Don't they all sell them?
"He's a rare commodity for the NSW right in that he actually trades in ideas." — NSW ALP assistant state secretary Damien O'Connor on Michael Costa, new secretary of the state Labour Council.
Off the rails
"My father
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Youth peak council cut
By Nikki Ulasowski
CANBERRA — Federal youth affairs minister David Kemp has announced the end to funding of the Australian Youth Policy Action Coalition, the peak council of youth groups. This move to silence a critic of
Stones in a long path
Urban Clan: A portrait of the Page Brothers and the Bangarra Dance TheatreDirected by Michelle MahrerMusicArtsDance films Review by Claudine Holt
The title of this documentary is apt. Three urban indigenous Australians,
A fair trial?
By Brandon Astor Jones
"Trial by jury, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, [is] a mockery and a snare." — Lord Denman (1779-1854)
Jones: I want to thank you for sharing these few precious minutes with me.
MUA members vote for deal
By James Vassilopoulos
SYDNEY — On June 24, 450 Patrick members of the Maritime Union of Australia voted in favour of the draft settlement between their union and Patrick Stevedores. Before the vote, those present
Protests continue in East Timor
By Jon Land
The people of East Timor continue to demand the right to self-determination and reject Habibie government's offer of "special status". Mobilisations of thousands of students and young people, which have
Communist Party backs waterfront deal
By Dick Nichols
How do you think a party which calls itself "communist" would assess the deal between Patrick, the Maritime Union of Australia and the Australian Council of Trade Unions, endorsed at mass
Correction
In the article "Forest agreement rigged and fraudulent" in GLW #321, the Nyoongar Land Council, which represents the Nyoongar people of south-west WA was misspelled as Nyungar Land Council. Our apologies for this error.
Behind the Ethiopia-Eritrea clash
By James Thomson
Instead of spearheading Africa's renaissance, two of Africa's poorest
countries â Ethiopia and Eritrea â have been launching rockets, artillery
shells and air strikes at each
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