By Freya Pinney WOLLONGONG — On October 26 women will take to the streets for the first time here to protest against violence against women in the Illawarra. For years women from Wollongong have been travelling to Sydney to participate in the
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By Anthony Benbow. PERTH — Workers at E Green & Sons at Harvey, 100km south of Perth, returned to work on September 28, with a substantial pay increase and agreement by the company to implement proper skill recognition. The entire work force walked
Well I wandered down the other day to say giday to Senator Ray he told me to get out of the fucking way, seems he's got trouble with flag burners. He's head of the army so they say, he's pretty important is Senator Ray. Some it seems want to burn
BHP chartered the Iron Baron to deliver manganese ore and other mining products to Launceston. Somehow, on July 11, the ship went well off course and grounded on a reef near the Tamar River mouth. When finally towed free, it had already spewed at
Stop nuclear tests now! By Sam Stratham and Wendy Robertson PARIS — Opposition to France's program of nuclear testing continues throughout the world. This opposition has been boosted with the detonation of a weapon on Fangataufu atoll on October 2
Kelly's reign 1878-1880Performed by Fireweb Productionsat the Performance Space, SydneyOctober 5-15Previewed by Nick Soudikoff Hanged by the empire, Ned Kelly remains a part of Australian folklore. By the age of 25 he had robbed two banks, shot three
North West Cape is a remote finger of land in north-western Australia. The Exmouth Gulf and a number of islands lie on its eastern side, while Ningaloo Reef and Cape Range National Park occupy the western shore, where the coastal waters form Ningaloo
By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Letters to the editor in the Courier-Mail newspaper indicate widespread rejection of attacks by a minority of public figures on the role of Resistance in the high school walkout here. "Quotes from educators about students
The white flag with its slash of blood Blowing in the wind Above a land of crosses Whose ground is scarred with sin. Rat-a-tat-tat the guns sing With the scream of war The rich live upon the fate Of the murdered poor. The oil fields are wet But the
The Jazz SceneBy Eric HobsbawmPantheon, 1993. 392 pp., $39.95 (hb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon During the Depression, the suburban teenager, Eric Hobsbawm, tried to convert his cousin to communism. He wasn't successful, but his cousin did convert Eric to
By Karen Fletcher and Kath Gelber SYDNEY — Around 500 women and a sprinkling of men attended the 5th Women and Labour Conference held at Macquarie University, September 29 to October 1. The conference attracted feminists who had been active in the
Visionary "If we stick to these hard-core issues, we are going to win the next election and we're going to continue to have the most visionary prime minister Australia has ever had." — Former NSW premier Neville Wran, waxing lyrical at the state
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