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'Shame, Howard, shame'

'Shame, Howard, shame' By Caroline Tapp and Sally Mitchell DARWIN — On September 13 more than 500 Aboriginal people marched for NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week shouting "Shame, Howard, shame". They were

Student action stops exam changes

By Cameron Lucadou-Wells and Sarah Stephen HOBART — On September 18 students claimed victory over Vice- Chancellor Don McNichol's plans to change the University of Tasmania's exam timetable. Students learned only hours beforehand of a meeting to

Green Corps fails youth and environment

y Marina Cameron A centerpiece of the federal government's youth unemployment strategy announced in the federal budget is a new labour market program called Green Corps, in which young people carry out environmental conservation and restoration

and ain't i a woman?: Living and dying with dignity

Voluntary euthanasia, like voluntary abortion, is supported by a majority of Australians. Euthanasia may even be better supported, as a recent Bulletin Morgan poll indicated. In the September 7 poll, 76% of the of the 611 respondents surveyed said a

The myth of the greedy public housing tenant

By Susan Barley SYDNEY — The Coalition government's proposed changes to public housing policy will be a disaster for this country's 370,000 public housing tenants (some 115,000 in NSW). Public tenants are some of the most vulnerable people in

Radio highlights

Red Like the Devil — A radio play by Teresa Crea. The story of Francesco Fantin, interned as an "'enemy alien" during the second world war although he had lived in Australia for 20 years. Working as a cane cutter, he was also an active

CPSU delegates dodge vital issues on CES

By Paul Oboohov MELBOURNE — Last week, the National Delegates' Committee of the Community and Public Sector Union in the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs met to discuss its response to the proposal by the Howard

MUA bans boost Indonesian solidarity

By Rebecca Meckelburg The Maritime Union of Australia announced on September 18 that it has launched rolling bans on Indonesian cargo and shipping to protest against the arrests of independent labour leaders Muchtar Pakpahan and Dita Sari. The

Free Tibet!

By Norm Dixon The visit of Tibet's exiled ruler Tenzin Gyatso, better known as the 14th Dalai Lama, has focused attention on the Chinese government's continued denial of the Tibetan people's right to national self-determination, the absence of

From fish and chips to proto-fascism

By Lisa Macdonald Independent MP Pauline Hanson's inaugural speech to parliament on September 10 should disgust and anger, but not surprise, us. In less than 2500 words, Hanson painted a vision for Australia that includes: the introduction of 12

Political censorship provokes hunger strike

Since August 30, Ben Alterman, an inmate at Loddon Prison, Castlemaine, has on an indefinite hunger strike to protest the withholding of mail, including newspapers, magazines and books, and the confiscation of political posters from his cell. In

On the box

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 Thursday, 7pm. Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31,