Had the royal touch
"He came across very arrogant, like a total pompous git." — Comment made about Richard Butler, the recently resigned Queen's representative in Tasmania, quoted in the August 11 Sydney Daily Telegraph.
Selfless
"I was
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Lizzie Nagy& Kylie Moon
The Senate sat an extra day on August 13 to enable the passage of the Marriage Amendment Act, which declares that marriages between same-sex couples in other countries will not be legally recognised as such in Australia.
Control RoomDirected by Jehane Noujaim83 minutes
Distributed in Australia by Rialto Entertainment
REVIEWED BY VANNESSA HEARMAN
Control Room is a moving account of life inside the Qatar-based Aljazeera satellite television station, during the
Doug Lorimer
On August 7, 43 former Australian military chiefs and top diplomats issued a statement attacking Prime Minister John Howard's government for joining the US-led invasion of Iraq "on the basis of false assumptions and the deception of
Luke Fomiatti, Sydney
UWS students declared victory after the University of Western Sydney Board of Trustees voted against increasing HECS fees on August 12.
With only two days' notice, 100 students blockaded the secret meeting, which was called
Ben Cavalli& Fred Fuentes, Perth
The highest decision making body of academics at University of Western Australia (UWA), the academic board, narrowly voted on August 11 to recommend that the UWA senate reject the current proposal to introduce
At 8pm on August 25 at Sydney's Annandale Hotel, a line-up of Australian bands will take to the stage to showcase what may be under threat if the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement proceeds. Ten per cent of the $8 ticket price will be donated to
REVIEW BY JESS MELVIN
The CorporationDirected by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott.Written by Joel Bakan, with narration written by Harold Crooks and Mark Achbar.Produced by Big Picture Media CorporationReleased by Zeitgeist Films.145 minutes.
The
One of the most famous writings in the history of
socialism is the Junius Pamphlet, written by German
socialist Rosa Luxemburg in 1915 while she was in prison for
opposing the first world war.
Obviously, many things have changed in the world
Roberto Jorquera
On August 15, the people of Venezuela begin to vote on whether to recall their president, Hugo Chavez. The overwhelming majority of polls show that Chavez will defeat the recall bid. The opposition has in fact refused to publish
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