GLW issue 266, published 1997-03-12.

Concert to support Timorese asylum seekers

MELBOURNE — In late April, a massive open air concert is planned in the Treasury Gardens to highlight the plight of 1300 East Timorese asylum seekers facing deportation to Portugal. Since the invasion of East Timor by Indonesia in 1975, there has

The 'feminism' of the rich and famous

To mark International Women's Day, the establishment media inundated us with a "feminism" which is a far cry for the lives of ordinary women. They pushed the line that "feminism" is synonymous with the lives and careers of rich and famous women.

Closure of landmark Aboriginal Legal Service

Closure of landmark Aboriginal Legal Service By Jennifer Thompson SYDNEY — The Aboriginal Legal Service has been shut down after 27 years of challenging the white-dominated legal system. Late last month, the Supreme Court refused an

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm, and Saturday, 7pm. Access News — Melbourne

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Australian News

Student protest shuts down meeting

Student protest shuts down meeting By Jo Williams MELBOURNE — Sixty angry students occupied the Law building at Melbourne University on March 3 and shut down a university council meeting. The meeting was set to vote on the university's

Socialist candidates call for community control

Socialist candidates call for community control By Bill Mason BRISBANE — "Brisbane needs a council that is controlled by ordinary working people, who are the majority — not a council that panders to developers and big business: a

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International News

Irish nationalist vote to be split

Irish nationalist vote to be split By Mike Heaney Social Democratic and Labour Party leader John Hume has rejected Sinn Féin's proposal for an electoral pact in the upcoming Westminster elections. Sinn Féin chairperson Mitchel

Unions blockade Swaziland

Unions blockade Swaziland By Norm Dixon Thousands of trade unionists in South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique prevented trucks entering or leaving Swaziland on March 3, in solidarity with the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions, which has

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Editorial

Close Lucas Heights!

Close Lucas Heights! The federal government should not allow nuclear waste to be reprocessed at the Lucas Heights nuclear facility south of Sydney. It should close it down altogether, and withdraw completely from the nuclear fuel cycle. The

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Hindmarsh Island bridge inquiries

Hindmarsh Island bridge inquiries By Richard Owen Environment, Resources and Development Committee Inquiry (1993) An open inquiry that recommended: that the bridge be stopped and the ferry service upgraded; the development of a

The Long Walk

The Long Walk It began in Adelaide and covered 85 kilometres as it made its way south to the town of Goolwa. There it ended in Amelia Park at the water's edge of Kumarangk, also known as Hindmarsh Island. Walking from November 25-30, 1996,

Cultural Dissent

Better than John for PM

Ned KellyBy Douglas StewartAdapted by Pam LevershaTheatreworks, St Kilda, until March 22 Review by Graham Moyes "If Ned Kelly was king/ he'd make those robbers swing/ he'd bring them down ..." Thus lamented Midnight Oil circa '81, adding another

Essential viewing for unionists and environmentalists

details = Rocking the FoundationsScreened at the Wild Spaces Film Festival in Hobart in February Review by Ben Courtice This film, an old favourite of radical activists, charts the rise of the NSW branch of the Builders Labourers'

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