Toward another budget black hole
"It doesn't take rocket science to explain Australia's rapid [economic] growth. Rather it is rocket fuel that is to blame — the Reserve Bank has set interest rates at record lows, while the [federal] government is
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BY GREGORY WILPERT
CARACAS, April 12 — In the early morning hours, Venezuelan army generals arrested President Hugo Chavez. The orchestration of the coup was impeccable and, in all likelihood, planned a long time ago.
First of all, the military
BY TERRICA STRUDWICK
ROCKHAMPTON Central Queensland University (CQU) Student Association
staff, along with the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), has been
fighting for an enterprise agreement since last May. Top management refuse
BY KERRIE BARRON & KERRYN WILLIAMS
CANBERRA — "Against abortion? Don't have one!" was the popular slogan of a rally attended by 300 people outside the ACT Legislative Assembly on April 9. The rally was called by Options for Women in support of
BY ALLEN JENNINGS
Once again, the US government has shown how ridiculous and anachronistic its policies are towards Cuba. On April 3, James Sabzali, a Canadian businessperson based in Philadelphia, was convicted for selling water-purification
BY JENNY LONG
SYDNEY — Palestine's supporters have continued to protest against Israel's brutality, and the Australian government's unwillingness to oppose it. After almost daily vigils, many at the Israeli consulate, activists met on April 10 to
BY ROHAN PEARCE
The rather prosaic sounding Jewish settlements within the
Occupied Territories are well-armed virtual fortresses, designed to legitimise
Israeli sovereignty over large areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The
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US policies create terrorism
Another American Century? The United States and the World After
BY NORM DIXON
The US and British governments' carefully scripted countdown to a massive military attack on Iraq is being disrupted — possibly delayed — by mounting popular anger throughout the Middle East provoked by Israel's murderous
Abortion
I just read Pamela Valemont's letter (GLW #485) in which she describes how, through being "united in the political struggle" as we all are, she also happens "to believe very strongly that abortion enslaves women..."
I also have that