By Pauline O'Brian
On February 26, the Howard government announced the closure of the Commonwealth Employment Service (CES) and its replacement with a system of private employment firms — the "Job Network" — to begin on May 1. The system is
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Up-front fees at VCAMELBOURNE — The Victorian College of the Arts administration has attempted to introduce up-front fees for local undergraduate students, following months of speculation and no attempt to involve students
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"We will oppose any and all measures to create or even imply binding obligations for governments or businesses related to the environment or labour." So warned the US Council for International Business — the US big business club —
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After a back-flip by Senator Brian Harradine, the Coalition's proposed common youth allowance is now likely to be passed by federal parliament, despite opposition from student and welfare organisations. The common youth allowance will
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On the box Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Phone 9565 5522. Access
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Aboriginal health I read with interest the issues article "Rough justice for Port Keats" by Sam McQuillan (GLW #306). I am a registered nurse who has worked in remote area communities and also undertaken research on this subject for a period of
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CANBERRA — The ban on handing out election material within 100 metres of polling booths and the Robson rotation method, which rotates candidate positions on the ballot paper, clearly affected the outcome of the February 21 ACT
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SYDNEY — A decision by the appeals committee at Sydney University has ruled that the Student Representative Council's current president, right-winger Adair "the Bear" Durie, be removed from office. The ruling follows an appeal by
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The language of sexism By Brandon Astor Jones "ladylike adj. 1. Character of a lady: well-bred. 2.Appropriate for becoming a lady. 3. Unduly sensitive to the matters of propriety or decorum. 4. Lacking virility or strength." — American
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On September 4, the day the Coalition's Wik bill first went before parliament, John Howard told the ABC's 7.30 Report that "obstruction" of the bill would mean that Aboriginal people could have a "veto over the further
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The chickens are coming home Today I want to talk about the family. Your family, my family, little Johnny's family down the road — and, in a roundabout way, the family of man. The family: what would we do without it? Who feeds or clothes
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The Coalition government is taking steps to remove any remaining limits on industry's ability to pollute and dispose of hazardous wastes, both in and out of Australia. Plans to lower pollution standards, the lack of public access
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News broke last week of the resignation of John Prescott, chief executive officer and managing director of BHP. Between his multi-million dollar package and his large shareholdings in the company, Prescott is leaving BHP even wealthier than when he
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The Northern Ireland peace process is in great jeopardy following the expulsion from political negotiations of Sinn Féin, which represents more than 40% of nationalist opinion in the Six Counties. Even prior to Sinn
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Rio Tinto campaign SYDNEY ... A national campaign to force mining giant Rio Tinto to respect human, environmental and workers' rights was given a boost when representatives from AidWatch, Amnesty International, Community Aid Abroad, Friends of
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Male-only bars and misogyny The Laird Hotel and Club 80 in Melbourne applied to the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal on February 26 for an exemption from equal opportunity laws so that they can ban women from their premises. The owners of the
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National Indigenous Working Group OLGA HAVNEN is the executive officer for the National Indigenous Working Group, which represents Aboriginal land councils, ATSIC and the Indigenous Land Corporation. She spoke to Green Left Weeklys JENNIFER
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Fat is (still) a feminist issue"A woman can't be too rich or too thin." So said the duchess of Windsor, and so says every fashion and beauty magazine, every television ad, every weight loss centre and even many families, friends
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Many University of Western Sydney (UWS) students are wondering what hit their campus over the Christmas break. Not only is David Barr, the chief executive officer of Macarthur campus, pushing for up-front fees, but students on Rydalmere
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SYDNEY — Long Wait, Short Sight: Migrants Denied Security to Settle is the title of a resource and action kit launched at a forum of community welfare organisations on February 23. Since March 4, 1997, newly arrived migrants have been subject to a
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Waterfront bosses and the Coalition government are investigating the possibility of setting up a non-union stevedoring company in Fremantle. Other measures aimed at the Maritime Union of Australia include the planned
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By Russell Pickeringand Sue Bull On March 2, 300 workers from the Cobar CSA copper mine and Grafton's Gilbertson's meatworks picketed Parliament House to protest their sacking and the non-payment of their entitlements. The joint protest demanded
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Anti-war actions continueCANBERRA — On March 7, 100 people protested outside Parliament House against the continued presence of US and Australian military forces in the Persian Gulf, and for an end to sanctions on Iraq.
