"You ought to get down on your knees and say thank you that we've got a police force that is trying to keep society free." — Joh Bjelke-Petersen, when premier of Queensland. From the beginnings of the industrial revolution,
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On February 20, the ABC screened a docu-drama dealing with an explosion which took place outside a Sydney hotel in the early hours of Monday, February 13, 1978. The Hilton, main venue for the Commonwealth Heads
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Calendars aid Cuban childrenLast October I launched a 1995 calendar featuring seven of my Cuban drawings as a fundraiser for the children of Cuba. I am immensely pleased to announce that, with the help of
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The ongoing process of rewriting the history of Australia's labour movement pervades David McKnight's book Australian Spies and Their Secrets, reviewed by Green Left Weekly some weeks ago. The book is based
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For those of us who have spent the last few decades in the Labor Party and watched the revolting machinations of the machine boys — they were and are nearly all boys — wheeling and dealing away hard fought-for policies and
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On March 6, I announced I would not be recontesting my seat of Melbourne West, which I have held for almost 12 years. While being in parliament gave me resources and some political clout, the institution is pompous and patriarchal