GLW issue 282, published 1997-07-23.

Witty demolition of a right-wing smear job

Suspect History: Manning Clark and the Future of Australia's PastBy Humphrey McQueenWakefield Press, 1997238 pp., $17.95(pb) Review by Phil Shannon Australia's history, if a certain resident of Kirribilli House is to be believed, has been one of

A powerful modern-day Dreaming

Review by Emily Carr How do the leading lights of Australia's indigenous arts community respond to a year which has brought an ugly concoction of the most conservative political forces in decades? Stephen Page, artistic director and compere of

Antibiotics, big business and super germs

Antibiotics, big business and super germs By Robyn Marshall At a private hospital in Brisbane, two patients were admitted with a bacterial infection that had multiple resistance to antibiotics, in particular, resistance to the last

Looking out: Celebration of life

Celebration of lifeCelebration of life By Brandon Astor Jones "Even the death of friends will inspire us as much as their lives ... Their memories will be encrusted over with sublime and pleasing thoughts, as monuments of other[s]

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Australian News

Bosses on the offensive against awards

Bosses on the offensive against awards By James Vassilopoulos On July 23, the Australian Industrial Relations Commission will begin arbitration in a case that may result in the removal of dozens of conditions from awards. The case is being

Yanner vows to continue fighting zinc mine

By Graham Matthews TOWNSVILLE — "Boong bashing with a giant bludgeon" was how Carpentaria Lands Council coordinator Murrandoo Yanner described mining multinational Rio Tinto's attempts to secure agreement for the Century Zinc mine in

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International News

Iranian political prisoners die on hunger strike

Iranian political prisoners die on hunger strike Iranian political prisoners die on hunger strike The Association of Iranian Political Prisoners in exile reports that four political prisoners who had gone on "dry" hunger strike, along with

Crisis averted as Orangemen alter parade plans

By Dave Riley There was widespread relief throughout northern Ireland as news spread that the Orange Order had cancelled or voluntarily re-routed four highly contentious marches. The annual July 12 celebrations of a 1690 Protestant victory over

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Editorial

A 'cure' that must be resisted

Editorial: A 'cure' that must be resisted A 'cure' that must be resisted @box text intro = John Howard has sharply escalated his blame-the-victim campaign — a predictable response to recent poll results showing that the Coalition is

Cultural Dissent

At the beginning of a big job

City of Darkness, City of LightBy Marge PiercyMichael Joseph, 1997. 479 pp., $29.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon When a brilliant novelist meets a great revolution, the result is a magnificent novel by Marge Piercy that brings alive the colour,

Time to wake up satire

By Al McCall Rather than wring his hands and lament that political satire seemed to be in its dog days, Dave Riley decided to do something about it. "Good satire", he told Green Left Weekly, "is rare. It rages for a time, then rests. It's time

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