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Union deal saves train lines but may cost jobs

Union deal saves train lines but may cost jobs By Alex Cooper MELBOURNE — A deal struck between transport minister Alan Brown and rail unions has saved a number of rail services throughout Victoria, but about 5500 jobs will be shed in

Rally against police violence

Rally against police violence By Alex Cooper MELBOURNE — 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

Difficult women to tour

By Peter Boyle Linn Van Hek and Joe Dolce presented Difficult Women, readings and songs celebrating "women who have dared to stand up and speak", to completely sold out seasons at Melbourne's La Mamma and Budinski's theatres last year. Then,

Stay home, Soldier

Stay home, Soldier The Crying Game Directed by Neil Jordan Reviewed by Reihana Mohideen In the first few minutes, the contradictions dealt with in the film come at you thick and fast. A black English soldier (Forest Whitaker) on duty

Poetry for the jobless

Poetry for the jobless By Stephen Bavaro SYDNEY — The Unemployed People's Embassy, based in the inner southern suburbs of Marrickville and St. Peters, has established the Poetry Party. A spokesperson for the UPE said that the idea

Council attacks free speech rally

Council attacks free speech rally By Maurice Sibelle BRISBANE — 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.

Protest at Brisbane Women's Prison

Protest at Brisbane Women's Prison By Sylvia Porter BRISBANE — Twenty-five people picketed the Brisbane Women's Prison on March 20, protesting against the imprisonment of women for offences related to domestic violence. The action

In Melbourne this week

In Melbourne this week By Bronwen Beechey St 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

Qld police slammed on Operation Trident

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

ANC condemn UNITA

ANC condemn UNITA By Frank Noakes JOHANNESBURG — The African National Congress national executive has launched a national campaign of solidarity and support for Angola, and is calling on the international community to take all

Amnesty leader campaigns against death penalty

By Norm Dixon The United States government is "a major and flagrant human rights violator" which is "perpetrating terror on its own citizens" through its frequent use of the death penalty, Rick Halperin, chairperson of Amnesty International

Tasmanian teachers' bank accounts raided

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