By Laura James
When you see Hecate play live, it's easy to understand why they are one of the hottest of Melbourne's growing number of young female bands playing fast, loud rock. Powered along by Stephanie's furious drumming, bass-player
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Health workers continue industrial action
By Seetal Dodd and Kim Linden
MELBOURNE — In response to a 14% pay claim by Victorian health workers, now in their second week of industrial action, the Kennett government has offered
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By Tony smith
Paul Keating has developed three methods of dealing with criticism.
First, he argues that all criticism of him comes from stooges of the Liberal Party. This is one of his great achievements: the ability to persuade
Punch and Judy
"I tell you, John, it's getting harder and harder to get up in the morning. I keep asking myself, why bother? You do your best and you are always getting it in the neck."
"Rather you than me, Paul. Let's face it —
By Lisa Macdonald
August 6 marked the 50th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima by the US during World War Two. On August 5 the first round of Hiroshima Day commemoration protests against the French government's recent decision
Consultation by Zapatistas
The Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee — General Command of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) on June 8 called for a national and international consultation around five questions
By Pip Hinman
The final phase of the $64 million Kangaroo '95, "the greatest show in town", as Royal Australian Navy Captain and chief controller of Kangaroo '95 Jim Gault put it, has begun in the north of Australia. The military exercise
Opposition over tollway, tree-clearing grows
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The state government's controversial South-East Tollway and tree-clearing guidelines remain major problems for the re-elected Goss government.
Queensland ALP in disarray
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The war of words continues in the ALP in the aftermath of the state election debacle. On August 4, Brisbane Lord Mayor Jim Soorley called on Queensland Labor Party secretary
Understanding the unforgivable
Mad Turk
Napier Street Theatre, South Melbourne, August 9-September 2
Previewed by Bronwen Beechey
At 10am on May 9, 1989, a man entered a kindergarten in Hawthorn, a middle-class
In good conscience
By Brandon Astor Jones
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