By Alex Bainbridge
NEWCASTLE — A meeting of BHP steelworkers on September 25 vowed to campaign against BHP's apparent decision to stop producing steel in Newcastle. The meeting was prompted by BHP chairperson Brian Loton's announcement to the
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VirtuosaDirected by Anna McCrossin-Owen and Merfyn OwenSeptember 25 to October 6Theatreworks, St KildaReviewed by Nedjeljka Viduka Virtuosa chronicles the life of Clara Schumann, a great pianist and composer, whose life and work in music history has
By Sunset Wignall-Blackman
HOBART — An informal alliance has been formed between the police, the state Liberal government and retailers in an effort to promote business in the Hobart CBD by pushing young people out of the area. The government is
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 7pm.
Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31,
Majorities need not apply
"Welcoming Mr Howard, [Indonesian dictator Suharto] said Indonesia was developing its own brand of democracy where 'there is no place for a dictatorship of the majority'." — Sydney Morning Herald, September 17.
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According to a September 25 report, 13 Kurdish prisoners were killed in a Turkish security forces attack inside the prison of the Kurdish city of Diyarbakir. Many of the dead had suffered severe head injuries. Another 12 prisoners were taken to
By Peter Boyle
Just over a week after the independent member for Oxley, Pauline Hanson, made the most nakedly racist speech heard in an Australian parliament for decades, Prime Minister John Howard boasted that since his government was elected,
The IncorruptibleBy Louis NowraDirected by Aubrey MellorSydney Theatre Company in association with PlayboxDrama Theatre, Sydney Opera House until October 19Reviewed by Helen Jarvis An unknown country politician and sugar cane farmer is plucked out of
DAVE THOMAS and JULIA PERKINS spoke with Aboriginal activist ROBERT BROPHO about a planned October 11 Aboriginal community demonstration outside the WA police headquarters. Bropho has been the leader of the Lockridge Aboriginal community, in the
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Electricity generating workers in the Maritime District of Russia's far east are locked in a battle with federal and local authorities to force the payment of long-overdue wages. Power output in the district, whose
By Sue Bolton
MELBOURNE — One hundred and thirty-six maintenance workers at the ACI glassworks plant at Spotswood have been locked out for 13 weeks. The dispute began on June 3, when BTR-ACI ignored existing workplace agreements and announced 59
Repeal all abortion laws!
The High Court is currently hearing an appeal by Superclinics against a NSW district court decision allowing a woman to bring a case of medical negligence for non-diagnosis of her pregnancy.
The woman tried to sue the
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