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Choose unemployment?

'A life of idleness' on work for the dole By Tim Grey-Smith The Coalition government's work for the dole scheme forces young people who have been unemployed for more than six months to do manual labour in order to receive their pittance of a dole

No refuge from capitalism

Review by Bernie Wunsch Throwim Way Leg: An AdventureBy Tim FlanneryText Publishing, 1998 — 320 pp., $24.95 Review By Bernie Wunsch "In New Guinea Pidgin, 'throwim way leg' means to go on a journey — to thrust out your leg for the first step

Who wants to live in South Park?

Who wants to live in South Park? By Alison Dellit South Park, originally commissioned as a video Christmas greeting, now boasts the most viewers of any cartoon in Australia, and is the highest rating program on SBS. More than a million people

A crucial time for East Timor

A crucial time for East Timor By Jon Land Since the fall of the Suharto regime in May, a new phase of the independence struggle has developed within East Timor. Not since the invasion in 1975 have so many large pro-independence demonstrations,

Choose a career?

Howard attempts to entrench youth wages By Ruth Ratcliffe The Howard government has proposed legislation which would entrench junior wages and extend them to the 200,000 workers under 21 who currently receive adult wages. The vast majority of

Lucas Heights EIS a sham

By Jim Green SYDNEY — In September 1997, when the federal Coalition government announced the decision to build a new nuclear reactor in the southern Sydney suburb of Lucas Heights, a "stringent" environmental assessment was promised. Instead, the

Indonesia: 'The struggle must be completed'

Indonesia: 'The struggle must be completed' [The following is from a talk presented by a People's Democratic Party (PRD) leader and recently released political prisoner, WILSON BIN NURTIAS, at the public meeting "East Timor, Indonesia: the future",

Defamation ruling against Green Left article

Defamation ruling against Green Left article By Dot Tumney A ruling on November 26 by the District Court of South Australia awarded damages of $100,000 and costs of $11,000 to the former developers of the Kumarangk (Hindmarsh Island) bridge,

The politics of the early Christians

Review by Brian Reeves Jesus the Man (Doubleday, 1992, 624 pp., $15.95)Jesus of the Apocalypse: The Life of Jesus After the Crucifixion (Doubleday, 1995, 462 pp., $15.95)The Book That Jesus Wrote (Doubleday, 1998, 362 pp., $29.95)By Barbara

Looking out: A more loving world

A more loving world By Brandon Astor Jones "One wordFrees us of all the weight and pain of life:That word is love." — Sophocles Yes. Love frees us. A few days ago a postcard arrived for me. It was sent by a sister in Vermont, who has

Advertiser scapegoats Aboriginal youth

By Hali Minkayilar and Jo Ellis ADELAIDE — On November 28, the Adelaide Advertiser printed an article about youth vandalism in Port Augusta. It was accompanied by a silhouetted picture of four teenage boys, looking dark and sinister. The article

Sport, race and colonialism

Sport, race and colonialism Review by Phil Shannon The CallBy Martin FlanaganAllen & Unwin, 1998181 pp., $16.95 (pb) Tom Wills is regarded as "the father of Australian football". Modern Australian Rules owes a lot to this Victorian sporting