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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By Pip Hinman
While the media have made much of federal Labor's child-care cash rebate proposal, child-care workers are not as eager to embrace what they regard as anything but a fairer system.
"To start with, the 30% rebate is not
Utungan Percussion
By Katrina Dean
They were clad in purple, baggy clothes and top hats with streamers, drums around their necks and shells around their ankles — full body groovin'! This is Utungan Percussion.
This Sydney-based
Accord Mark VII
In the seventh manifestation of the misnamed Prices and Incomes Accord between the federal Labor government and the ACTU, the peak union body has agreed to forgo national wage claims for three years, or even longer if high
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
By Anne Casey
Jane Beckman, from Newcastle, heads the NSW Green Alliance Senate ticket in the federal election. Beckman has been active in the women's movement for well over a decade, particularly around working women's issues. She was a
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
No GST on Tomatoes! say Tasmanians
By Sean Pybus and Natasha Simons
HOBART — When Liberal leader John Hewson visited Salamanca Markets on Saturday, February 20, he didn't expect to be pelted with fruit and vegetables.
Hewson was
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,
Wilderness Society rejects Liberal And Labour
SYDNEY — The Wilderness Society has called for voters concerned about the environment, and native forests in particular, to vote for the Democrats, Greens and progressive independents in the
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