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By Clare Henderson In 1994, for the first time, environment groups made comprehensive pre-budget submissions to the federal government. The parliamentary Greens and the Democrats also made submissions which recommended integration of environment
The Paper Directed by Ron Howard Written by David Koepp and Stephen Koepp Starring Michael Keaton and Glenn Close Reviewed by Karen Fletcher This is a film about "one of those days", when a thousand deadlines converge, nothing goes as it
By Chris Spindler ADELAIDE — A recent Social Development Committee report shows that poverty in rural South Australia is widespread and increasing. In some instances, children are stealing food from classmates because they are going
Submarine workers win By Anthony Thirlwall ADELAIDE — Workers at the Australian Submarine Corporation returned to work on May 10 after a successful 43-day strike. The strike began on March 28 after seven workers were sacked by
By Jim McGarvin The slight improvement in Australia's current unemployment rate masks the deeper problem that both Labor and Liberal still are wedded to the false god of economic rationalism. "The market should decide", decree the economic
A "Jazz, Folk Frolic" held in the Brisbane bayside suburb of Lota on May 1 attracted more than 100 people for an afternoon of politics and music. Organised by the Left Arts Group to raise money for Green Left Weekly, the event took place under a
By Steve Rogers CANBERRA — A May 12 meeting of the Public Sector Union national executive decided to intervene in its ACT union branch affairs. At an unspecified time PSU national secretary Peter Robson will "convene meetings of ACT Government
BARBARA EINHORN is the author of Cinderella Goes to Market, a book on the experiences of women in eastern and central Europe following the collapse of the Stalinist regimes there. She is based at Sussex University, principally in the Women's Studies
Police abduct Aboriginal children BRISBANE — Three Aboriginal children aged between 12 and 14 years say that they were abducted by six police officers in the early hours of May 10. The Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) has complained to the
Saturday Night Clive ABC-TV, Saturday Denton Channel 7, Tuesday and Thursday Reviewed by Dave Riley The sentence, for Clive James, is something to carry across the goal line. This is how to score. Listen and laugh because the words speak

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