By Frank Noakes
"Governments have got used to the idea that they are dictators that can win everything in parliament. But parliament is representing the people, and they won't be able to do that now, nor will they in the future. The people want
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Vietnamese Children's Drawings
Brisbane Town Hall
Until November 20
Reviewed by Dave Riley
Vietnam, after more than 30 years of war, has not yet won the peace. The brutal price that the people of Vietnam have paid for their independence
ADELAIDE — A picket on Remembrance Day, November 11, by the Bougainville Action Group highlighted the need to remember the plight of the Bougainvilleans and to support their struggle against the PNG military, aided and abetted by the Australian
It's called democracy
"With the pace-setter across the Tasman hobbled, the pressure for reform in Australia — especially the labour market— will be diminished", wrote Steve Burrell in the Financial Review. Reason enough to celebrate the
By Arun Pradhan
ADELAIDE — Despite the establishment media's focus on the two major parties, the vast disillusionment in these parties is reflected in the large number of alternative candidates contesting the upcoming state elections.
The
Brisbane police
I'm not surprised by the events of November 8 in Brisbane. There has since been much discussion regarding the general police attitude to Aboriginal people in Queensland. The police believe that relations have improved in recent
Brisbane garbos reject offer
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Brisbane garbage collectors are continuing to campaign for a better redundancy deal when one-person collection is introduced next July.
Transport Workers Union state secretary
By Di Quin
MELBOURNE — The Victorian state government has begun a vilification campaign against the deregistered Builders Labourers Federation because of the recent appointment of three Victorian BLF members as organisers within the state
By Max Lane
The Suharto regime in Jakarta seems unable to end the resistance to Indonesian occupation in East Timor or bring to an end the international diplomatic controversy about the occupation. The regime continues to pretend that things are
John Romeril
Edited by Gareth Griffiths
Australian Playwrights Series, No. 5
Editions Rodopi B.V. 1993
Reviewed by David Adamson
This is a generous, well-compiled and broad-ranging account of one of Australia's most significant and
Bougainville Tent Embassy
CANBERRA — Medicines donated by organisations, doctors and hospitals were delivered to the Bougainville Tent Embassy in front of Parliament House here on November 4. Alan Coe, representing the Victorian Aboriginal
Just right for the stocking
Black 'n' White 'n' Green
Edited by George Hirst
Envirobook, 1993. 128 pp. $14.95
Reviewed by Allen Myers
The subhead says it all: "Australia's top cartoonists draw the line on the environment". This is a
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