Socialists assess Brisbane council result
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — "In the context of alternative party politics in this country, the vote of more than 6% for Democratic Socialist candidates in the March 15 Brisbane City Council elections
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Solidarity with students in East Timor
By Minh Tan
MELBOURNE — Last month I travelled to East Timor as part of a six-member student delegation, which had the support of the National Union of Students, solidarity groups and East Timorese
By Ro Evans
SYDNEY — Asthma, difficulty in breathing, skin problems, headaches and itchy eyes are common complaints among residents living near the disused Ford tip site in Sydney's Homebush West, not far from the Olympics 2000 site. They
By Ben Reid
MELBOURNE — A public forum here on March 16 discussed the prospects for forming a branch of the New Labour Party. Speakers were Elvie Sievers from the Friends of Richmond Secondary College and Bob Leach, the interim national
Doctors end strike
By Kamala Emanuel
Junior doctors returned to work in NSW hospitals on March 19 as a precondition to negotiations between their union, the Public Services Association, and federal health minister Michael Wooldridge. After
By Gim Joong-gen
In the aftermath of counter-revolution and the 1950-53 war, southern Korea was subjected to massive anticommunist scare campaigns, fervent indoctrination of citizens from childhood and a distorted official history to shore up
By Adrienne Hamill
I am writing in response to Susan Lazlo's article on child-care [in the International Women's Day broadsheet printed in GLW #262]. Child-care centres are, it seems, a necessity in an age where the extended family is no longer
Moves to extend work for the dole
By Marina Cameron
Legislation to establish new work for the dole schemes was introduced into federal parliament on March 19, amidst news that unemployment figures for February had jumped to 8.8%, while
By Norm Dixon
Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) commander Brigadier General Jerry Singirok's dramatic refusal to go along with deployment of mercenaries on Bougainville has forced the PNG government to abandon its plans and exposed deep
By James Vassilopoulos
Moses Havini, the Australian representative of the Bougainville Interim Government (BIG) has grave concerns about the deals negotiated at a meeting between Prime Minister John Howard and PNG PM Julius Chan in Sydney on