Too many parties?
By Dick Nichols
SYDNEY — In the 1995 NSW election there were a record 27 parties standing for the Legislative Council, the upper house of parliament. This year, with 92 parties registered under state electoral laws, a new
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By Zanny Begg
On May 10, 1968, thousands of students and police clashed on the streets of Paris in the infamous "night of the barricades". The night has come to symbolise, with fear by conservatives and enthusiasm by radicals, the revolutionary
VSU in Victoria:
1) prohibits administrations from making students' membership of student organisations compulsory;
2) limits the expenditure of funds from compulsory non-academic fees on facilities and services or activities of direct benefit to
Like a politician's speech
"To explain those words can make them more obscure." — Tony Branigan, executive director of the Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations, on regulations limiting when "gratuitous" or "exploitative" nudity
Facts that speak for themselves
84% of government drug spending is to police drug use; 6% on treatment; and 10% on education.
83% of people are in prison for drug-related crimes.
There are only 21 juvenile detoxification centres in Australia
The postmodern condition
'Tis a matter of some conjecture in those circles within which I am sometimes known to loop, that one must acquaint oneself of all the contemporary theories. That they are modern is nowadays not enough. To warrant one's
By Aaron Benedek
To defeat the federal "voluntary student unionism" (VSU) legislation it is essential that the student movement launch a campaign immediately. Despite many students having heard of VSU, it is clear that many do not understand what
A day in the life, on Georgia's death row #1
"I am sorry about the stamps, but authorizing an attorney phone call ... is not in my realm of authority. I did call the store to see what the problem is; they told me the post office does not have any 1
'Forward ever, backward never!' — 20th anniversary of the Grenadian Revolution
By Kamala Emanuel
"Sisters and brothers. At 4.15 this morning, the People's Revolutionary Army seized control of the army barracks at True Blue. The barracks were
In defence of 'throwback' unionism
By Chris Spindler
MELBOURNE â Eight months ago, the Workers First team won the leadership
of the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU).
Workers First's platform
Victorian ALP factional conflict
By Vannessa Hearman
MELBOURNE — The Victorian Labor Party's factional conflict became "public" at its state conference on February 27-28. About 20 delegates walked out during opposition leader John Brumby's
By Chris Latham
Since President Suharto resigned last May the repression in Indonesia has continued. At least 15 students have been killed, 15 students remain "disappeared" — suspected dead — and a another 10 students remain imprisoned. In
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