By Sean Malloy
"I was very young when we left Jaffa in 1948, when my family became refugees", Dr Ilham Abu Ghazaleh recalls. "Life was extremely difficult. We lived on the bare minimum. We emigrated to another city where we had uncles and
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Campaign to save professional centre
By Nikki Ulasowski
BRISBANE — Thirty people attended a rally on July 30 against the sale of Bardon Professional Development Centre. The centre is the latest victim in a range of cutbacks by the state
Kierath changes WA compo plans
By Andrew McGain
PERTH — The Court government announced on July 29 that it will "soften" its proposed changes to workers compensation. However, industrial relations minister Graham Kierath's new proposals
By Peter Lake
Nicotine skin patches are now available on the Australian market. Intended for people who want to stop smoking, the patches come with a kit which includes information booklets and a behaviour change contract to be countersigned
Gross Misconduct
Directed by George Miller
Written by Lance Peters and Gerard Maguire
Starring Jimmy Smits and Naomi Watts
Reviewed by Didit T. and Max Lane
[Note: This review has to reveal the plot of Gross Misconduct. Don't read it
By Maurice Sibelle
BRISBANE — Public sector unions remain firm in their opposition to cutbacks proposed by Queensland's Labor government. In the strongest action to date, teachers have called a one-day strike and rally on August 5.
In Australia in the 1990s it is easy to live under the comfortable misconception that the world is at peace. In fact there are some 30 major wars, wars in which more than 1000 people have been killed, presently being fought in locations such as
Korean human rights activist arrested
South Korean human rights campaigner Noh Tae-hoon was illegally arrested on July 15 in his lawyer's office. He is being detained under the notorious National Security Law.
When an officer from the
A jobs levy?
Tax the majority, not the minority of super-wealthy people who live off company profits, dividends, and rent: this is the "solution" to unemployment that the ACTU and the ALP left are rallying behind. They are calling for a
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