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No Looking out: more dandruff'

No more dandruff' By Brandon Astor Jones "pso.ri.a.sis n. A chronic, noncontagious skin disease characterized by inflammation and white, scaly patches." — American Heritage Dictionary The condition that the dictionary defines above is a

Defeat the truancy laws!

By Danny Fairfax and Ryan Liddell Imagine this: you wake up in the morning and you're feeling terrible. You have a headache and a sore throat. You ask your mother if you can stay home from school and, on feeling your temperature, she agrees. You

Critical new evidence in Mumia Abu-Jamal case

Critical new evidence in Mumia Abu-Jamal case By Jeff Mackler SAN FRANCISCO — Speaking at a January 23 national leadership conference in New York City, held to prepare the April 24 mass demonstrations demanding a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal,

Discrimination is a 'one-way street'

By Michelle Wickham SYDNEY — Guided tours of the Opera House by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a part of the annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, have been cancelled after objections from the Catholic Church. The gay male "nuns" are an annual

ACTEW privatisation victory

ACTEW privatisation victory By James Vassilopoulos Unions scored an important victory on February 2, when the Legislative Assembly voted down the government's proposal to privatise the Australian Capital Territory Electricity and Water (ACTEW).

Step up the anti-VSU campaign!

By Wendy Robertson At its last meeting, the National Union of Students (NUS) national executive decided it would not call a nationally coordinated day of action against the proposed introduction of voluntary student unionism (VSU) until May 6,

Life of Riley: When it pleases me

When it pleases me Chair! Chair! Get a chair! Yes, Sir. What's happening? I'll just check. Well? There are no chairs. "Sir!" How dare you address me without calling me "Sir"? Yes, Sir! There are no chairs, Sir! No chairs! This

Labor and Liberal: false friends of East Timor

By Jon Land After the fall of Indonesian dictator Suharto in May, the independence struggle in East Timor entered a new phase; a major obstacle to freedom was removed. In Australia, the Howard government and the Labor opposition welcomed Suharto's

Write on: Letters to the editor

Write on: Letters to the editor Non-competitive games I've been reading and watching the news and there have been stories about possible corruption in the Olympic Games movement and another story about steroids use by sports people. There are

Practice and practicalities of protest

I Protest!By Phil Thornton, Liam Phelan and Bill McKeownPluto Press Australia, 1997224 pp., $19.95 (pb) Review by Jonathan Strauss I Protest!, written by three journalists, Phil Thornton, Liam Phelan and Bill McKeown, is subtitled "Fighting for

Labor students 'keeping a low profile' on VSU

By Kate Carr BRISBANE — On January 14, an anti-voluntary student unionism (VSU) meeting here was dominated by office-bearers from the National Union of Students' Queensland branch (NUSQ), the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), the

IWD on NSW north coast

IWD on NSW north coast IWD on NSW north coast By Kath O'Driscoll LISMORE — Organising is under way for a march and rally for International Women's Day on March 6. A collective of campus and high school students, community workers and other