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By Sue Bull CANBERRA — On April 3, 400 public servants met to endorse an in-principle agreement reached with the ACT government by the Community and Public Sector Union, and to end their industrial action. The agreement consists of a 10.1% pay
Best practice politics Overheard at a Melbourne polling booth on the day of the federal election: 1st ALPer: "You don't want to vote for the Liberals. They lie all the time." Heckler: "What about the Labor Party?" 2nd ALPer: "We don't lie as
SimpaticoBy Sam ShepardDirected by David BertholdSydney Theatre Company, Wharf 2Until May 4Reviewed by Brendan Doyle From his screenplays for Antonioni's Zabriskie Point (1970) through to Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas and the stage play True West, Sam
By Bill Mason BRISBANE Premier Rob Borbidge on April 13 threatened to call a state election over Aboriginal opposition to the huge Century Zinc mine project in the far north of the state. After a confrontation with Carpentaria Land Council
Noroc!Presented by Death Defying TheatrePlayhouse Theatre, University of Western SydneyApril 23, 8pm.University of Newcastle Drama TheatreApril 19, 8pm.Bookings phone (02) 601 8011.Reviewed by Lisa Macdonald "Noroc" is an all-purpose Romanian word
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 4pm-7pm. Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31,
By Duncan Harford The attempt by the National Party to build a "new vision" for itself began floundering barely a month after NP leader F.W. de Klerk launched the new NP in Pretoria on February 2. De Klerk launched the "new" party by opening a new
By Adam Hanieh ADELAIDE — South Australian Institute of Teachers delegates held a special meeting on April 10 to discuss further action in their dispute with the state Liberal government. SAIT industrial officer Angus Story described the dispute
Lost opportunities John Baker's tale ("When Opportunities Went Begging", GLW #221) of the squandering of so many left regroupment openings during the 1980s and early nineties begs a reply by those who do not share his analysis. I am not one of
The federal Coalition's full-scale attack on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) for its supposed "haemorrhaging of public funds" is a cowardly and malicious act. By accusing the most oppressed sector of the population of
By John Pilger The American liberal journal Nation described the renewed IRA bombing campaign as "an indefensible military response to the corruption and recklessness of a politician who was willing to torpedo peace to keep his job". Similarly,
Backlash? Balderdash! Where feminism is going rightBy Beatrice FaustFrontlines pamphlet series, University of New South Wales Press, 199464 pp., $5Reviewed by Trish Corcoran This pamphlet made my blood boil. Beatrice Faust asserts that the backlash