
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