SYDNEY — The march for reconciliation across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on May 28, and the series of protests against the racism of the federal government which came before and after it, introduced many people to the newly formed
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Tinsel, unbearable family reunions and presents are the contemporary attributes of what was once a festive day for celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. The story of the virgin birth of baby Jesus in a stable in Bethlehem is
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"Identity politics" emerged from British and US feminism towards the end of the 1970s. It developed in reaction to the failure of liberal feminism to adequately incorporate or acknowledge the differing experiences and demands of women
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After discussions at the four major student conferences this year, a new student group, the National Broad Left (NBL), was established in Melbourne on July 21. The group will initiate national campaigns, intervene in student unions and
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SYDNEY — On June 29 it was revealed that, despite the federal Coalition government's efforts, its proposed "voluntary student unionism" (VSU) legislation will not be debated during this sitting of the Senate. With the changed balance
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BRISBANE — On February 9, the first Cross-Campus Education Network (CCEN) meeting took place in Queensland, attended by around 20 people. During 1998, the CCEN was an open, activist-based collective which directed the National Union
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BRISBANE — On January 14, an anti-voluntary student unionism (VSU) meeting here was dominated by office-bearers from the National Union of Students' Queensland branch (NUSQ), the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), the