Loose cannons
Learned something
"I long ago stopped expecting to be treated fairly by the system." — Brian Burke, former ALP premier of WA, after his conviction for stealing from the ALP was overturned on appeal.
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Private health insurance — preying on fear
By Cliff Baxter
Private hospitals and private insurance are on the nose for many Australians. Membership of private funds is declining, and complaints about private hospitals such as Mayne
National uranium action day
By Peter Boyle
SYDNEY — About 50 environmental activists picketed the head office of uranium mining company Energy Resources of Australia on July 25 as part of a national day of action in solidarity with the
Low pay, no way! Solving the jobs crisis
James Vassilopoulos
When asked on radio 2GB on July 7 about the United States' "low" unemployment, Prime Minister John Howard said: "We have as a nation over the years adopted as part of our
LINKS: International journal of socialist renewalNo 8, July-October, 1997Published by New Course Publications144 pp., $6.50 Review by Adam Maclean
Now in its eighth issue, the Marxist journal Links has emerged as a sounding board for a broad
Push for Tasmanian Hydro sale
By Tony Iltis
HOBART — The Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Trust Bank of Tasmania have released a report supporting plans by the state government to privatise all or part of the Hydro
Secret Power: New Zealand's Role in the International Spy NetworkBy Nicky HagerNelson, New Zealand: Craig Potton, 1996. 299 pp., NZ$34.95 Review by Brian Martin
Spying thrives on secrecy; this is nowhere more true than in the world of signals
Call for left unity at UQ
By Ruth Ratcliffe
BRISBANE — Resistance activists are calling for a broad left activist ticket in University of Queensland student union elections. Activists in the education anti-racism, feminist and
Comment by Sean Healy
During the next two months, elections to many university student unions will be held around the country, elections that the activist student left will be heavily involved in. There has been little discussion about what the
Care provisions for HIV/AIDS patients unclear
SYDNEY — NSW community services minister Ron Dyer came under fire from HIV/AIDS groups on July 23, which claim that he has failed to clarify whether people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH/A) are
Last week was momentous for Green Left Weekly.
For the next six weeks, passers-by and visitors to the Green Left production centre in Abercrombie Street in Sydney will encounter scaffolding, building supplies, paint tins and general hubbub as
PC or no PC, that is the questionPC or no PC, that is the question
It may be thought, and often said, that your run-of-the-mill leftie is very hard to amuse. They look for overtones, undertones, sub-tones, grunts and "philosophy"; they
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