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Rally in solidarity with Pivot workersWOLLONGONG — A picket at the Pivot fertiliser plant in Port Kembla, demanding the reinstatement of sacked workers, has entered its sixth week. A solidarity rally and march are to held on
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The campaign by the Mirrar traditional owners and other land rights and environmental activists nationwide to stop Energy Resources Australia from opening the Jabiluka uranium mine in the World Heritage-listed Kakadu National
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Solidarity with maritime workers: 'Our fight is your fight'BRISBANE — more than 4000 unionists and supporters marched and rallied here on March 4 in solidarity with the Maritime Union of Australia in its dispute with the
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Voting on a certified agreement in the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services (HFS) finished during the last week in February. The agreement, which will determine the wages and conditions of HFS staff for the next 18
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No sources "I was looking to do the story yesterday, but I found it very difficult to get anything." — Raymond Snoddy, media editor of the Murdoch-owned London Times, on why the paper hadn't covered former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten's
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O-week launches campaignsCANBERRA—During the recent orientation week at the Australian National University and the University of Canberra, a wide range of political issues and campaigns were initiated. At the ANU more than
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Power price cuts for business onlyBRISBANE — In a bid to limit outrage from business at losses from the power cuts which hit Queensland from February 23, the Borbidge Coalition government is to bring forward a 5% cut in
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International Women's Day 1998 On March 7, tens of thousands of women and male supporters joined International Women's Day marches and rallies around the country. In Sydney, reports Lucy Honey, at least 5000 marchers joined an incredible array of
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Green Left Weekly's RUSSELL PICKERING spoke to STEVE ROACH, secretary of the Shearers and Rural Workers Union, about the struggle to get rural workers covered by a union which will defend their interests. Question: How did the SRWU get coverage at
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Telstra privatisation Following Telstra CEO Frank Blount's announcement, several weeks ago, of a record interim profit of $1.6 billion, PM John Howard and treasurer Peter Costello have been talking up their plan to fully privatise the profitable
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Philippines: US bases again?MANILA — On January 14, the Philippine and US governments initialled a Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) which allows for the resumption of joint military exercises and US warship visits to the
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Budiman Sujatmiko, chairperson of the banned People's Democratic Party (PRD), was sentenced to 13 years' jail in April 1997 for "subversion". Budiman was interviewed last month from his cell in Cipinang prison by Resistance and ASIET activist KYLIE
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US claims right to attack IraqThe 15-member UN Security Council on March 2 unanimously passed a resolution threatening Iraq with the "severest consequences" should it renege on the deal signed with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
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Global enterprises dominate commercial agriculture According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, global mergers and acquisitions accounted for a record US$275 billion or 79% of all global foreign direct investment in 1996.
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When UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced that he had secured a deal with Saddam Hussein, the anger in Washington was best expressed in Secretary of State Albright's face, twisted with rage, on TV. President Clinton was
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In September 1992, Peter McBride was shot dead by British soldiers in the New Lodge area of North Belfast. He was one of the hundreds of people — mostly Catholic — acknowledged to have been killed by the army or Royal Ulster
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More speakers for Asia Pacific conference International speakers for Asia Pacific conference By Jo Brown More than 30 international guest speakers are now confirmed for the Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference in Sydney, April 10-13. New
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MOSCOW — In Russia, anyone who blows the whistle on the mishandling of radioactive waste can expect at least passing attention from the security forces. If the waste comes from naval reactors, and the whistle-blower is a serving
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Ainu Moshiri, now known as Hokkaido, has been the home of the Ainu people for at least 7000 years. When the Japanese arrived in the 16th century, first to set up a penal colony and then to take the land for farming, the Ainu
Culture
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TwoBy Jim CartwrightDirected by Crispin TaylorWith Julie Hudspeth and Daniel MitchellEnsemble Theatre, Kirribilli, Sydney, until March 28. Review by Allen Myers The "two" of Jim Cartwright's play are the couples whose stories can be viewed in a
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Cajun down under Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers kicked off their Australian tour at the Adelaide Festival's Club Squeezebox, February 27-March 1. It seems Beau Jocque and his gang are the biggest things in the south Louisiana-east Texas
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Reinterpreting Malinche Malinche's FireWritten by Beatriz Copello and developed by the Malinche Project's Artistic TeamShowing at the Fairfield School of Arts, March 14-15. Ph 9559 2973. Review by Francesca Davis Malinche's Fire is a magic
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Red Lamp40 pp., $5Write for subscription details to 39 Norfolk Ave, Islington 2296 Review by Al McCall After putting in more than two years as the one, the official, no-correspondence-will-be-entered-into Green Left Weekly poetry editor, I am
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Special season by Bangarra SYDNEY — The justly acclaimed Bangarra Dance Theatre has opened a special season of Fish at the Enmore Theatre (Tuesday-Sunday until March 29). This production has added choreography by Stephen Page, while David Page
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MELBOURNE — The Brunswick Music Festival celebrates its 10th birthday this year with an impressive array of international and Australian artists. The line-up reflects the cultural diversity of Brunswick and surrounding suburbs,
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The Myth of FingerprintsDirected by Bart FreundlichStars Noah Wyle, Roy Scheider, Blythe Danner and Julianne MooreReleased on March 19. Review by Margaret Allan "It's about identity and how it's not a constant the way a fingerprint is. People
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Left on-line Solidarity with the Wharfies — Send solidarity greetings to the struggling wharfies of the Maritime Union of Australia at the MUA's official site . The Democratic Socialist Party is sponsoring a web site in support of the struggle