By Craig Cormick
Based on highly reliable international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from the leading TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe.
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What impact do women parliamentarians have on the struggle for gender equality? Four women from different countries and different political backgrounds discussed their experiences at the International Â鶹´«Ã½ Conference held in Sydney over Easter.
By David Finkel
As a commercial enterprise, the success of World Cup 1994 appears assured. Stands will be packed to capacity or very nearly so. Even more important is the extraction of maximum revenues from World Cup corporate sponsorships,
SA nurses reject wage freeze
ADELAIDE — The SA branch of the Australian Nurses Federation has rejected the wage freeze proposed by the state Liberal government in its May financial statement.
The ANF federal executive reported to
By Sue Bolton
MELBOURNE — At a time when many workers have begun to think that there is no alternative to the corporate-style union approach of giving up working conditions for a pittance of a wage rise, one union has shown that it is possible
Scoundrels
It is not just the radical left that recognises the relationship between existing deep-seated social problems and unemployment. Writing in an April issue of the Sydney Morning Herald, journalist Geoff Kitney stated that the Liberal
BROKEN HILL — A recent Sydney Sunday paper quoted the mayor of Broken Hill, Peter Black, as saying that what country towns needed were ideas based on "fair dinkum lateral thinking". Intrigued by this, Green left Weekly's STEPHEN O'BRIEN asked Black
'Cultural hooliganism' in SA
By Anthony Thirlwall
ADELAIDE — On June 22, minister for the arts Diana Laidlaw announced plans to close and sell the South Australian Film and Video Centre. The centre, one of the most highly regarded media
Protests at NT Trade Expo
By Sally Anne Watson
DARWIN — More than 400 Indonesian visitors have arrived to attend the Northern Territory 1994 Trade Expo. On June 23, the day before the expo opened, a large number of Indonesian businessmen
UN accepts South Africa
For the first time in 20 years, the credentials of South Africa's delegation to the United Nations have been accepted. The decision was made by a UN committee on June 17. South Africa's return to the General Assembly
Rottnest's future discussed
PERTH — In early June, Rottnest Island or Wadjemup was the site of a four day ceremonial meeting of Aboriginal people. Delegates came from all regions of Western Australia to discuss the island's future and what
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — The Rwandan Patriotic Front, on the verge of taking power in the traumatised central African country of Rwanda, says it will "do all that can be done" to resist a French military intervention. Speaking here on June
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