By Chow Wei Cheng
The budget purports to give us everything: jobs, low inflation, growth and a spending boost. But its underlying assumptions are no more than the same old economic orthodoxy propounded by the Liberals — small government and a
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By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — "The people of South Africa have spoken ... They want change! And change is what they will get. Our plan is to create jobs, promote peace and reconciliation, and to guarantee freedom for all South Africans. We will
Jean Bailey
Jean Bailey died in April in Newcastle at the age of 86. Like most intelligent and compassionate people of her generation, Jean was horrified by the impact of the 1930s Depression. Her resolve that this must never be allowed to
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — The anxiously awaited Public Service Audit review, released on May 3, has confirmed the worst fears of trade union and community activists. The audit found that the state is in debt to the tune of an additional
Salisbury campus threatened with closure
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — Salisbury, a working-class suburb in the north of Adelaide, is facing the closure of its only access to tertiary courses.
It is planned to transfer the Salisbury
By Sam Wainwright and Sarah Stephen
Protests are continuing against the federal government's white paper proposal to remove the under 18 dole and introduce a below award "training wage".
Around Australia more than a thousand people
ADELAIDE — Resistance activists kicked off an anti-Liberal government campaign at Mitchem Girls High School on May 12. The first stage of the campaign involves organising a high school student strike to coincide with industrial action by teachers
Looking out: Deadly 'isms'
By Brandon Astor Jones
Brian Head is dead. Many of his classmates attended his funeral, held at the Hillcrest Baptist Church in Acworth, Georgia.
On March 25 the stocky 15-year-old took the family pistol to
That's History — People of the Cross — This series concludes with two programs about Jack Sherrett, a real Kings Cross identity whose stylish dressing earned him the title of "Hollywood Jack". Jack spent much of his youth on the streets of the
SYDNEY — A planning meeting on May 11, attended by 65 women and convened by the Women's Abortion Action Campaign, decided to hold a rally on May 28, the international day for women's reproductive rights, on the issue of a woman's right to
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