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Anti-gay law in Nicaragua On June 11, Nicaragua's National Assembly passed Latin America's most repressive sodomy law. The Sandinista bloc opposed the law but was outvoted by the right-wing forces of the pro-US UNO coalition. By 43 votes to
National incest survivors conference By Rose McCann SYDNEY — The first Women's National Incest Survivors Confest will be held on July 10-12 at the University of NSW. It is organised by women who consider themselves part of the grassroots
By Steve Painter SYDNEY — A blazing row has erupted between Sydney and Newcastle officials of the bus workers' union (ATMOEA) over a deal struck by Sydney officials with the Department of Transport. The deal was accepted by a majority at a
Publication schedule Because many of the people involved in the production and distribution of Green Left will be attending the Resistance conference in Melbourne, we are not publishing a paper next week. The next issue will be the one dated July
Stephen Rix The retreat from public ownership The sale of a merged Qantas/Australian Airlines marks the latest development in the sorry saga of federal ALP retreat from ALP policy on public ownership. Such retreat is indicative of the ALP's
Comment by Liam Gash There is a widespread dislike and suspicion amongst AOTC's employees of its perceived "American management". This may partly be due to anti-American sentiment or the desire to find a scapegoat for the constant threat of
By Peter Boyle Both the federal and Victorian governments have suggested that the solution to youth unemployment is contained in the Carmichael Report, a document from the Employment and Skills Formation Council named after it author, former
By Claire W. Gilbert The oil well fires in Kuwait are out. But there remain an untold number of wells which are still spewing raw crude onto the desert floor into lakes, pools and rivers of oil. There are 200 lakes of oil, from as large as
By Jonathan Strauss PERTH — A two-week strike by 2200 Pilbara mineworkers is likely to spread to other workplaces of Hamersley Iron parent company CRA. The strike, against the employment of a non-unionist at the Tom Price mine, has cost the
Top secret "One doesn't feel that the right place for Miss Percy is in prison, but there is a limit and she is at the end of our tether." — British magistrate L.P. Stephen imposing a six-month suspended sentence on Lindis Percy, a peace

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