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Maybe "Maybe if the Liberal Party were a little less tense about the public examination of its sense of direction and some of its policy positions, then we might do a little better in the future." — Liberal front-bencher John Howard, claiming

Campaign against closure of women's prisonMELBOURNE — Women's groups, prisoners' rights activists, community legal services and welfare organisations such as Catholic Social Services have joined in condemnation of a

Prime Minister Paul Keating on July 22 announced major backtracking on the income tax cuts promised in his 1992 One Nation statement. The changes had been prepared over the preceding period by a series of "leaks" to the effect

WA compensation campaignPERTH — Unions here have endorsed a proposal to organise protests culminating in a rally on August 19 in response to state government changes to workers compensation. TLC assistant

Persuasion "Charm, persuasion, the telephone and supplies of Scotch." — A British government source listing the tools available to ensure a desired vote from hereditary members of the House of Lords. (The government later won the vote.)

SYDNEY — A mass meeting of cleaners from the NSW Cleaning Service (a state government department), on a 24-hour strike, filled the Sydney Town Hall to capacity on July 16. Numerous simultaneous meetings in country centres

Rally for peace in Bosnia Story and photo by Jon Lamb SYDNEY — More than 800 people rallied and marched here on July 17 to protest against the continuing acts of violence and aggression towards women and children in

Community protests killing of SomalisMELBOURNE — "We are demonstrating to show Australian people and the international community how angry and upset we are with the continual killings of Somalians by the UN troops in

WA rail jobs to be cutPERTH — Westrail announced on July 13 that a further 460 jobs will be cut, in addition to the 750 to be lost with the planned closure of the Midland railway workshops. The 460 jobs will be

Opposition to Mt Wellington planHOBART — A proposal to construct a cable car, revolving restaurant and artificial ski field on Mt Wellington — the beautiful, largely untouched, backdrop to the city — has state

ADELAIDE — Public sector workers have been the first victims of the state Labor government's attempts to solve its economic problems. The government announced in its April economic statement that 3000 jobs would be cut

MELBOURNE — Members of the AMEU at the Isuzu plant in Dandenong have gone out in protest at the company's refusal to negotiate adequate redundancy packages. Upon news of the plant's closure and Isuzu's shoddy proposals for