GLW issue 233, published 1996-05-29.

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CPSU bans generalise across Canberra

By Paul Oboohov CANBERRA — Most workplaces in most federal departments have placed bans on the handling of government business and the administration of cuts, bans on doing the work of vacant positions, processing government revenue and the

Yeltsin abolishes military call-up — or does he?

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — There is nothing so capable of persuading "reformist" Russian President Boris Yeltsin to announce reforms as the prospect of being thrown out of his job. Since campaigning began in earnest for the June 16 election,

Bob Carr's neo-liberal Labor

By Dave Wright SYDNEY — Since its election 14 months ago, the Carr government has continued the program of neo-liberal "reform" introduced by the previous Greiner/Fahey Liberal governments. The differences between the NSW Labor government and

Loose cannons

Defence of democracy "In extreme situations some rules have to be broken." — Georgy Kuznetsov, dean of the television and radio department of Moscow State University's journalism faculty, justifying media distortion and if necessary
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