Anti-war actions continue
By Nikki Ulasowski
CANBERRA — On March 7, 100 people protested outside Parliament House against the continued presence of US and Australian military forces in the Persian Gulf, and for an end to sanctions on Iraq.
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By Stuart Martin
CANBERRA — The ban on handing out election material within 100 metres of polling booths and the Robson rotation method, which rotates candidate positions on the ballot paper, clearly affected the outcome of the February 21 ACT
Special season by Bangarra
SYDNEY — The justly acclaimed Bangarra Dance Theatre has opened a special season of Fish at the Enmore Theatre (Tuesday-Sunday until March 29). This production has added choreography by Stephen Page, while David Page
International Women's Day 1998
On March 7, tens of thousands of women and male supporters joined International Women's Day marches and rallies around the country. In Sydney, reports Lucy Honey, at least 5000 marchers joined an incredible array of
O-week launches campaigns
By Amanda Lawrence
CANBERRA—During the recent orientation week at the Australian National University and the University of Canberra, a wide range of political issues and campaigns were initiated. At the ANU more than
By Stuart Ross
In September 1992, Peter McBride was shot dead by British soldiers in the New Lodge area of North Belfast. He was one of the hundreds of people — mostly Catholic — acknowledged to have been killed by the army or Royal Ulster
By Mel Bull
Many University of Western Sydney (UWS) students are wondering what hit their campus over the Christmas break. Not only is David Barr, the chief executive officer of Macarthur campus, pushing for up-front fees, but students on Rydalmere
By Eva Cheng
"We will oppose any and all measures to create or even imply binding obligations for governments or businesses related to the environment or labour." So warned the US Council for International Business — the US big business club —
Cajun down under
Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers kicked off their Australian tour at the Adelaide Festival's Club Squeezebox, February 27-March 1. It seems Beau Jocque and his gang are the biggest things in the south Louisiana-east Texas
By Phil Shannon
Voting on a certified agreement in the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services (HFS) finished during the last week in February. The agreement, which will determine the wages and conditions of HFS staff for the next 18
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