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So we're all millionaires now?

John Percy For years they've been telling us we live in the Lucky Country. It's now official. Each Australian — man, woman, child — is now worth $1.1 million, according to the World Bank. Its recent study estimating the wealth of 192

Towards a history of the CPA

By John Percy Seventy-five years ago, under the impact and inspiration of the October 1917 Russian Revolution, the Communist Party of Australia was founded. It was a modest beginning, but an historic event. The CPA formed in 1920 finally

Public subsidy for private profit

Iain Stewart Public subsidy for private profit MELBOURNE — The cost of staging a Formula One Grand Prix is substantial and is increased when the event is staged at a temporary circuit such as Albert Park. In addition to capital outlay on the

Baucau: another front in East Timor war &&

By John Martinkus and Daniel Pedersen EAST TIMOR — When five shots penetrated the body of the commandant of subdistrict Vermasse as he was on his way to work on July 27, it triggered — by afternoon — a violent and repressive response from

Janet Sheila Wakefield &&

By Max Watts SYDNEY — Janet Sheila Wakefield, a communist, was born in Patras, Greece, in 1915 and died in Sydney on September 18. Her family moved to New Zealand in 1925. In 1936, Janet came to Australia. Ten years ago, when I first met

French crackdown in Tahiti

By Norm Dixon Gabriel Tetiarahi, leader of Tahiti's umbrella NGO organisation Hiti Tau, fears that he will be arrested by French colonial authorities when returns to Papeete after a brief visit to Australia. Tetiarahi's fears are well founded.

Chinese women denied redress for war crimes

By Eva Cheng Seven former sex slaves and other victims of Japanese atrocities in China were recounting their wartime plight to reporters during a press conference in Hepingli Hotel in Beijing on August 7 when the police broke in. The meeting was

Lacking more than a clue

CluelessParamount PicturesWritten and directed by Amy HeckerlingReviewed by Roslyn Moloney "Sex. Clothes. Popularity. Is there a problem here?" This is how 16-year-old Cher (Alicia Silverstone) confronts the world. But the question really at

Green vote changes face of council &&

By Liz Rene NEWCASTLE The NSW local government elections on September 9 registered a change in voting patterns that elected Green councillors across the state. The most resounding success was in Newcastle, where Greens now hold a quarter of the

Parliamentarians protest against nuclear test on Moruroa &&

By Sid Spindler In the early hours of Saturday, September 2, 35 Australian parliamentarians arrived by plane in Tahiti. Most of us substituted a cup of coffee for sleep, and by 9 o'clock we were assembling at the Municipal Offices of the Faaa

Valuable imperfections

ZeldaBy Zelda D'ApranoSpinifex, 1995. 408 pp.Reviewed by Trish Corcoran "Working-class women very rarely write books because of our inability to write at the level required by male established literary standards. Nor are many books written about the

The creation of 'terrorists'

The Cutting Edge: The RaidSBS TelevisionTuesday, October 3, 8.30pm (8 SA)Reviewed by Jenny Long The debate around flag burning, and the implicit questioning of the rights of East Timorese to demonstrate against the Indonesian occupation of their