By Maree Roberts
At a recent National Conference of Federated Ethnic Communities Councils (FECCA), Pauline Hanson and the attacks on migrants were squarely on the agenda. However, the responses of the ethnic representatives at the conference (and
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Attack on South African woman activist
By Anthony Benbow
Two recent events have pushed the shockingly high incidence of violence against women in South Africa back into the public spotlight. The first was a brutal rape committed on Robben Island,
Budgeteer Junior
Hello. This is easy! Hello. Hello. Can I write my name? Keiran. My name is Keiran — K.E.I.R.A.N. What do I say next? I am six years old. I am in grade 2. I like Power Rangers, Batman and the Simpsons. And I like the computer. I
By Adam Hanieh
Speculation is increasing in Israel on the possibility of a government of national unity between the two major parties, Labour and the ruling Likud. Despite the impression given by much of the big business press that these two
Blood and oil
By Barry Sheppard
One week after I returned from attending the Democratic Socialist Party's convention in Australia, an explosion and fire at the Tosco refinery in the San Francisco Bay Area killed one worker and injured 25.
By Marina Cameron
Many an internet enthusiast will rave about the joys of "surfing" and the liberating nature of new communications technology. Some post-modernists even argue that expanding technology is breaking down traditional social divides
Write on: letters to the editor
McDonald's for all
The federal health minister, Dr Wooldridge, thinks Australians could take to the idea of getting a free McDonald's for each child immunised. Perhaps we are so Americanised that we see nothing
By Linda Kaucher
Minister for resources Warwick Parer released the government's "Sustainable Energy'" green paper over the Christmas period, obviously hoping that no-one would notice. It's a shocker. In a cynical play on words, "sustainable energy"
Indonesian show trial reveals more than planned
By James Balowski
The Suharto regime's attempt to blame members of the People's Democratic Party (PRD) for the July 27 riots in Jakarta floundered after its own National Human Rights Commission
@columhead = Sick
"If a drug is good for people, but it doesn't make a profit for the drug company, our system has a problem." — Dr Stephen Jurd, head of drug and alcohol services at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, on the unavailability
Young Libs attack de facto families
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — "The Queensland Young Liberals have shown themselves to be political dinosaurs over their attack on the rights of de facto couples and their children", Kathy Newnham, Brisbane acting
Liberty Hall
House or workers,
Hall of trades,
Peoples' Palace,
an idea wrought in stone
and blood and struggle.
If those stones could attest,
what stories they could tell —
deals done and done deals,
bitter infighting, and
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