Or anything else
"I do not even remember the taste of liquor." — Philippines President Joseph Estrada, denying his chief of staff's report that Estrada often makes policy decisions during late-night drinking sessions with cronies.
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By Sean Martin-Iverson
PERTH — An announcement by the private, Catholic Notre Dame University that it intends to open a new medical school has been condemned by student activists and the WA branch of the National Union of Students. Notre Dame's
Makes you think
Word has it that sole parents and the disabled could be required to make themselves more employable or forfeit their full payment under the federal government's next round of mutual obligation initiatives. We are supposed to be
By Nick Fredman
LISMORE — Chanting "Stop these racist laws!", 200 people marched through the streets of Lismore on March 25. They had just heard speakers condemn the federal government's inaction on mandatory sentencing. The protesters were also
By Sean Healy
SYDNEY — Asylum seekers coming to Australia hoping for protection from persecution are suffering at the hands of "our national obsession with locking people up and our paranoia about Asia", human rights commissioner Chris Sidoti
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Green Left was launched in 1990 by the Democratic Socialist Party, the socialist
Women main targets of family law amendments
The federal government's Family Law Amendment bill 1999 is being debated
in parliament. One of its main purposes is to amend the Family Law Act
1975 to allow new arrangements for the
Face to FaceBy David WilliamsonDarwin Theatre CompanyDarwin Entertainment Centre, March 22 to April 8 Review by Peter Johnston
An angry young man, Glen (Tim Sinclair), with a troubled family background, assaults a co-worker and is sacked from the
US Senate votes to ease Cuba blockade
On March 23, pressure from US farmers, agribusiness and politicians representing "farm states" convinced the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee to vote to allow greater sales of US food and medicine to Cuba,
Don't forget!
Next week, Green Left Weekly will produce its 400th issue. This is a special occasion for all those people in Australia and overseas who have, during the last nine years, contributed articles, photographs, cartoons, funds, and their
Forests
Successive Governments have forced West Australia down a path of environmental destruction. It started with paying farmers to clear land to produce wheat for export dollars and is continuing with the felling of the South West forests to
Labour Party Pakistan leaders hunted by police
By Farooq Sulehria
LAHORE — Police and soldiers raided the houses and offices of Labour Party Pakistan leaders on the night of March 22. The raids occurred just hours after an LPP-organised
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