April Fools' Day
Since the people seemed to grow cold in their devotion at this time, with
human apathy greatly increasing, the venerable leader of the nation, being
then in his post of pastoral care, desiring to root out the said
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By Roberto Jorquera
March 16 marks the twelfth anniversary of the massacre of Kurdish people in Halabja, in north-east Iraq. Madhi Kalka, a Kurdish journalist now living in Perth, has written an account of the events and their aftermath and spoke
Mandatory sentencing: it isn't over
In spite of Senate and United Nations reports finding mandatory sentencing laws are in breach of international conventions, and in spite of the Senate's March 15 adoption of a private member's bill overturning
On March 16, the Paris Club of rich creditor countries announced a suspension of Mozambique's debt repayments until July, following the floods that devastated the country earlier this month. The Jubilee 2000 coalition, which campaigns for the
Resistance pushes on
MELBOURNE — Resistance members here spent their Labour Day holiday on March 30 at the Push On concert at Melbourne's Luna Park. Thousands of young people, mainly high school students, gathered to hear bands play. Resistance
This is the age of the internet. The daily papers carry technology supplements
extolling the wonders that will soon descend. No reader can be left in
any doubt: better and better technology is about to solve every human need.
The future is
Griffith students unite for better conditions
By Justin Randell
BRISBANE — An upgrade of computer facilities, tutorial sizes capped at 15, free child-care, better security on campus, abolition of library fines and an end to academic job losses
Speaking tour will highlight need for solidarity
By Simon Butler
Despite democratic changes in Indonesia and the end of the occupation of East Timor, "... there's still lots of reasons why solidarity from people in Australia is desperately
Sex, drugs and our right to decide
Marina Carman
The $5 million National Alcohol Campaign has hit our TV screens. In the two advertisements, teenagers drinking alcohol end up either having unsafe sex or beating someone up. The campaign includes
Hindu fundamentalists knocked back
By Eva Cheng
The February attempt by India's main Hindu fundamentalist party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), to seize power through the back door in India's second largest state, Bihar, has failed miserably.
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