By Liam Mitchell
ADELAIDE — In a cynical election gimmick, the federal government has made the South Australian state Labor government an offer of financial assistance if the state government sells off part of the debt-ridden State Bank.
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Greens contest most marginal seat
SYDNEY — The Greens in Lowe announced last week that they will be standing a candidate in NSW's most marginal seat in the federal elections.
Bruce Threlfo, the Greens candidate in two previous
By Chris Spindler and Liam Mitchell
ADELAIDE — Three rallies have so far been organised by the Anti-Racism Alliance in response to National Action's public display of racist propaganda in Old Parliament House.
The display at the
Lucas Heights meeting
By James Clark
SYDNEY — A public meeting in Sutherland on February 18 heard debate on the proposed new nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights. The meeting was attended by only about 30 local residents, which reflected
By Sean Malloy
"The Labor Party and the Liberals promote policies that are working against the interests of young people", says Zanny Begg, Democratic Socialist national spokesperson on youth affairs.
Begg is also a leading member of the
By Moyiga Nduru
LONDON — During a short visit to her native Somalia recently, Rakiya Omaar was stunned to discover that she could not gain access to foreign relief offices. "It was a very painful experience", she recalled, "to see the
NSW rejections rise
By Michael Tardif
SYDNEY — The number of rejected NSW applicants for tertiary education increased again in 1993. Those refused access this year numbered 45,000. This was an increase of 3000 on last year's figures.
By Irina Glushchenko
MOSCOW — Ask any Muscovite what there are most of in the city, and he or she will probably answer, "Commercial street kiosks". These are ugly structures, often with steel bars on the windows, which trade in a
Nick Tucker
Government by council?
Queensland currently faces one of its most serious challenges to civil liberty in over three years. A local council is trying to make laws preventing free speech and peaceful assembly.
Brisbane
Bill Hathaway
MELBOURNE — Prominent AIDS activist Bill Hathaway died on February 6, aged 27. He had been living with HIV since 1989.
Hathaway worked as HIV education officer with the Victorian AIDS Council and was an activist in
Unforgiven
Written by David Webb Peoples
Directed by Clint Eastwood
With Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman and Richard Harris
Showing at Village, Greater Union and Hoyts Cinemas
Reviewed by Max Lane
Unforgiven is a very
Death penalty in the Philippines
By Emlyn Jones
After six years of bitter debate and opposition, the death penalty has been reintroduced in the Philippines. The House of Representatives Committee on Justice, headed by Pablo Garcia,
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