By Anne Casey
Chances are your GP sees on average two drug company representatives a week, meeting each on average three times a year and spending 11 minutes with each. He or she will spend about 80 minutes each week reading medical
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By Herb Thompson
Of the national work force, only 39.6% are union members, down from over 50% before the Accords. ACTU secretary Bill Kelty announced before the last election, "Ultimately, it won't be a conservative government that destroys
By Peter Boyle
In her first interview after the elections, environment minister Ros Kelly signalled that the Keating government would take a tough stance towards environmental groups. She told the March 31 Melbourne Age that the government's
ALP challenges SPSF left leadership
By Adrienne Barrett
MELBOURNE — The State Public Service Federation (Victoria) elections in May-June promise to be a showdown between the current left leadership and several ALP-aligned tickets.
Economy 'at sea'
In a variety of recent articles in the Chinese press, the term xiahai, or "moonlighting" has recurred. It describes the emerging phenomenon of workers — usually skilled workers or intelligentsia — who, often illegally,
The Soundtrack of Malcolm X
Various artists
Qwest/Reprise through Warner Music
Available on cassette and CD
RCA: The 1st Note in Black Music
Various artists
BMG Music
Available on CD
Reviewed by Norm Dixon
"What we wanted to
By Geoff Payne
NEWCASTLE — Workers took strike action at nearly all of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's steel manufacturing or processing centres last week.
The unions' log of claims was endorsed by the membership in December. The
By Peter Boyle
MELBOURNE — Jose Pires left East Timor 17 years ago. He was eight years old. With his brothers and sisters he was bundled into a car and rushed to Dili wharf where the last ship was preparing to depart. The port was ablaze.
Vote for Labor
Sean Healey (Write on, GLW March 24) ignores two reasons for calling for a vote for Labour.
(1) It is much easier to expose the pro-capitalist nature of the Labour party if they are in Government. When Labour are in
People and Place
Australian Forum for Population Studies, Monash University
Subscriptions $25 (Australia), $30 (overseas)
Reviewed by Jeremy Smith
A new journal publishes research on migration patterns, labour markets, the urban sprawl
Shaping reality
Its was hard to work up much solidarity with Meryl Streep when she railed against sex discrimination in Hollywood a couple of years ago. What do the majority of us have in common with a woman campaigning for the right to be
By Rachael Harris
MELBOURNE — About 150 people attended a memorial on March 26 at the Melbourne Town Hall for women who have died in custody or shortly after being released from custody. Women in Fairlea and Barwon prisons also held their
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