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Tim Anderson: 'The jails are the crime'

What lies behind the current hysteria around law and order? There are three groups that are always pushing law and order — property owners, police and politicians. Firstly, if you look at the country towns of western NSW with all their

Melbourne Workers Theatre fights back

By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — Despite the Kennett government's recent surprise decision to cut its funding by $20,000, one of Melbourne's oldest alternative theatre companies refuses to give up. In announcing its 1995 season, Melbourne

Canadian first nation wins forest protection

Canadian first nation wins forest protection By Cam Walker The Haisla Nation of central western British Columbia have won a major victory in having a vast area of their traditional homeland permanently protected. The Haisla are the

Paul Keating

Paul Keating em = By Denis Kevans You bignoted on Mabo I thought you were sincere, But what do I find when I peer in your mind At the turning of the year? A little mechanical masterpiece, With insects striking the gong,

Sharp as a quill

The Porcupine By Julian Barnes Picador. 138 pp., $11.95 (pb) Reviewed by Dave Riley Just when I thought I'd give up novels for the telly and stick to periodicals rather than something more literary, Julian Barnes came my way. I view him as

... and ain't i a woman?: Hidden agendas

Hidden agendas Women are still an alarmingly long way from having reproductive rights. In recent years, the anti-choice movement has attempted to manipulate debates about women's health and contraception to its own ends. Any discussion

Nostradamus' Media Watch

Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. New summit for hoods of state

SA teachers' campaign targets minister

A teachers' campaign targets minister ADELAIDE — As the SA public school system fights to protect its future, the South Australian Institute of Teachers has called upon education minister Rob Lucas to remember his pre-election promise.

A sense of community

Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly recently received a very welcome donation from the Homeland Community in northern NSW. The community sent a cheque for $212.40, with a little note, offering the donation as a "tithe for your worthy paper". We would like to express

News briefs

ADELAIDE — Seven members of the neo-fascist National Action organisation stormed into the Adelaide Resistance Bookshop on March 14, destroying posters and threatening Resistance activists. National Action threatened that if Resistance did not

Tarkine campaign continues

Tarkine campaign continues By Carol Mitchell and Ben Courtice HOBART — On March 11, around 200 people attended a sleep-out/vigil in support of the Tarkine Wilderness direct action blockade, which is occurring in the north-west of

On the box

God is a woman! — Christians, Jews and Muslims have for millennia believed in a sole male god. Archaeology reveals that recent discoveries in the heart of Palestine suggest that the Canaanite goddess, Asherah, was revered as the co-almighty in