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.
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West backs down on deportations
By Sean Malloy
The United Nations, the European Community and the United States have tacitly supported Israel's deportation of Palestinians to Lebanon by accepting a "compromise" proposal to return 100 of
A 'P-plate' curfew?
By Sean Malloy
The Victorian chair of the Road Trauma Committee has called for curfews on "P-plate" drivers. Associate Professor Frank McDermott, writing in the Medical Journal of Australia, calls for a night-time
By Chris Benner
A strike by Johannesburg taxi drivers, which crippled the city for three days in the second week of February, has been settled with an agreement of intent.
Signatories include the major taxi union, political parties,
By Zoe Horvath
[This article is a reply to Angela Matheson's "and ain't i a woman" column in the January 27 Green Left Weekly.]
Matheson's position seems to be that the leaders have been co-opted. In their heady rise to power, women in
By Pip Hinman
MELBOURNE — About 350 people attended the Rainbow Alliance's election campaign launch here on February 17. Speakers included Rainbow candidates Nigel D'Souza, standing in Batman; Christine Craik, standing in Melbourne Ports;
'Mitterrand approved Greenpeace bombing'
It has been alleged that French President Francois Mitterrand approved the bombing of the environmental organisation Greenpeace's ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour in 1985.
Two French agents
Bob-bob-bobbin' along
Bob Roberts (M)
Written and directed by Tim Robbins
Reviewed by Mario Giorgetti
Meeting halls across Pennsylvania ring to the cheering and the clapping and the stamping that characterises the hysteria of
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — A United Trades and Labor Council rally at Morphettville Racecourse on February 10 set the tone for the union officialdom's intervention in the election. The turnout of around 500 was probably a little
NSW Water Board changes studied
By Gail Lord
PENRITH — A public seminar organised by the Government Pricing Tribunal of NSW was held here on February 12 as part of the state government's plans for privatising the water supply. Other
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