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New economy', same old principles Stockbrokers, market analysts, finance journalists and politicians have been breathlessly singing the praises of the "new economy", supposedly based on the rapid growth of communications and information technology,

Thousands march on International Women's Day Thousands of women and men turned out for International Women's Day marches and rallies around Australia this year.

Bank merger will hit Tasmania hard By Alex Bainbridge HOBART — In November, when it sold the Trust Bank for $149 million, the Labor state government promised that there would be no job losses, no branch closures and a "net benefit" for
Street artists v Sydney City Council By Bruce White SYDNEY — The Ombudsman has replied evasively to a complaint about council treatment of street artists but has, in passing, testified to how deliberate council's policy is. Sydney City Council
The death of reconciliation? By Sue Boland It's a wonder that Prime Minister John Howard didn't choke on his insincerity on the night of the Coalition government's re-election in 1998 when he said, "I want to commit myself very genuinely to the
Free education, not privatisation! By Bronwyn Powell On March 22, students will take to the streets as part of a national day of action (NDA) called by the National Union of Students against education privatisation. This year, students at several
By Sue Bull GEELONG — As Geelong enters phase two of water restrictions, 83,000 tonnes of native forest in the nearby Otways is being wood-chipped. But the four businesses involved and the Victorian state government deny any connection between

ADELAIDE — Three people were arrested on March 3 during a peaceful protest at the Beverley uranium mine in the far north of South Australia.

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Deepa Mehta's latest feminist film disrupted By Eva Cheng Progressive Indian film-maker Deepa Mehta's latest production, Water, has been disrupted by violent attacks from Hindu fundamentalists in Varanasi, attacks supported by the Bharatiya
How PR buries the environment Global Spin: the corporate assault on environmentalismRevised editionBy Sharon BederScribe Publications336 pp., $29.95 (pb) Global Spin reveals the sophisticated techniques being used around the world by powerful
By Eva Cheng The Hindu-fundamentalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the leading party in the 24-party coalition that has ruled India since October, has seized power through the back door in the country's second most populous state of Bihar despite