Socialists and the Northcote by-election
By Maurice Sibelle
MELBOURNE — The Northcote state by-election on August 15 was the first electoral test for One Nation outside Queensland. They were resoundingly defeated, scoring only 5.7%, despite
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The Interview By Conrad Barnett
The serenity of a dimly lit room with a sleeping character slouched in his chair is broken along with the front door as a bunch of cops charge in shouting and brandishing guns. The introductory sequence of the film
Telstra unions strike over enterprise agreement
By Leo Wellin
Telstra workers in the Community and Public Sector Union voted overwhelmingly for a 24-hour strike on August 28 to protest Telstra's latest enterprise agreement offer, announced to
Life of Riley: It was I
Just the other day I went for a walk. It was my lunchtime. The sun was shining, and the cold wind which normally blows from the south had dropped. Under my arm I carried a ration of all the main food groups.
After walking
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Asia in Japan's Embrace: Building a Regional Production AllianceBy Walter Hatch and Kozo YamamuraCambridge University Press1997 (first published in 1996)281 pp., $34.95 (pb) Review by Eva Cheng
Asia in Japan's Embrace tries to establish that
Election forum
By Martin Iltis
ADELAIDE — Thirty people attended a Green Left Weekly forum on August 20 to hear a range of progressive federal candidates speak on "Fighting Hanson, Howard and racism". The meeting was also addressed by Stephen
By Dan
CANBERRA — Aboriginal activists — Wadjularbinna Nulyarimma, Kevin Buzzacott, Isobell Coe and Robbie Thorpe — have begun legal action against John Howard, Tim Fischer, Brian Harradine and Pauline Hanson, and all federal
Looking out: Sisters and brothers
By Brandon Astor Jones
The warden said to me the other day,"Why come the black boys don't run offlike the white ones do?"I lowered my jaw and scratch my headand said (innocently I think) "Well, suh,I ain't for
By Max Lane
On August 10, Indonesia's State Administrative Court upheld an appeal by Budiman Sujatmiko, as president of the People's Democratic Party (PRD), against a ministerial regulation banning the PRD and its affiliated mass organisations. The
Fact and fantasy
In recent weeks, the establishment media across the world have focused their attention on the private exploits of US President Bill Clinton and his testimony before the grand jury. Did he have an affair in the hallowed halls of the
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