GLW issue 580, published 2004-04-28.

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Victorian nurses impose hospital bans

Sue Bolton, Melbourne Faced with intransigence from Victorian Premier Steve Bracks' Labor government, an April 20 mass meeting of public hospital nurses voted to reject the government's "offer" to remove previously won working conditions. The

Carr puts profit before babies' interests

Margaret Gleeson, Sydney In announcing the new childcare regulations to be introduced into NSW parliament on May 4, Carmel Tebbutt, the Labor minister for community services, revealed that existing ratios of one staff member to five babies (0-2

On the box

Pakistan Pictures: Power Dressing — Well-to-do middle-class Muslim women, used to dressing in a more Western style, are adopting the practice of wearing the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, traditionally worn by the poor. SBS, Friday April 30,

Loose cannons

Mission impossible "One of the hardest parts of my job is to console the family members who have lost their life." — Emperor George Bush II, April 13. Untermenschen I "One senior [British] Army officer told The Telegraph that ... American
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