By Peter Montague
The immune system is a complex set of specialised cells and organs that defends the body against attack. When it functions properly, the immune system fights off diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites and cancer
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No cheap stuff
"If you buy cheap stuff, it looks awful, it chips and breaks. It is difficult to get, as distinct from 50 years ago." — Kevin Rozzoli, speaker of the NSW Legislative Assembly, explaining the need to spend $180,000 for fine bone
NSW teachers strike in support of pay claim
By Paul Oboohov
SYDNEY — NSW school and TAFE teachers struck for 24 hours on November 23 in support of their 10% pay claim. This shut a fifth of NSW schools, with TAFE and the Education
Women are not anti-union
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — Two important new documents, Raising Our Voices: Activism Amongst Women and Men in South Australian Unions, by Barbara Pocock, and its companion Strength in Numbers: Increasing
A new report released by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) states that more than 14 million people in the USA routinely drink water that is contaminated with carcinogenic herbicides.
The report,
Medicare under attack
A newly formed lobby group, the General Practice Forum, has called for the end of bulk-billing, free consultations and the free at-point-of-service provision of such items as vaccines and bandages. This is the opening shot
Music for East Timor
By Sally-Anne Watson
DARWIN — A concert by local musicians was held with a permit in Raintree Park on November 24. Onlookers displayed placards and banners reading "Human Rights for East Timor" and "Referendum for
International Playhouse — New Every Morning — This comedy tells of Nelson and Althea, a middle-class couple who are endearingly indecisive, especially when it comes to the issue of "babies". They muddle through trying desperately to come to terms
Menzies' Child: the Liberal Party of Australia 1944-1994
By Gerard Henderson
Allen and Unwin, 1994. 382pp. (CD included), $29.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Frank Noakes
"Standing in front of a Union Jack, Menzies proclaimed that the Liberal Party
By Max Lane
A new, independent trade union, the Centre for Indonesian Working Class Struggle (PPBI) was launched at a congress in Ambarawa, Central Java, October 22-23. More than 100 delegates represented workers from factory committees based in
Health cuts kill patients
By Karl Miller
MELBOURNE — The Liberal government here has cut $190 million from hospitals in two years. To meet new budgets, Melbourne hospitals have recently announced closures totalling more than 200 beds and
If you can't wait for a shock
Electro Convulsive Therapy
Rollins Band
Imago through BMG
Reviewed by Nick Fredman
Henry Rollins, the Nietzschean superman of rock and roll, and his band have released a live album recorded in 1992. It's
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