Nurses impose bans
By Di Quin
MELBOURNE — Nurses at Western General have imposed bans on elective admissions and internal transfer of patients due to an increasing strain on midwifery staffing levels.
The closure of the midwifery
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By Frank Noakes
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity ...", wrote Charles Dickens of 18th century
By Karen Fredericks
Each working day those of us who have a job get up, shower, put on our clothes and travel to work. At morning tea we drink a cup of coffee, eat a cream cake or smoke a cigarette, worrying briefly about the state of our
By Max Lane
The recent struggle in Jakarta over vice-presidential, cabinet and military positions has provided a chance for liberal reformist critics of the regime also to obtain media coverage for their criticisms of authoritarianism and
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — In the first 100 days of the Richard Court government thousands of jobs have gone as state-funded projects are closed. Decisions on mining have shown that the Coalition sees national parks as the property of the
Language dispute in Xanana trial
By Jana D.K.
Jakarta — Proceedings in the trial of Fretilin leader Xanana Gusmao resumed May 12 after a week's delay while the Dili court attempted to resolve the question of Xanana's defence
By Karen Fredericks
The 40th Sydney film festival was launched by George Miller on May 4. In his speech, Miller credited the festival with providing the vital inspiration for himself and the whole "first wave" of Australian film makers.
By Jonathan Strauss
May 3
Nanterres University in Paris was closed by its administration to stop a second day of "anti-imperialist study". In the courtyard of the Sorbonne, the university in central Paris, 500 left-wing students rallied
An invitation
Nearly two years ago, on the occasion of Green Left's 20th issue, we commented:
"When the idea for this newspaper was first floated more than a year ago, no-one could be sure whether it was a goer or a pipedream. Would it
Tongan democrats seek support
Leading Tongan democracy activist Akilisi Pohiva has indicated that the pro-democracy movement is changing its strategy.
Pohiva said on April 28 that, instead of pushing for more democracy solely from within
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