John Steinbeck: A Biography
By Jay Parini
Heinemann, 1994. 614 pp., $45 (hb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
When John Steinbeck observed one of the most cruelly victimised groups of the 1930s Depression — the Oklahoma Dust Bowl refugees — he
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Delighted
"I am delighted that Mr Murdoch has shown such confidence in the company and its management. We will do everything we can to ensure this investment is very rewarding to him." — Fairfax managing director Stephen Mulholland, commenting on
Brown attacks annual leave
Dean Brown's Liberal government sided with a local South Australian employer in a failed bid to halve annual leave under an enterprise flexibility agreement.
Secretary of the Automotive, Food, Metals and
Elect all who govern
It appears that the "debate" over republic versus monarchy is going to remain with us for some time. The campaign by Keating's ALP for a more "dignified national identity" has become one of the government's most important
By Nick Everett
BRISBANE — Fifty people attended a speak out in support of East Timor in the Queen Street Mall on July 15. The protest was called in response to the previous day's violent crackdown by Indonesian troops on a protest in Dili.
AWU: A union too far away
By Cameron Parker
SYDNEY — "What sort of workers movement is it when the 20 superunions in Australia only represent one group in society — the employers?", asked Bob Fuge at a Rank and File Alliance public
SA public servants seek pay rise
By Anthony Thirlwall and Tully Bates
ADELAIDE — The state Liberal government has rejected wage claims by public sector unions, threatening further job losses if wages rise. It has said that departments
Indonesia denies abuses in Timor
By Jon Land
Indonesian authorities have reacted angrily to a film by British journalist Max Stahl which documents a second massacre soon after the shootings at Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili on November 12,
By Helen Jarvis
PHNOM PENH — The gloves are coming off in Cambodia in the struggle against the Khmer Rouge. It is now one year since the United Nations ushered in a coalition government of the previously governing Cambodia People's Party and
Whaling clash on high seas
On July 6 the whale protection ship Whales Forever was rammed by the Norwegian Coastguard vessel Andenes, ripping open a section of the hull and damaging a fuel storage compartment according to reports from the Sea
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