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MELBOURNE — Well known band Even will headline a Rock Against Racism to be held here on Sunday, September 13. "It would be more accurate to call it a jazz, soul and rock against racism", event organiser Jo Williams told Green Left Weekly. The

Earlier this year, I set up New World Order Theatre in Brisbane. There was no manifesto to mark its birth, nor raving reviews to greet its first production. It happened, like so many things, because it seemed like a good idea at the

MELBOURNE — On August 8, as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival, a panel debated the High Court's May ruling to allow New Zealand television programs to be included in the Australian content standard. The panel

ADELAIDE — Diane Bell's book, Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin: a world that is, was, and will be, was launched here on August 26. More than 300 people crammed Way Hall for the launch of the most thorough and accessible anthropological

Chasing the DragonBy Nick EnrightWharf Theatre, SydneyNavigatingBy Katherine ThomsonOpera House Playhouse Reviewed by Mark Stoyich David Williamson and Nick Enright are Australia's most successful and prolific playwrights, and represent the

Not an advertisement Fair go! All right, maybe some of you will be a little worse off with a GST. So what? Stop being so selfish; lie back and think of Australia. A GST will be good for the country. You can take our word for that, because we own

Shooting FishDirected by Stefan SchwartzDistributed by GlobeNow screening in major cinemas Review by Conrad Barnett The Hollywood chase-and-misadventure film gets a '90s makeover, an English accent and a Brit pop soundtrack in the new film Shooting

The Scourging of Iraq: Sanctions, Law and Natural JusticeBy Geoff SimonsMacmillan Press, 1998363 pp., $47.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon When asked in 1996 whether the death of a million children in Iraq as a result of six years of US-imposed

John Howard's safety, security and stability Safety is the catch on a 38 magnum.Security is the hole it makes.Stability is what you getand death is all it takes. By John Tomlinson

The InterviewThe serenity of a dimly lit room with a sleeping character slouched in his chair is broken along with the front door as a bunch of cops charge in shouting and brandishing guns. The introductory sequence of the film

Morde — Written by Paul ReesLion Theatre8pm nightly, until August 29$18/$10 concession ADELAIDE — What has St John's Church in Darlinghurst, Sydney, got to do with nuclear weapons in Israel? Morde draws them together in an excellent play about

Forrest Gump goes to war Saving Private RyanDirected by Steven SpielbergWith Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Matt DamonIn major cinemas from August 24 Review by Louis Proyect The only thing surprising about Saving Private Ryan is how