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Education cuts move towards Senate vote

By Marina Cameron The Liberal government's changes to higher education — including a 5% cut to university operating grants, higher HECS to be charged in a new three-tier system, a lower HECS repayment threshold, allowing the charging of

Hotels in national park opposed

A coalition of Victorian conservation groups has called for proposals to allow for new commercial developments in Wilsons Promontory National Park to be abandoned. Developments opposed by the groups and proposed by the National Parks Service include

Radio highlights

The Backsliders — Australia's premier of traditional African-American blues performing live. ABC Radio National, Friday, November 22, 9pm. Earthbeat: The Fate of the Forests in Northern NSW — The northern NSW forests are a hot spot in the

'Fighting racism is not a spectator sport'

Green Left Weekly's JO BROWN spoke to three Resistance members involved in the campaign against racism: CONRAD BARRETT from Brisbane, WENDY ROBERTSON from Sydney and ARUN PRADHAN from Perth. Question: What do you think has been the general response

Directions for the student movement

Directions for the student movement In the final of a three-part series on the student movement, MARINA CAMERON talked to four activists currently involved in the campaign against the Liberals' education cuts. PHIL HAROLD is a member of Left

SERCO attempts more inroads into SA public sector

By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — SERCO Australia has lodged a proposal with the state Liberal government to contract for the running of all TAFE administrative, maintenance and grounds duties. SERCO Australia is a subsidiary of the SERCO group, a

Politics in science

Arguments about Aborigines, Australia and the Evolution of Social AnthropologyBy L.H. HiattCambridge University Press, London.1996 $29.95 (pb)Reviewed by James Goodman Have you ever wondered why anthropologists have been obsessed with Australia's

Union leaders sabotage Liverpool docks strike

The Liverpool docks dispute is reaching its first anniversary. The dockers were sacked when they refused to cross picket lines put in place by contract workers. This was a clear provocation set up by their management in order to attack the only

No reconciliation without justice

By Chris Martin SYDNEY — More than 100 Aborigines and their white supporters protested outside state parliament on November 14 as Premier Bob Carr proclaimed his government's commitment to the reconciliation process. They called the statement a

The left and the anti-racism campaign

By Chris Spindler and Lisa Macdonald In the wake of Pauline Hanson's racist outbursts, there has been a flood of organisations and individuals claiming to oppose racism. Virtually everyone, even those who have been and are implementing policies

And how is nature managing?

Nature's Keepers: The New Science of Nature ManagementBy Stephen BudianskyPhoenix Giants, 1996. 296 pp., $24.95Reviewed by Dot Tumney Budiansky's target is the semi-religious status of the balance of nature concept (idol of the well-fed ambience

Frogs give warning

By Peter Montague The Washington Post reports that frogs with severe birth defects have been discovered during the past two summers in 54 of Minnesota's 87 counties, across Wisconsin and up into the St Lawrence River Valley in Quebec. According to