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Choice "This is a most interesting election from many points of view: the fact we've known about it for so long, the fact that there are no real issues out there ..." — NSW Premier John Fahey on the state elections. Advice on credit
CFMEU bans demolition By Chantal Wynter MELBOURNE — The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has backed a campaign by Broadmeadows teachers and community leaders to stop the government from bulldozing the caretakers'
Brisbane rally against woodchipping By Kathy Newnam BRISBANE — Around 2500 people attended a February 25 rally against woodchipping organised by the Wilderness Society in King George Square. Leonard Lee, a Brisbane journalist, called
WA teachers fight for wage claim By Robert Graham PERTH — State school teachers in WA have launched work bans on voluntary after-hours activities in support of a 20% pay increase. A 600-strong mass meeting of the State School Teachers
Aboriginal death in Long Bay SYDNEY — "The hanging death of Brian Joe Ballard at Long Bay Jail Hospital is the second death to occur this year", said Ray Jackson, public officer of the Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Watch Committee. "How
By Craig Cormick Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. O.J. Simpson
BRISBANE — The Council for Civil Liberties has condemned state attorney-general Dean Wells' handling of the proposed new Criminal Code as a disaster and asked Premier Wayne Goss to withdraw it. In a 19-page letter to Wells, council vice-president
Love, Power and Knowledge: Towards a Feminist Transformation of the Sciences By Hilary Rose Polity, 1994. $39.95 Reviewed by Neville Spencer Hilary Rose covers a diverse spectrum of issues in Love, Power and Knowledge — feminist theories
By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — Parliament House steps were surrounded by chanting crowds on February 26 as up to 6000 people gathered to protest against the woodchipping of old-growth forests. The numbers, greatly exceeding the predictions of
By Anne-Marie Donnelly and Brendan Greenhill BRISBANE — The Queensland Criminal Justice Commission decided late on Friday, March 3, not to charge the "Pinkenba Six" with official misconduct after they were cleared of criminal charges in

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