Building strength and solidarity
IntuitionAnt McKennaProduced by Ant McKenna and Phil Ross Review by Nick Everett
Intuition is the debut CD of Brisbane-based singer-songwriter Ant McKenna. Since 1993, McKenna has been playing gigs in and
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By Sam Wainwright
PARIS — "The government has sought and found a balance between individual freedoms and the authority of the state", said minister of the interior Jean-Louis Debré on March 13 after France's Senate passed a package of
Bomb blasts rock Beijing
The Chinese government has launched another campaign to "fight crime" after the capital was rocked by two bomb blasts in early March. The explosions followed three similar attacks on public buses in Urumqi, the capital
By Norm Dixon
Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) commander Brigadier General Jerry Singirok's dramatic refusal to go along with deployment of mercenaries on Bougainville has forced the PNG government to abandon its plans and exposed deep
Car workers march on Brussels
By James Vassilopoulos
On March 16, 150,000 workers from France, Belgium, the Netherlands and England marched on Brussels to protest against the closure of Belgium's Renault car plant at Vilvoorde. The rally
By Bill Day
Maningrida is a town of about 600 on the coast of Central Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, servicing about 1500 people. Although the town is mainly Aboriginal, remnants of the old colonial administration remain in managerial
By Chow Wei-Cheng
The ACTU has been threatening to call a national strike over the federal government's proposed changes to superannuation. The Howard government, following the trajectory set by the ALP, has mooted increasing from 55 to 60 the
By Tully Bates
MELBOURNE — The Victorian public transport system is under attack as never before. The Kennett government's decision to accelerate privatisation will result in increased fares and a reduction in services. As well, any successful
By Peter Montague
In the United States, brain cancer has been steadily increasing about 0.7% per year since 1973. This steady increase is noteworthy by itself. However, among people over age 65, brain cancer has been increasing 2.9% each year,
Pesticide disaster in Mississippi
In response to a pesticide disaster in Mississippi, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking steps to stop future use of restricted-use pesticides in urban areas. More than 1500 homes and
By Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE — The 11th Melbourne International Comedy Festival, running March 27-April 20, was recently attacked by right-wing radio commentator Neil Mitchell as being of interest only to "wankers living in Northcote and
Big crowds around the country attended debut screenings of There is only one word — Resist!, a documentary about the underground resistance to the Suharto dictatorship. The film made was in secret by community television director Jill Hickson in
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