By Marina Cameron
Although the government's bill to allow the charging of up-front undergraduate fees will go before the Senate only this week, Open Learning Australia (OLA) has already begun to charge fees for 1997. The passage of the bill is by
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Workers' compensation
Conservative politicians and the Mineral Council of Australia ask why miners should have special privileges under the proposed NSW Workers' Compensation Act. Miners in NSW have justifiably
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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, 10pm, and Saturday, 7pm.
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University campuses around Aotearoa [New Zealand] have been rocked in recent months by a wave of protest at tuition fee hikes. Student anger has spilled over at continual government funding cuts and the willingness of university administrations to
On November 8, thugs from the ruling National Front parties in Malaysia physically broke up the Asia Pacific Conference on East Timor II (APCET II). Police later arrived and, instead of arresting the thugs, arrested all the conference participants.
EquaProduced by Sadia and Stephen TaylerMercury through PolygramReviewed by Norm Dixon When the promo material recommended Equa with: "If you liked Deep Forest you'll love this", alarm bells rang.
You remember the formula: stitch together tunes,
Drawn with the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil WarBy James M. McPhersonOxford University Press, 1996. 258 pp., $41.95 (hb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon The United States Civil War still tends to evoke the romantic figures of the dashing Rhett
Little CityBased on a story by Daniel Keene and Irine VelaMusic by Irine VelaText by Daniel KeeneLyrics by Irine Vela, Daniel Keene, John Romeril, Federico Garcia Lorca and Luis AdvisDirected and designed by Renato CuocoloBrunswick Town Hall,
By Max Watts
SYDNEY — "Whoever expects politicians to be honest?", said one of the participants during a meeting of psychiatric patients, doctors and carers at Strathfield Town Hall on November 28. The meeting was organised by a new group, Mental
Anger over CIA and crack trade
By Barry Sheppard
A few months ago, the San Jose, California, Mercury News ran a series of articles documenting how the Nicaraguan contras pushed crack cocaine in the United States as a way to fund their war