Media sharks just got bigger
By Sean Healy
The January 11 US$350 billion merger of the world's largest media company, Time Warner, and US internet giant America Online (AOL) will spur a new wave of mergers and acquisitions, centralising control
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Court affirms: Brander is still racist
By Stan Smith
ADELAIDE — The South Australian Supreme Court has reaffirmed an earlier court decision that Michael Brander is a "racist in the worst sense". This is despite its January 12 ruling partially
Woman forced to return to Iran
An Iranian woman fearing persecution for making "pornographic" films in her home country has lost her attempt to stay in Australia. The Federal Court has dismissed her appeal against an earlier decision to refuse her
Discrimination in East Timor
By Sam King
DILI —The stated aim of the United Nations Transitional Administration
in East Timor (UNTAET) is to effectively administer the country during
the period of transition to a popularly elected
Political asylum seekers detained in Greece
At least 36 Iraqi and 33 Afghani political asylum seekers are being held in deplorable conditions in a Greek prison on Kios Island. They have been held there since October 6. The detainees include women
Right-wing rag
By Brandon Astor Jones
"There may be worse things in the universe than letting your Voice subscription expire . . . frankly, we can[not] for the life of us figure out why you — seemingly — ignored our previous notices. If
By Tom Flanagan
SYDNEY — Opposition is rising among public servants in New South Wales to a pay offer made by the state Labor government. The pay deal is being put forward as an agreement between the NSW government, the Public Service Association
By Russell McGilton
MELBOURNE — When you have that feeling that maybe you shouldn't go to work today, perhaps you should act on it. You could save a limb or even your life. Jason Carter would most likely agree. The 19-year-old apprentice had his
Einstein was a socialist
By Gilberto Firmat
Time magazine's "Person of the Century" issue gives a great example of the mendacity of bourgeois journalism. Albert Einstein was selected for the honour, as representative of "the explosion of
By Belinda Selke
SYDNEY — Teachers at Seaforth TAFE have entered their fifth week on the picket line protesting against Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE's decision to close the college last December. The picket line was set up after the
Labor faces by-elections in Queensland
By Graham Matthews
BRISBANE — The Queensland Labor government will face two by-elections in traditionally safe Labor seats on February 5. The by-elections are the result of the resignations of former
By Simon Butler
Late on Christmas eve, federal education minister David Kemp released a government report revealing that the Coalition government has cut funding to higher education by $600 million over the past four years. Direct yearly government
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