By Rob Miller
With the ALP federal government planning to cut expenditure, funding for higher education is under further threat. The preparations for further cutbacks began in 1994 with the commissioning of reports on "Resource Allocation in
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Over the last week, the media have been following the struggle of media magnate Kerry Packer in his quest to be the first person in Australia to own everything. Packer's "assault" on the Fairfax newspaper empire has been heralded as the greatest
Or whatever you're having
"Yeltsin: drunk with power" — Headline in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Must be a big demand for that
"Mr Yeltsin is increasingly consulting astrologers and other mystic healers, including a bizarre 'channeller of
By Tom Griffiths
Havana — Some 5000 educators from all over Latin America, including school teachers, academics and Ministry personnel, attended the biannual educational conference in Cuba, "Pedagogia 95", February 6-10.
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"I'm past seventy. I was, in a sense, born with a task. I was born twenty-one years after the event. I am the only person left on earth who could write
By Chris Martin
Released last week, the federal government's review of its five-year National Aboriginal Health Strategy has added more detail to the picture emerging from various state studies of a permanent and deepening Aboriginal health
Child-care
By Kath Gelber
The federal government's decision to shelve the proposal to means test the child-care rebate was made much more on the basis of economics than on social justice. Economists warned the move would not bring a
Hindmarsh bridge victory turns sour
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — "Today [February 15] is a sad day for Aboriginal people in this country and in particular Aboriginal women because Justice O'Loughlin in the Federal Court in Adelaide made
By Bruce Marlowe
What are the real economics of Australia's woodchipping industry? Answering this apparently simple question is no simple matter, because much of the corporate data is secret, and vital government information has been declared
Union boycott of Campbells soups
By Bronwen Brook and Adam Leeman
MELBOURNE — A spirited meeting of 70 mushroom pickers employed by Campbells Pty Ltd was held in the Bundoora region on February 9.
The workers, mostly women, discussed
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