The following is an abridged version of a statement circulated in the National Tertiary Education and Industry Union (NTEU) concerning the recent agreement between the Melbourne University administration and the uni's NTEU branch, which links a 12%
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Hands off native title!
@box text intro = Politics and law have come a long way since the High Court rejected terra nullius in the 1992 Mabo case. Given the distance travelled, it seems remarkable that the prime minister should threaten that
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Want to make a pile in post-Soviet Russia? Now that privatisation is mostly complete, the readiest ways of having big roubles drop into your lap belong to the past. But riches can still be yours. The Russian
Brisbane anti-budget rally planned
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — A rally and march to protest against the Howard government's cutbacks and anti-worker policies has been set for budget day, Tuesday, May 13, at 12.30pm in King George Square. The
Murder investigation sparks backlash against women
By Corinne Glenn
PERTH — The disappearance of one woman, and the murder of two others from Claremont, a wealthy suburb, over the past 15 months has sparked a regressive "safety" campaign.
By Doug Lorimer
The lack of financial accountability of MPs revealed by the "Colston affair" highlights the fact that — contrary to the myths perpetuated by establishment political commentators in the capitalist media and in academia, as well
Public meeting on Aboriginal rights
By Matt Wilson
ADELAIDE — The federal government assault on native title is the endgame of the assault on Aboriginal rights since European invasion, a public meeting on the Wik debate and Aboriginal
By Sean Healy
With preparations for the May 8 joint staff-student national day of action well under way, indications are very positive for a considerable student campaign against the implementation of fees and cuts on campus. In the four weeks
By Tony Iltis
HOBART — Tasmania's Legislative Council has finally agreed, in principle, to repeal the state's notorious laws which make homosexuality an imprisonable offence. At the time of writing, however, the upper house was still debating
Reprinted here is an abridged version of Pam Corkery's February 20 maiden speech to the New Zealand parliament. Corkery left her 19-year career in broadcasting to stand for the Alliance in the October general election. Her media career — in both
New US nukes targeted at Third World
By David Muller
The US government is stepping up the technological and nuclear arms race against the Third World. In early April, six radar-evading B-2 "Stealth" bombers were officially commissioned into
A grand sweep of history and class conflict
World's Endby T. Coraghessan BoyleBloomsbury, 1996. 456 pp., $16.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon
If the obsessively introspective focus of most novels these days either puts you to sleep or has you
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