Analysis

l = Editorial: US out of the Persian Gulf! l = US out of the Persian Gulf! The US government has threatened to launch a military attack on Iraq over a relatively insignificant matter to do with the composition of the United Nations Special

Editorial: Back from the dead Back from the dead Rather like something unspeakable in a Hollywood horror movie, the goods and services tax has once again risen from the dead. Speaking on the Channel 9 Sunday program on November 9, Prime

Editorial: 'Tough on drugs' hypocrisy At a record low in the opinion polls, confronted with mounting criticism of his positions on greenhouse and Wik, and still smarting from Cheryl Kernot's defection to the ALP, PM John Howard on November 2

Editorial: Action on greenhouse needed now Action on greenhouse needed now Last week several more imperialist governments revealed the negotiating positions on greenhouse gas targets they intend to take to the December UN climate change

Editorial: Profits and the aged Federal family services minister Warwick Smith was unable to defend the Coalition's massive hikes in fees for the elderly in need of nursing home places during an angry exchange with the studio audience on Midday

The headlines about an increase of just under 75,000 people in work in Australia last month were welcomed by government leaders. But the news came just a couple of weeks too late for former employment minister, Amanda

Comment by Ray Fulcher (File No 890124) MELBOURNE — Revelations that Victoria has a "secret police" unit that spies on community and political groups should come as no surprise to activists or students of history. The Kennett government and

My holiday Felicity insisted on meeting me at Tullamarine. I said that I didn't mind catching a cab, but you know what the Kennetts are like: can't do enough for you. Anyway, it was a thrill to see her again. She's still the same old

When computers dieWhat happens to old computers when they die? Is there a sort of "elephants' graveyard" where they all disappear? Yes, in a way. It's called the Third World. The technological revolution has created a

Before being sacked from the federal Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio, Senator Amanda Vanstone released a graph to the media which was supposed to show that the government had not cut funding to

'Kakadu belongs to all of us! Stop Jabiluka!"It is not the government's decision to make, it is up to us. Kakadu belongs to all of us. It is world heritage. It belongs to the world, not to a bunch of grubby men in

Corruption For years I've been trying to get some disgruntled pollie or public servant to blow the whistle on the corruption and criminal activity within Government. Now even Blind Freddy can see what duds our present system is full of. It would