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I often must step outside my everyday existence and project my concerns from an astral plain — there the better to observe the goings on down below. This week, while at my stellar post, I was joined by that highly esteemed commentator
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By Norm Dixon
Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe's claim that his regime's military expedition into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is motivated by a selfless need to turn back "foreign aggressors" has not been enthusiastically accepted at
By Alex Robinson
PERTH — Guild elections were held at the University of WA, September 7-10. The broad left ticket, Activate, won the positions of women's officer and environment officer. Most positions, including guild president, were won by the
... and ain't i a woman?: A feminist vote
Okay, you're concerned about the status of women today, and you don't buy the line that women have achieved equality.
You know that the situation of all but a small layer of female high fliers is getting
Workers rally for award conditions
By Michael Bull
MELBOURNE — On September 16, more than 1000 workers rallied outside the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to protest the challenge by industrial relations minister Peter Reith to
By Cassandra Pomroy
SYDNEY — More than 300 people attended the "harmony afternoon of reconciliation" at the University of Technology on September 12. Organised by Black, White and Pink, the forum addressed the need for gays and lesbians to take
Health — a universal right
By Pip Hinman
I was struck by a series of letters in the Sydney Morning Herald recently about the virtues or otherwise of sending new mothers home immediately after giving birth. Why should they be taking up
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Big business pays for its parties but who pays for a socialist campaign?
Labor and Liberal can afford expensive advertisements in the mass media mainly because they are given millions of dollars by big business. Last year the Libs
More arrests at Jabiluka
The Jabiluka campaign continues to intensify as 12 people were arrested on September 19 at the proposed uranium mine site in Kakadu National Park. Ten people locked themselves to a metal sculpture of a frill-necked lizard
By Theresa Moore
Since the introduction by the McMahon Liberal government of the Child Care Act in 1972, government grants for child-care have become an election "carrot" used by both major parties. Over the last 25 years, child-care service
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