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By Sue Bolton Intro = MELBOURNE — Health unions have begun taking action over the serious attacks on the public health system in Victoria. Health Services Union of Australia (HSUA) members at the Austin Hospital and the Heidelberg
By Lyndall Barnett MELBOURNE — Australia's largest community circus, the Women's circus, has been presented by the Footscray Community Arts Centre to Melbourne audiences for the past four years. Last year, the circus attracted a total
Defending The Chase By Marcel Cameron MELBOURNE — Residents of Warrandyte have renewed their battle to save an area of bushland rich in wildlife from housing development, just 25 kilometres from Melbourne's centre.
Johnson and Friends I love children's television! Where else can you watch the adventures of a pink stuffed elephant called Johnson? And as if that weren't enough of a drawcard, in this new series we are introduced to a new character called Victoria
Set down at the bottom of the system Downset Self-titled Polygram Reviewed by Jean-Paul Nassif Downset is a mixture of Consolidated (a socialist industrial/rap/thrash band), Pantera, "Rage Against the Machine and
Once Were Warriors Directed by Lee Tamahori Reviewed by Melinda Jollie Once Were Warriors is a powerful and disturbing account of the collapse of a contemporary Maori family through violence, poverty and alcohol, based on the
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — The direct price of Russian President Boris Yeltsin's "reforms" is to include the devastation of the north Russian landscape and rivers, and quite probably of the Arctic Ocean as well, as worn-out oil industry
BRISBANE — The Queensland government has issued a special permit to developer Keith Williams which will prevent demonstrators entering his controversial Hinchinbrook project site. The permit to occupy a marine park was pushed through by the
Debate blocked on Thai arms sales Greens (WA) Senator Dee Margetts expressed outrage on November 10 when Labor and Coalition parties combined to prevent a debate on the proposed sale of $130 million of Australian arms to Thailand.
Drop the Charges! By Defend the Richmond 8 Committee On December 12, eight people are going on trial for their part in the picket at Richmond Secondary College in Melbourne last year. In a bloody police baton charge

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