GLW issue 299, published 1997-11-26.

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Canberra's building frenzy

By Sue Bull CANBERRA — Not content with demolishing public sector jobs and services, the Howard government has decided to demolish public buildings in Canberra, supposedly to get the economy going. Sound bizarre and irrational? But wait ...

Arguments for socialism: The family home is hardly haven.

The family home is hardly havenBy Margaret Allen John Howard and his government are determined to reinstate "family values". But while Howard may extol the virtues of a return to the comfortable and relaxed nuclear family, the reality is

Write on: Letters to the editor

Nuclear avoidance ANSTO's Prof. Helen Garnett faced a Senate Estimates meeting on November 12. She refused to answer many of the questions put to her about the proposed new reactor in southern Sydney, claiming commercial confidentiality or

Loose cannons

Population implosion "We are all capitalists now, with 1.2 million Australians buying about $8 billion of shares in Telstra." — Sydney Morning Herald editorial, November 18. Oh so modern "The [socialisation] objective, totally
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