Key word: 'normal'
"I think it is quite inappropriate and has been for some time that any anthem other than our own should be played at normal Australian gatherings." — Liberal frontbencher John Howard, supporting a motion to stop playing
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By Frank Noakes
LONDON — There are any number of interesting conferences and meetings to tempt one here. "Unions '93", organised in late May by a dozen unions and the New Statesman & Society magazine with a line-up of unionists —
Victory for free speech in the mall
By Susan Price
BRISBANE — Brisbane City Council agreed to acknowledge the right of free speech and political activity in the Queen Street Mall on May 26. A meeting between the Lord Mayor Jim Soorley
Hunger strike
Reliable sources in East Timor have confirmed that Xanana is on a hunger strike in prison in Dili. The sources said Xanana is ill but has not been visited by anyone, including the Red Cross.
Jose Ramos-Horta, the special
By Peter Boyle
MELBOURNE — If there is a buck to be made out of it, we'll flog it. That's the motto of the Kennett state government. It hopes to sell off Melbourne Water (which provides sewerage services and water supplies), the Gas and
CB4
Directed by Tamra Davis
Written by Chris Rock and Nelson George
Starring Chris Rock, Allen Payne, Deezer D and Charlie Murphy
CB4 soundtrack
Various artists
MCA Records
Reviewed by Ignatius Kim
While rap music offers
Falling Down
Directed by Joel Schumacher
Written by Ebbe Roe Smith
Starring Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey
Reviewed by Karen Fredericks
Somehow a story on the cover of Newsweek, entitled "White male paranoia: Are they
Attitudes and prisoners
By Brandon Astor Jones
Convinced that the vast majority of men, women and children in America's prisons are without humanity, most Americans consider prisoners to be little more than animals. They cannot see the
By Max Lane
Last week's Business Review Weekly came with a deep purple cover, thick gold lettering and a super-glossy sales insert advertising Florsheim shoes (up to $200 a pair). This is truly an issue the editors and owners were proud of.
Homosexual law reform in Ireland
By Frank Noakes
In Europe's bastion of reactionary social policy, the newly constructed Fianna Fail-Labour Party government has decided to change Ireland's antiquated laws on homosexual acts, which will