By Tony Iltis
HOBART — On November 14, as tenders closed for the privatisation of the vehicular ferry that provides the only link between Bruny Island and mainland Tasmania, a strike and picket by ferry workers ended its seventh day. Nine
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Death in custody in private prison
MELBOURNE — George Drinken, a 28-year-old remand prisoner, was found hanged in his cell at Port Philip Prison in the early evening of October 30. The Port Phillip Prison, a 600-cell maximum security and
Democrats: 'Our worry is Labor's will'
Australian Democrats Senator JOHN WOODLEY spoke to Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's SAM WAINWRIGHT about the Democrats' response to the Native Title Amendment Bill. Question: Will the Democrats be voting against the
Sri Lankan government sterilises Tamils
A program to systematically and radically reduce the Tamil population in Sri Lanka's plantation sector is secretly but effectively being carried out with state assistance and misdirected foreign aid. The
WA TLC attempts to close 'workers' embassy'
By Michael Bramwell and Mary Nielson
PERTH — November 5 was Guy Fawkes Day, named after the man who was executed in 1606 for attempting to detonate a bomb under the British parliament. A ball on
By Marina Carman
Recognising the unpopularity of further moves towards "user pays", the government has ruled out two major proposals contained in the discussion paper of the review of higher education being conducted by Roderick West. The paper
SYDNEY — The Wild Spaces Environmental Film Festival will be held in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains from November 25-29. Wild Spaces seeks to inform people on crucial environmental issues and offers a platform for discussion about issues that are
WA Greens: 'Constitutional change is needed'
WA Greens Senator DEE MARGETTS has been embarrassing the Coalition with the findings of parliamentary committees revealing the Native Title Amendment Bill to be unconstitutional and racially
MimicDirected by Guillermo Del TorroREP Film DistributionNational release on November 27 Review by Jon Land
As summer creeps up on us, we venture to the beach and the "great outdoors" to worship the sun and grill bits of dead cow and onion on
ADELAIDE — CATHERINE CARTER, director of Theatre Praxis's latest production of British playwright Howard Brenton's Bloody Poetry, spoke to Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's NATALIE WOODLOCK about the play. "Bloody Poetry explores the lives and political ideas of
No reconciliation with racism: Stop the Wik bill
By Jennifer Thompson
The tales and insults traded back and forth over recent weeks between Paul Keating and John Howard, the Labor and Liberal parties, former Labor power-broker and Packer
... Token action on domestic violence
One week after thousands attended the Reclaim the Night marches around the country, the Howard government brazenly reaffirmed its lack of commitment to tackling domestic violence.
Publicised as a
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