France's macho internal security minister, Nicholas Sarkozy, is currently braying that his government's re-criminalisation of soliciting last year, has reduced the number of prostitutes on French streets by 40%. French law defines soliciting as
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"The Coalition Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Governing Council have made great strides in the security, economic stability and growth, and democratisation of Iraq." — US Secretary of State Colin Powell, in testimony to the
SylviaDirected by Christine JeffsWritten by John BrownlowWith Gwyneth Paltrow and Daniel CraigNow showing nationally.
REVIEW BY JESS MELVIN
If Sylvia Plath was a death-glorifying, dull, domesticated homeworker whose suicide epitomised her life,
David Glanz
The unambiguously good news from the January 16-21 World Social Forum in Mumbai, India, is that the global movement against capitalist globalisation is not just alive and well, but extending deeper into civil society.
The immediate
Brianna Pike & Norman Brewer, Sydney
Aboriginal residents of the Redfern Block and anti-racist activists have rallied to defend the block, and oppose police brutality.
On February 16, an impromptu public speak-out was held on the block. About 200
The February 12 announcement by Prime Minister John Howard that a Coalition party room meeting had approved a reduction in federal parliamentarians' superannuation to 9% (from 69.1%) would have gladdened most hearts.
Howard was pleased because he
Peter Robson
On December 4, the Senate passed federal education minister Brendan Nelson's legislative package of "reforms" to higher education. The Nelson legislation is the most regressive changes to the education system since the abolition of
Iraq
The United States has continued to remind the world that it will be handing over power to the Iraqis after June 30, 2004. The US Coalition Provisional Authority will hand over power to some form of Iraqi government from this date. What form
MELBOURNE — Many unions have passed motions in support of the March 20 international protest against the occupation of Iraq.
They include: the Geelong Trades and Labour Council; the Victorian branch of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and
Sarah Stephen, Sydney
Journalist and film-maker John Pilger and former intelligence official Andrew Wilkie addressed a packed crowd of 1000 at a public meeting organised by the Stop the War Coalition on February 15.
Addressing the impact of the
Sarah Stephen, Sydney
"A journalist recently asked me whether the average Australian cared any more about the unravelling case for war", Andrew Wilkie told a Stop the War Coalition public meeting on February 15. "It's true that some have taken PM
Far from HeavenWritten and directed by Todd HaynesWith Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid and Dennis HaysbertWarner Home Video
REVIEW BY LOUIS PROYECT
For anybody growing up in an affluent small town or suburbia during the 1950s, Far from Heaven will
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