John Coulter
Do you think the Democrats or any of the alternative parties will ever break through the two-party system?
Well, it's depressing that after 15 years of bloody hard work we still have only have 11 members of parliament, seven
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Christabel Chamarette
Do you think alternative parties will ever break the stranglehold of the two major parties?
The Greens WA are extremely hopeful, because we've just got our first state member of the upper house. However, in the lower
Close My Eyes (R)
A film by Stephen Poliakoff
Starring Alan Rickman, Clive Owens, Saskia Reeves
Cinema Nova and Brighton Bay, March 1993
Reviewed by Mario Giorgetti
This second feature by writer-director Stephen Poliakoff (Hidden
Francesca Davidson
Do you see any of the alternative parties breaking through the two-party system?
It's unlikely that any of the parties as they currently exist can do this.
In Victoria, there's Rainbow Alliance, Green Alliance, the
By Norm Dixon
SYDNEY — Australian human rights lawyer Rosemarie Gillespie, just returned after four months living and travelling in rebel-held areas of Bougainville, has dismissed claims by the Papua New Guinea government that it is in
The hole in Kennett's 'safety net'
By Di Quin
MELBOURNE — The Kennett government's Employee Relations Act purports to establish a "safety net" of minimum conditions for the new employment agreements being forced on many workers.
Here is the complete list of seats in which green and left candidates are standing in the March 13 poll.
House of Representatives
Australian Democrats
New South Wales
All seats except Berowra, Calare, Chifley, Eden-Monaro, Fowler, Hunter,
Hidden unemployment
The number of women with jobs increased by 21,500 in the year to January, according to figures released in late February by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. By contrast, the number of men with jobs for the same period
90,000 Victorian workers take to the streets
By Roberto Jorquera
MELBOURNE — March 1 marked the death of the state award system here. Some 80,000 people marched in Melbourne and several thousand more rallied in regional centres to
Jim Backwell
Nuclear warfare in the Gulf
The slaughter that was the Gulf War continues to shock us as the truth of that conflict is revealed. What is now coming to light is that a form of nuclear warfare was carried out by the United
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