Joy Mcentee

  • Women inspired by NOWSA conference

    BRISBANE — Organisers of this year's Network of Women Students Australia (NOWSA) conference in Brisbane expected 250 women, but 500 arrived — double the number who attended NOWSA '92 in Adelaide. Many

  • Anti-choice movement exploits media law

    Hobart — Five churches in the Hobart suburb of Moonah, where the state's only independent abortion clinic is located, have mounted an inter-denominational roster of weekly prayer meetings for mothers and unborn children.

  • NOWSA: 'Yes' to women's rights

    BRISBANE — More than 500 women from around the country met here July 13-15 for the seventh annual Network of Women Students of Australia (NOWSA) conference. This is the largest NOWSA ever, and twice the size of the last

  • Wild Pumpkins At Midnight

    Wild Pumpkins At Midnight"So you wear clothes like a radical and always seem fanatical put shit on society complain it's not pragmatical but you don't do much that's practical to help fight against the

  • Sexual harassment: legal in Tasmania?

    Sexual harassment: legal in Tasmania?HOBART — Women are having their rage refurbished daily by the Mercury newspaper. Every edition carries a peep show style update on the case brought against Hobart City Council by a

  • 'Anti-gay, go away!'

    'Anti-gay, go away!'HOBART — Anti-gay, anti-choice campaigner Fred Nile was confronted by 50 angry protesters from Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group and Women's Action Group when he arrived at the airport here on

  • ... and ain't i a woman?: Still defending the '50s

    Still defending the '50sIn Swansea, a small east-coast town near Hobart, the '60s and '70s might never have happened. For the past two years, Denise Power has been fighting the local Glamorgan Returned Services League Club