Surviving another year
What changes has the past year produced for the internet? Companies
such as MP3.com and Napster have been hounded by armies of lawyers representing
corporations claiming to be defending intellectual endeavour. The
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BY SARAH CLEARY
PERTH — The NUS West state conference was held here on November 26. The Labor Party right faction, Unity, had the majority of delegates.
Annette Haeker, former Murdoch University education vice-president was elected to the
The failure of the November 13-24 international climate change conference at the Hague presents a major challenge for the environment movement.
The seriousness and urgency of climate change has recently been highlighted by the Intergovernmental
Last week's column looked at Prime Minister John Howard's conservative agenda for women. Research shows that under the Liberal-National Coalition government, women are not being driven back into the home, as is often claimed. Participation rates for
BY PETER ROBSON
SYDNEY Student organisers don't need to live in the areas that
they represent, or attend the campuses that they organise. Regional organisers
shouldn't be asked to live in the regions they organise, it would be like
BY JONATHAN STRAUSS
Rise Like Lions: The Hijacking of Australian HistoryBy Steve DavisGinninderra Press, 2000138pp., $19.80 (plus $3.30 postage)Order from PO Box 53, Charnwood ACT, 2516.
The cover of Steve Davis' Rise Like Lions: the Hijacking of
BY DAVE BELL
For two years the establishment media has carried the odd snippet about the NSW Labor Council's plans to lease Currawong, the trade union movement's beachfront holiday retreat on Pittwater, north of Sydney. Over the years Currawong,
BY AARON BENEDEK
MELBOURNE In Palestine, young people are resisting Israeli tanks
with rocks. In Indonesia, students, workers and peasants are mobilising
daily against rising prices and job losses imposed by the International
Monetary
BY JAMES SMITH
If federal education minister David Kemp gets his way, by 2004, public schools will receive only an estimated 32% of federal government funds, despite educating 70% of students.
To its credit, the Independent Education Union (IEU)
Call for solidarity
The situation in Gaza and the West Bank is deteriorating day after day due to Israel's practices against our people. Our children cannot sleep well, hearing the shooting and shelling at night and during the day. They cannot go
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