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The media coverage of Pauline Hanson has certainly built the following of One Nation. The media focus on Hanson during the lead up to elections in Western Australia and Queensland was astonishing. Following WA election night, the journalism in the
BY NICK EVERETT SYDNEY — M1 Sydney's plans for a blockade of the city's financial district on May 1 took a significant step forward on March 8 with a successful media launch outside the Australian Stock Exchange's Bridge Street offices. Two

Universities are back in full swing here in Queensland, and what better way to kick off a new semester than with a blatant and petulant attack on female students? Student paper Gravity, the publication of the Griffith

REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Vietnam and Other American FantasiesBy H. Bruce FranklinUniversity of Massachusetts Press, 2000256 pp, $59.95 (hb) Elvis is alive and living in Los Angeles. Our planet is regularly visited by extraterrestrial beings who
BY ALISON DELLIT "In all that we do, we will honour our obligation to provide protection for those fleeing persecution. We must not allow such tragic loss of life to continue." With this blatant lie British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Italian
BY SEAN WALSH MELBOURNE — The Port Phillip Action Group got more than they bargained for on February 25, when its "Resident Street Walk Against Street Prostitution and Drugs" through the streets of seaside St Kilda was met with 50
Napster The new buzz word of the internet is P2P. This stands for peer-to-peer, and refers to the swapping of information between two people connected to the internet via their personal computers. P2P follows B2C (business to
BY JACQUI THOMAS & SAM KING ADELAIDE — High school students have defied an attempt to prevent them attending a demonstration during school hours against One Nation leader Pauline Hanson. While one student, Resistance member Jess Griffin,
BY ANTHEA STUTTER HOBART — The announcement on the eve of International Women's Day that the Women's Health Foundation (Abortion Clinic) will be closing has raised questions about the ongoing access of women in Tasmania to necessary health care.
BY JOHN NEBAUER ADELAIDE — Five hundred construction workers marched on the offices of state workplace relations minister Robert Lawson here on March 8, angry that five of their colleagues have been killed on Adelaide building sites already this
BY IGGY KIM PARIS — A delegation from the Daewoo Workers' Joint Struggle Committee arrived here on February 23 to internationalise their current struggle against the bankrupt South Korean automobile manufacturer. The delegation is made up of Yu
BY TOM FLANAGAN SYDNEY — The case of eight stonemasons, who were kept in a barbed wire enclosure and paid $145 a month, has highlighted the exploitation of foreign workers in Australia. The stonemasons were brought to Australia from India as