The ALP and the Democrats went "belly up" in the Senate last week, according to Greens Senator Bob Brown, allowing the government to pass the amendment to social security legislation needed to implement work for the dole
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The government announced on June 18 that from July next year, a new common youth allowance will replace unemployment benefits for young people aged 18-20, Austudy and youth training, sickness and family allowances. The
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On May 28, the chair of the government's review of higher education, Roderick West, stated publicly that the Liberals' cuts to funding had affected higher education quality through staff cuts, less student-staff contact hours,
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Federal cabinet approved further cuts to youth income support on June 10, when it agreed to in-principle support for a common youth allowance to replace Austudy, Abstudy and the youth dole in 1998. The CYA was flagged in the
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As a young feminist, I have been dismayed over the last few years to see words such as "chick", "babe" and "girl" creeping back into use in feminist and left circles. It makes me very uncomfortable to see feminists wearing
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Pay as you learn? We can't afford it!Students and university staff around the country will rally on May 8 in a show of anger at federal government policy on education. What theyre rallying against is the
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The Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in Sydney prompted an article in the Sydney Morning Herald on March 3 to pose the question, "What's the point of being gay?". Increased acceptance in some workplaces, more mass advertising aimed
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As part of a drive to channel money away from the public sector and into private hands, the government is looking for further ways to cut funding to higher education. After cutting $2.3 billion from university operating grants
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Submissions to the federal government's West review into higher education have begun. Any alternative view is being drowned out with calls for universities to develop strategies to cope with further funding cuts, be more
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Education needed to combat AIDSRecent reports from Brazil indicate that lack of education is a significant factor in the growth of AIDS, particularly amongst women. Of the first AIDS cases registered in Brazil in 1983,
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Anger grows at education cuts>The successful national day of student action on March 26 was a clear indication to the federal government and to campus administrations that students are still willing to fight attacks
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The federal Coalition was elected a year ago having promised not to reduce funding to higher education or introduce any new education charges. Since then, education minister Amanda Vanstone has overseen a $2.3 billion cut