Motivated "I've always felt that trying to help Haiti was a noble thing. I've taken on a number of unpopular clients. That's why I got a law degree." — US lobbyist Robert McCandless, on his US$165,000-a-year fee for representing the Haitian
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Strictly ballroom, in Swedish House of Angels Directed by Colin Nutley Starring Helena Bergstrom and Rikard Wolff Reviewed by Wayne Ruscoe English director Colin Nutley's third Swedish-based film has had the kind of runaway success in that
By Rob Steven The last two or three years have seen one of the most spectacular changes ever in the functioning of international big business. Almost all of the world's top 10 banks are now Japanese. The bulk of foreign investment moving
Telling East Timor: Personal Testimonies 1942-1992 By Michele Turner New South Wales University Press 218 pp. $19.95 Reviewed by Lenore Tardif This book is the oral history of some of the most brutal human rights abuses in recent times. It
More Britons face hardship By Frank Noakes LONDON — The sign outside the church proclaims: "Only Jesus saves". This is a lamentable truth in Britain today: no-one else can afford to. Recent statistics highlight the depth of misery in the
Telecom privatisation It was not surprising to read that the man who gave Sydney a white elephant at Darling Harbour and a leaky monorail is now following a much bigger quarry, the privatisation of Telecom. One of Labor's "mates", Laurie
What Should Unions Do? Michael Easson and Michael Crosby (eds) Pluto Press, 394 pp. $24.95. The Challenge for Unions: Workers versus the New Right By John Wishart Left Book Club, 86 pp. $14.95 Reviewed by Michael Rafferty Ten years ago,
By Tom Jordan and Norm Dixon The Papua New Guinea Defence Force has suffered significant setbacks in central Bougainville, the defending Bougainville Revolutionary Army has claimed. In the most important incident, BRA militants recaptured the
Democrats will support repeal of 45D Victorian Senator Sid Spindler announced on November 12 that the Democrats would vote for the repeal of sections 45D and E of the Trade Practices Act. This is in line with party policy but is an about-face
By Sarah Stephen Last week marked the 10th anniversary of the decision to blockade the dam site on the Gordon that would have destroyed the Franklin, Australia's last wild river. It wasn't until seven months later that the last blockaders left
By Peter Boyle It is our debt, the mainstream media tell us. Every Victorian owes $12,640 (or more) as their individual share of the state government's debt. In his most conciliatory moment, Premier Jeff Kennett said he understood workers'
Underemployment: the de-skilling of young people By Sean Malloy With unemployment in Australia at the highest rate in half a century, among 15-19 year-olds it is a massive 31.2%. Bad as this is, it implies a further problem: a similarly large
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