Queensland teachers vote for rolling strikes
By Bill Mason
@box text intro = BRISBANE — Queensland teachers have voted overwhelmingly for a campaign of rolling 24-hour strikes in state schools to demand better pay and to protest the
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Second dispossession
MELBOURNE — Around 500 people attended the 1997 Whitlam Lecture on April 28 to hear Noel Pearson, chairperson of the Cape York Land Council, condemn attacks by the Howard government on native title and the Racial
Eastern Distributor blockade rehearsed
SYDNEY — Anti-motorway activists occupied the Drivers Triangle area in Surry Hills for 24 hours on April 27 to practise for protests against the proposed Eastern Distributor freeway. Mock toll
Ground water contamination from pesticides in US
Ground water contamination from pesticides in US
A new study released by the North Carolina Pesticide Board shows widespread pesticide contamination in the state's ground water. Over 27% of
By Peter Boyle
Queensland Premier Rob Borbidge has demanded of Prime Minister John Howard: totally extinguish native title on pastoral leases, or face a rash of Hanson-type independents around the country. This blackmail may benefit Howard, who
By Max Lane
On April 28, the trial of Budiman Sujatmiko, People's Democratic Party (PRD) president, and eight other PRD members ended. Budiman was sentenced to 13 years' prison. Petrus Haryanto, 26, secretary general of the PRD, was sentenced to
Powerful people's opera
Little CityBy Irine VelaPresented by Brisbane Ethnic Music and Arts Centre Inc.Until May 11Culturebank, West End, Brisbane Review by Lynda Hansen
This is a story about a community's last ditch attempt to persuade an
God helps those who help themselves
"Flights to Zaire by the tax-exempt humanitarian organisation of the American evangelist and former Republican presidential candidate, Mr Pat Robertson, were used almost exclusively for his diamond mining
Young suffer from capitalism in eastern Europe
Young people in eastern Europe can be forgiven for not celebrating the triumph of the "market economy". According to a report released by the United Nations Children's Fund on April 21, there are
By Margaret Gleeson
On April 22, Peruvian president Fujimori ended the 127-day occupation of the Japanese ambassador's residence by Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) guerillas. "The end of the crisis showed that Fujimori exclusively
Unionists arrested in Malawi
Police arrested more trade union leaders in the southern African country of Malawi as a wages strike by public servants entered its third week on April 21. The latest unionists arrested were from the country's north,
Newcastle — you never had it so good
You never know do you? So often you hear people complaining. But me, I never had it so good.
I see?
You hear all sorts of complaints. "I lost me job" or "I don't know where the money's
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