By Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE — The 11th Melbourne International Comedy Festival, running March 27-April 20, was recently attacked by right-wing radio commentator Neil Mitchell as being of interest only to "wankers living in Northcote and
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By Sam Wainwright
PARIS — "The government has sought and found a balance between individual freedoms and the authority of the state", said minister of the interior Jean-Louis Debré on March 13 after France's Senate passed a package of
By Tully Bates
MELBOURNE — The Victorian public transport system is under attack as never before. The Kennett government's decision to accelerate privatisation will result in increased fares and a reduction in services. As well, any successful
Aboriginal rights on the agenda
By Chris Spindler
SYDNEY — "Racism is what defines this country", said Jenny Munro, chairperson of the Metropolitan Lands Council. "Many in this country pretend that racism is not there, but as Aboriginal
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 Chow Wei-Cheng
The ACTU has been threatening to call a national strike over the federal government's proposed changes to superannuation. The Howard government, following the trajectory set by the ALP, has mooted increasing from 55 to 60 the
Judi Bari, 1949-1997
@box text intro = US environmental and civil rights activist Judi Bari died of cancer on March 2.
Bari came into the international limelight in 1991 when a bomb exploded in her car, leaving her crippled. She had been
By Craig Cormick
Chchchchk! Chchchchk! Chchchchk! It's the feeling of a big lever being tightened. Slowly. Painfully. Screwing something into my head. I open my eyes slowly. And I wish I hadn't. My head aches worse. Chchchchk! One more turn on
Behind the attacks on Albania's revolution
By Mike Karadjis
For several weeks, the Albanian working people have been in armed rebellion against the corrupt US-backed Sali Berisha, whose free market rampage robbed the bulk of Albanians of
By Peter Montague
In the United States, brain cancer has been steadily increasing about 0.7% per year since 1973. This steady increase is noteworthy by itself. However, among people over age 65, brain cancer has been increasing 2.9% each year,
Big crowds around the country attended debut screenings of There is only one word — Resist!, a documentary about the underground resistance to the Suharto dictatorship. The film made was in secret by community television director Jill Hickson in
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
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