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By Steve Rogers CANBERRA — As Public Sector Union members across Australia start voting in national elections, incumbent officials are out in force. But only some are doing so under the election banner. Most are out campaigning for the
Not Monty Python, unfortunately If you thought the days of beauty contests were over, think again. On Saturday, May 21, 77 contestants in the 1994 Miss Universe Pageant lined up in Manila in what women's rights activist Nelia Sancho calls a
ERIC EARLEY spent three weeks working in the community of Loma Chata in the foothills of the Guazapa mountains, 60 kilometres from San Salvador. He writes here of the people's attempt to rebuild their community and their lives after the signing of
By Lara Pullin The April 18 NSW Supreme Court ruling by Justice Newman that abortion is illegal in that state has caused a furore in the ACT mainly because it is unclear how the ACT will be affected. In the first instance, it is seen as a
By Eileen Herbert Since an Argentinean company established the first Antarctic whaling station at Grytuken on South Georgia in 1904, more than 1.5 million whales have been slaughtered in the Southern Ocean alone. Eight out of 10 species are now
By Craig Cormick "Gusmao's bullets are always his thoughts." — Agio Pereira, East Timor Relief Association One year ago, on May 21, the East Timorese resistance leader, Xanana Gusmao, was found guilty of plotting against the Indonesian
By Vivienne Porzsolt The National Pay Equity Coalition held a seminar on May 7 in Sydney on the impact of enterprise bargaining on the pay and working conditions of women workers. Di Fruin and Philippa Hall outlined the results of studies
Homeless Murris bused out of Cairns By John Nebauer BRISBANE — On Monday, May 16, a group of 24 homeless Murris was stranded on the Wenlock River in the Cape York district after being forced to leave Cairns. Brendon Baker, managing
By Jolyon Campbell A constitutional crisis has been precipitated in Croatia by the growth of organised opposition to the regime of Franjo Tudjman and the desertion of parliamentary members of the ruling Croatia Democratic Forum (HDZ) to form a
Australia's youth were lied to this year. They were told in classroom after classroom that Australia wants them to become outstanding doctors, lawyers, nurses, scientists and academics. No-one wants any such thing. What is really required of
Buzzcocks doing their thing, again Trade Test Transmitions The Buzzcocks Reviewed by Neville Spencer The Buzzcocks, one of the first punk bands, started playing as a group of teenagers in 1976. In 1976, the music industry had largely
By Tim E. Stewart DARWIN — The campaign to have military air exercises removed from the city has scored its first victory. With Territory elections set for June 4, the Singaporean Air Force was temporarily moved to Amberley air base