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  • Perth forum discusses left alternative

    Perth forum discusses left alternativePERTH — More than 100 people attended a special Politics in the Pub here on January 22 to discuss prospects for a left alternative. It was chaired by Ian Alexander, the retiring

  • Summer forest campaign

    Summer forest campaignHOBART — The slogan "Yes to EIS" (environmental impact statement) was chalked on every corner pavement in Hobart on January 18, as the Wilderness Society launched its "long hot summer" campaign

  • Loose cannons

    Business as usual "It's true I expect controversy. But on the other hand, we have capitalism now. We're in business. This is money." Polish entrepreneur Ryszard Stunzo, who plans to open a restaurant in Gierloz (the site of Hitler's Wolf's Lair)

  • Leading us down the garden path

    Leading us down the garden pathADELAIDE — South Australia's national parks and wildlife reserves are heading for a crisis, battling feral animals, weeds and a lack of funds from the Labor government. Although land

  • Youth cast critical eye over Senate jobs report

    "There is a huge contradiction between the action being taken by the government and the contents of Wanted: Our Future. The Carmichael report, Keating's youth jobs schemes and the income levels set by the government fly in the

  • Sydenham residents won't move for third runway

    SYDNEY — A Federal Airports Corporation discussion paper proposing to demolish the suburb of Sydenham because it will be severely affected by noise from the new Sydney airport third runway, "is just another case of jumping

  • ACTU and ACF launch green jobs program

    "A major new effort to develop jobs which protect the environment", was how the January 18 joint statement by the Australian Council of Trade Unions and the Australian Conservation Foundation described their joint Green Jobs

  • Call for Hilton investigation

    Call for Hilton investigation "We believe it is necessary to launch a campaign on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Sydney Hilton bombing. On February 13, 1978, three innocent people were horribly murdered and others were mutilated

  • Bleak prospects for Tasmania

    Bleak prospects for TasmaniaHOBART — Unemployment in Tasmania reached 12.6% according to seasonally adjusted figures released on January 14. This is the highest figure recorded in Australia since monthly surveys

  • Brewery struggle continues

    Brewery struggle continues Perth — The struggle to halt redevelopment of the old Swan Brewery site has entered another year and shows no sign of abating, despite the actions of WA government-backed developer Multiplex. The company used

  • Socialist campaign launched

    Socialist campaign launchedSYDNEY — The Democratic Socialist Electoral League 1993 federal election campaign was launched here on January 3 with a panel of candidates outlining some of the basic issues central to

  • Alternatives standing in WA election

    PERTH — Western Australian voters will have a choice of more than just Labor-Liberal in the state election on February 6. Greens, socialists and independents will be among the candidates. "There needs to be an