The Decline of the Tea LadyBy Jenny StewartWakefield Press, 2004195 pages, $24.95
REVIEW BY ALEX TIGHE
This humorous, yet insightful contribution to discussion on management caused me to ponder my own memories of my early days working in the
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Your beak is the needle,The thread is your song,And you mend the torn air,When the madness is gone,And the harmonies old, of the bushland unfold,When you mend the torn air with your song.
And when harmony reignedIn the forest of green,And no
Joel Wilson, an Australian Manufacturing Workers Union member working at Coode Island and Stephen "Longy" Long, a Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) delegate at Coode Island spoke to Green Left Weekly's Sue Bolton about their
Jess Melvin
Prime Minister John Howard's refusal to sign the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in South-East Asia (TAC) at the 10th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit — held in Vientiane, Laos, on November 29-30 — flows from
Fortress Europe: Out they Go — With Europe tightening its refugee policy and border control causing thousands of deaths, human rights are in jeopardy and international law is being violated. SBS, Monday, December 20, 1.55pm.
Chiefs: Sitting Bull
Mark Stephens
The latest AIDS epidemic update released by UNAIDS for World AIDS Day shows that the majority of the 40 million are now living with AIDS will soon be female.
Over the past two years, the number of women living with HIV has risen in
On schedule
"I noticed today that the elections are on schedule for June the 30th." — Emperor George Bush II, November 20, referring to the US-dictated January 30 Iraqi parliamentary elections.
Free enterprise
"A third or more of the
MELBOURNE — On December 10, 300 asylum seekers and refugee-rights activists marked Human Rights Day with a march to draw attention to the plight of refugees, in particular the threatened deportation of Sri Lankan asylum seekers, some of whom
The following is a letter to the Cuban Five, who were charged with espionage and sentenced to long jail terms in the US.
My name is Craig Johnston. I am in prison in Australia for crimes against the capitalist state. Myself and 16 other trade
On November 26, the Venezuelan National Assembly passed a controversial new law on responsibility in radio and television. The legislation regulates broadcasts that promote violence, sexual exploitation and racism. This has been controversial in a
Jeff Shantz, Toronto
December 6 marked the opening of asylum hearings for US war resister Jeremy Hinzman, who deserted the army because of his opposition to participation in the assault and occupation of Iraq. Hinzman was among the first of a
Fred Fuentes
Writing in the Miami Herald, the day after Bolivia's December 5 municipal elections, Tyler Bridges commented: "Bolivians overwhelmingly rejected their traditional political parties in electing 327 mayors ... with the Movement Towards
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