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Questions on national parks fundingADELAIDE — Following serious concerns about funding levels to national parks, a federal parliamentary committee has projected that $200 million will be spent nationally on acquiring

The Mayne Nickless conglomerate, whose fleets of armoured cars have sometimes been the target of gun-wielding desperadoes, pulled a heist of its own over the holiday period. With an audacity that makes the Melbourne Club

Concerned Citizens picket SYDNEY — The Concerned Citizens group continues to hold a weekly picket outside the Israeli consulate here to demand that all the Palestinians deported by Israel be allowed to return to their homes. The picket

PSU rank and file launches election campaignSYDNEY — "I'm not running to show a banner. I'm running because I see on the faces of the members I represent the effects of the pressures and stress that are bearing down on

MELBOURNE — On January 20 Scott Baker was acquitted in Magistrate's Court of false charges laid against him by police who arrested and assaulted him in Collingwood last year. In the afternoon of September 4, the

Man of the people US President Bill Clinton's first cabinet includes eight millionaires. George Bush's had six and Ronald Reagan's seven. Spin "146,000 miss out on offers for university" — headline in January 29 Australian. "They're in:

Socialist preferences to Greens in WA PERTH — The large number of third party and independent candidates in the WA elections has given an increased importance to the question of preferences. The Democratic Socialists, who are running in

Picket supports abortion rightsPERTH — "Get your laws off our bodies", shouted a lively picket outside Liberal Party offices here on January 27. The demonstration, initiated by the Democratic Socialists, highlighted

Pickets were held last week, often outside Garuda Airlines offices, in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney to protest against the arrest of farmers and student activists in East Java, Indonesia. The 50 arrested were held for four days

Hunger strike against terrorMELBOURNE — Ten women from the United Patriotic Women of Kurdistan began a hunger strike outside Parliament House here on January 25. The fast is in solidarity with a similar hunger

PSU rank and file contest electionSYDNEY — A David and Goliath contest is opening up within the Public Sector Union in an election for the position of assistant national secretary. Phil Sandford, a poorly funded

Survival Day concert SYDNEY — Ten thousand people celebrated "Survival '93, a celebration of Koori culture" on January 26 at La Perouse. The annual concert, organised by the Aboriginal Arts Management Association, featured Tiddas, Kev Carmody,