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  • Rally against police violence

    Rally against police violenceMELBOURNE — Wearing a variety of masks, a small group of people demonstrated outside the South Melbourne police station on March 11 to protest against bashings by police of people taken into

  • Call to repeal 45D and E

    Call to repeal 45D and EHOBART — Noel Rafferty, state secretary of the Waterside Workers Federation, has called on the Keating government to repeal sections 45D and E of the Trade Practices Act. A resolution

  • Tasmanian teachers' bank accounts raided

    Tasmanian teachers' bank accounts raidedHOBART — Outrage has erupted among Tasmanian teachers over revelations by a Tasmanian building society senior executive that money has been deducted from teachers' personal

  • Loose cannons

    Blame God "This election means in a way that the whole Protestant ethic of hard work bringing its own reward is in doubt." — A "prominent Liberal" quoted in the March 23 Bulletin. Pass a law against it "Unfortunately, there's too much

  • Rainbow Warrior visits Hobart

    Rainbow Warrior visits HobartHOBART — The Rainbow Warrior visited Hobart from March 11. The launch of the Greenpeace "Cities and Coasts Campaign" took place on board on March 12. The campaign targets

  • Labor's 'true believers' face disappointment

    When Paul Keating thanked the "true believers" in Labor for re-electing his government on March 13, he was met with a wild ovation from the loyal crowd at the Bankstown Leagues Club. But PETER BOYLE asks: what is the worth of his promise to

  • In Melbourne this week

    In Melbourne this weekSt Kilda Film Festival Every year the St Kilda Film Festival presents an extraordinarily diverse program of new Australian short films and videos, made by students at film and TV schools and

  • Sean Kenan acquitted

    Sean Kenan acquitted Aidex protester Sean Kenan was acquitted of charges of assaulting police by the ACT Supreme Court on March 19, following failure by the prosecution to prove at least one key element of the alleged offence. Kenan was

  • Qld police slammed on Operation Trident

    Qld police slammed on Operation TridentBRISBANE — The controversial Operation Trident car-stealing scam was poorly conceived, incompetently executed and tainted from beginning to end, according to the Carter report

  • Council attacks free speech rally

    Council attacks free speech rallyBRISBANE — Brisbane City Council officers, with help from the Queensland Police, confiscated an information stall from free speech protesters in the Queen Street Mall on March 19.

  • Youth speak up in Wollongong

    WOLLONGONG — Wollongong Resistance had no hesitation in recommending that young people vote for Greens or the Democratic Socialists in last weekend's federal election. This recommendation was announced at a

  • Meeting supports public transport

    Meeting supports public transportMELBOURNE — At its peak the smog in Melbourne is equal to that in New York, according to Dr Graeme Lorimer, an environment specialist. Addressing a meeting of 250 people at the Melbourne