By Tully Bates MELBOURNE — The United Firefighters Union (UFU) pay campaign has escalated, almost 20 unions having agreed to impose bans on the Country Fire Authority (CFA) and the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB). Unions covering local government,
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By Lucifer Skycrawler What do the stars hold for you this year? If 1995 is any guide, you don't really want to know, do you? And yet, you can't resist looking up your star sign and reading what awaits you in 1996 (it's in the stars). WALLOPER
By Susan Price MELBOURNE — More than 150 members of the National Tertiary Education Industry Union (NTEU) and their supporters gathered outside federal treasurer Ralph Willis' office in Footscray on January 25 to protest against the federal
By Nicole Berrell SPRINGWOOD, NSW — The Blue Mountains East Timor Association (BMETA) was formed at a meeting of activists here on January 21. The meeting was the second of a series of East Timor solidarity meetings held in the Blue Mountains,
Jose Ramos Horta is the special representative of the National Council for Maubere Resistance (CNRM). Along with other members of the East Timorese Diplomatic Front, he was in London during the recent meeting between the Portuguese and Indonesian
By Jeremy Smith MELBOURNE — Upping the tempo of its campaign against the Kennett government, Save Albert Park (SAP) declared January 20 a "Day of Defiance". New regulations introduced in December further restrict both public access to the park and
The best police force money can buy Generally the wallopers and I don't get on. During my many activities of daily living I want nothing to do with them. Their thin blue line, mustered to hold barbarism at bay day in and day out, fails to impress
Programs of interest on Sydney Community TV (UHF 31) — Perleeka, indigenous Australians' program, nightly, 7pm. Art Experimenta, Mondays, 8pm and 11.30pm, and Tuesdays, 3am and 6.30am. Bent TV, gay and lesbian program, Thursdays, 10.30pm and
Write on: letters to the editor
ACT Greens I welcome the comment piece by Jonathan Millar, an adviser to the ACT Greens, in response to my article, "Can the ACT Greens stop the Liberals' cuts?". A discussion/debate is certainly needed to decide
EclipseWritten and directed by Jeremy PodeswaOpens February 15, George Cinemas, St Kilda, Melbourne and Verona Cinema, Paddington, SydneyReviewed by Margaret Allan Canadian film makers have produced some good films in recent years with successes like
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