GLW issue 264, published 1997-02-26.

The axe falls on legal aid

The axe falls on legal aid By Michael Heaney MELBOURNE — The Federation of Community Legal Centres (Victoria) on February 18 announced the release of a report titled "Justice for all", resulting from a survey conducted in November and December.

Brunswick Music Festival

Brunswick Music Festival By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — The eighth Brunswick Music Festival kicks off on February 28 with Festivals Australia Indigenous Sounds, a weekend dedicated to the indigenous music and culture of Australia. The event

and ain't i a woman?: Their sex is irrelevant

Their sex is irrelevantTheir sex is irrelevant The recent appointment of Madeleine Albright as the new US secretary of state was greeted with great fanfare by the establishment media the world over. And it's no wonder. Albright's record while

Loose cannons

@columhead = Very clean "It is a very clean deal. There is no payment, no nothing." — Businessman and Suharto crony Mohamad Hasan, confirming that the Indonesian government has given him, free, an additional $1 billion share in the Busang gold

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Australian News

Social Security penalises strikers

Social Security penalises strikers By Philippa Stanford One of the federal government's budget changes restricts access to income support payments for people unemployed as a result of participation in industrial action. This provision, which came

20 years' jail for possession of a leaflet

20 years' jail for possession of a leaflet By Karen Fredericks BRISBANE — The Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) candidate in the Mundingburra by-election, Billy Tate, was charged on February 20 with possession of drug law reform literature.

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International News

The legacy of Deng

By Eva Cheng Deng Xiaoping has been acclaimed by politicians, business figures and other "respectable" commentators around the world as the "architect" of China's "modernisation" following the announcement of his death on February 20. They hailed

Russian defence workers strike as production collapses

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — During 1996, Russia's Ministry of Defence Industry reported in January, output in the country's defence factories fell by a further 27.1% to a mere 12.8% of its 1991 level. That's not so bad, you might say — every

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Editorial

A question of priorities

A question of priorities In New Zealand last week for talks on trade and "defence" links, PM John Howard took on the job of trying to persuade New Zealanders that it really is in their interests to spend millions more dollars on defence — and in

Cultural Dissent

Lessons from radical republicans

details = The Captive Republic: A history of republicanism in Australia 1788-1996By Mark McKennaCambridge University Press, 1996334 pp., $29.95(pb), $90.00(hb) Review by Alex Bainbridge For many people, the republic debate is simply a bore — a

Wild spaces and strong actions

Review by Ben Courtice More than 20 films and shorts were screened during the four sessions of the Wild Spaces Film Festival in Hobart on February 15 and 16. The films varied in theme and style, covering environmental issues from Canada to Nigeria

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