Defamation ruling against Green Left article
By Dot Tumney
A ruling on November 26 by the District Court of South Australia awarded damages of $100,000 and costs of $11,000 to the former developers of the Kumarangk (Hindmarsh Island) bridge,
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A more loving world
By Brandon Astor Jones
"One wordFrees us of all the weight and pain of life:That word is love." — Sophocles Yes. Love frees us. A few days ago a postcard arrived for me. It was sent by a sister in Vermont, who has
Review by Brian Reeves
Jesus the Man (Doubleday, 1992, 624 pp., $15.95)Jesus of the Apocalypse: The Life of Jesus After the Crucifixion (Doubleday, 1995, 462 pp., $15.95)The Book That Jesus Wrote (Doubleday, 1998, 362 pp., $29.95)By Barbara
By Hali Minkayilar and Jo Ellis
ADELAIDE — On November 28, the Adelaide Advertiser printed an article about youth vandalism in Port Augusta. It was accompanied by a silhouetted picture of four teenage boys, looking dark and sinister. The article
Sport, race and colonialism
Review by Phil Shannon
The CallBy Martin FlanaganAllen & Unwin, 1998181 pp., $16.95 (pb) Tom Wills is regarded as "the father of Australian football". Modern Australian Rules owes a lot to this Victorian sporting
Philippine socialists unite in new party
By Reihana Mohideen
MANILA — November 30, the birth date of Andres Bonifacio, a left-wing leader of the 1898 Philippine revolution against Spanish colonial domination, is marked as National Heroes Day by
By Rafael Duffleaux
France's two major far-left parties, Workers Struggle (LO) and the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR), will probably present joint candidates in the next European elections. LO spokeswoman Arlette Laguiller attracted 5.3% of
PERTH — The Curtin University Academic Board has voted 26 to nine in favour of introducing full up-front fee-paying places in speech and hearing, occupational therapy and physiotherapy courses. If the University Council passes the proposal at its
Hong Kong democracy activists charged
By Eva Cheng
Four activists who led a demonstration in Hong Kong on July 1 in pressing for democratic reforms were served subpoenas on November 19 for a trial on December 21 on the charge of "breach of the
What are they going to do with your life?
It's the end of the year, a time when many of us are considering our "life options" — what the hell we're going to do next year. Despite all the hot air about Australia being "free" and everything being
By Zanny Begg
From December 7 to 11, delegates to the national conference of the National Union of Students will be gathering in Ballarat. It's a pivotal conference, one which finds Labor stronger and the left weaker than in many years. The time
By Alex Bainbridgeand Joshua Kelcey
HOBART — The Tasmanian Labor government of Jim Bacon brought down its first budget on November 5. Unusual in these days of economic rationalism, the largest funding increase was for education; spending on
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