By Sean Malloy MELBOURNE — "There is a real sentiment of seriousness amongst young people today. We know we can't play at politics, because it really is our lives and the lives of many others and the future of the planet at stake", said Kylie
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By Katrina Newton and Loretta Asquini MELBOURNE — It's no secret that our society has a very contradictory attitude towards young people. On the one hand, youth is idealised and revered by the mainstream media, yet in reality, young people
By Tracy Sorensen SYDNEY — Training people for jobs that don't exist is a "cruel game", says the social justice group Young Christian Workers. Labor's claim that the economy will turn around, creating the need for highly skilled young
On the box By Dave Riley The drought may be over. In a week of transitions, we lost the Doug Anthony All Stars — and good riddance to them, I say. There is no pleasure in the nihilistic egotism of these boys left over from a brown shirt
By Peter Boyle "It looks like it is going to be more hot air", said Resistance spokesperson Francesca Davidson about the Keating government's July 22 "Youth Jobs Summit". "Young people have been told that it is a summit about us, but we are not
By Norm Dixon LONDON — Britain's Ugandan community has appealed to international aid donors not to be taken in by "the fallacious propaganda of the government of Uganda". John Obwona-lanana, chairperson of the Ugandan Community in the UK,
By Michael Karadjis The Republic of Macedonia could be the next target in Serbian warlord Slobodan Milosevic's campaign against his neighbours. On June 26, the European Community caved in to Greek demands and decided to refuse recognition of
National parks celebration SYDNEY — The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service will celebrate its 25th anniversary in October with a number of walks and other events. About 5% of the state is covered by the service's 76 national parks and
Labor's migrant bash The Labor Party seems determined to maintain only the worst of its traditional policies and attitudes. While it has ditched most of its traditional commitment to social justice, strong trade unionism and democratic rights,
By Jo Brown MELBOURNE—A July 16 public meeting of about 500, mostly local, residents at the Williamstown Town Hall rejected the planned expansion of the Mobil Altona refinery. The meeting was called by Mobil and the government in response
Peace activists freed from US jails By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Ciaron O'Reilly and Moana Cole, peace activists from Brisbane, have been released from prisons in the US after serving year-long sentences for damaging a B-52 bomber and a runway
Guatemalan Indian speaks By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Federico Gomez, a Mayan Indian from Guatemala, launched his national tour of Australia here from July 14-19, to represent 500 Years of Indigenous, Black and Popular Resistance in Latin
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