Election of One Nation senator condemned
By Peter Robson
BRISBANE — The Democratic Socialist Party organised a speak-out of 50 people in the Queen Street Mall on October 9 to protest the election of One Nation member Heather Hill to the Senate
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By Michael David
When ordinary people claim they want "tax reform", what they want is an end to tax rorting, legal and illegal and quasi-legal. They want equity in the tax system. During the federal election campaign, Liberal and Labor both
'Free Burma, boycott Pacrim!'
By Adam Baker
BRISBANE — "Free Burma, boycott Pacrim!" was the demand of a small but lively group of picketers outside the head office of Pacrim Energy Australia (PEA) in the inner-city suburb of Spring Hill on
While Labor rules anywhere
"Something's bound to turn up." — David Hill on his career plans, after failing to win Hughes as an ALP candidate.
Illustrious
"An illustrious son of this blessed land is raised to the glory of the altars." — Pope
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Review by James Vassilopoulos
As it happened: the Greek Civil War SBS TVFriday, October 16, 8pm (7.30pm SA) A far greater tragedy than the ancient Greek playwrights Euripides, Aeschylus or Sophocles could ever have written befell the Greek people
By Dick Nichols
SYDNEY — The implementation of the deal which ended the dispute between Patrick Stevedores and the Maritime Union of Australia has hit serious snags here. MUA central NSW branch deputy secretary Jim Donovan has claimed in an
Rumblings from the pews
Ann Nugent believes that Catholic women should have the same right as men to be ordained as priests. She is the editor of a newspaper published by the national group Ordination of Catholic Women.
She has been punished
Poor conditions for unpaid carers
MELBOURNE — A five-year study has exposed the poor conditions of unpaid carers in the home in Victoria. The study by health professionals reveals that most carers are women, and a large number are on duty
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) lists the basic rights and freedoms that every person is entitled to. December 10 will be the 50th anniversary of the document's drafting. Many Australians are probably unaware of the existence of this
International news briefs
Korean bank strike aborted
A planned strike led by South Korea's Federation of Bank and Financial Labour Unions (KFBU) to defend 18,700 jobs was called off on September 29, the day it was scheduled to take place.
The
By Michele Wickham
SYDNEY — On the September 22-24, the St Peter's Society at Sydney University held a seminar series under the title "Abortion Information Week — what really happens in an abortion". Intrigued and concerned by the implied
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