When the yuppies move in, they try to move everyone else out. ANGELA MATHESON reports on the gentrification of inner suburban Sydney.
When Stephen Goddard bought a combined house and legal practice in Surry Hills two years ago, he thought he'd
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Mary
Starring Lucy Bell, Linden Wilkinson and Brendan Higgins
Writer/director Kay Pavlou
Reviewed by Catherine Brown
The beatification of Mary MacKillop, to take place in Sydney in January by Pope John Paul II, has probably not escaped the
On July 10 the Nepali parliament was dissolved by King Birendra following popular unrest directed at the Nepali Congress Party government. In the subsequent general elections on November 15, the Communist Party of Nepal, United Marxist Leninist
ADELAIDE — Aboriginal groups have demanded the sacking of the Aboriginal affairs minister, Michael Armitage, over his use of the words "nigger in the wood pile" in Parliament on November 22. Premier Dean Brown met with 14 representatives of
Melanesian women speak on family planning
The Australian Council for Overseas Aid (ACFOA) is touring two women, Geraldine Maibani-Michie from Papua New Guinea and Junilyn Pikacha from the Solomon Islands, to provide a first-hand account of
By Robyn Marshall
BRISBANE — A meeting of 29 members of the Steel-Line garage factory on November 22 decided to reject the recommendations of their union lawyer in a reconciliation process and stay on strike. The Latin American, mostly
Marxism and the Philosophy of Language
By V.N. Volosinov
Harvard University Press ???
Reviewed by Neville Spencer
Although originally published in Russian in 1929, this work was not published in English until 1973. Since then it has come
Richmond campaign vindicated
By Geoff Spencer
MELBOURNE — Two years after Richmond Secondary College was closed in the first round of school cuts, the Kennett government has endorsed a report that recommends the expansion of coeducation
Illusions
By Afrodity Giannakis
Neon lights
selling lies
of excitement
and ultimate satisfaction.
Consumption
of synthetic food
flamboyant dresses
and the system's rotten relationships
artfully wrapped
in flashy screens
Crossing the Party Line: Memoirs of Bernie Taft
By Bernie Taft
Scribe Publications, 1994. 352 pp., $26.95 (pb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon
I remember one of the more humorous contributions to the "Prospects Discussion" in the Communist Party of
By Jennifer Thompson
SYDNEY — The Statewide Disability Crisis Coalition erected a tent city in Hyde Park, in the city centre, between November 24 and 26. The action, part of an ongoing campaign for government support for people with
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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