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The struggle for gay and lesbian rights in Indonesia

DEDE OETOMO is coordinator of Gaya Nusantara, a national gay rights group in Indonesia. He is currently visiting Australia and will address the Indonesian Solidarity Dinner at the Resistance Centre in Sydney on February 19 (details below). Last

12 months of Australian political cartoons

12 months of Australian political cartoons By Kim Bullimore CANBERRA — The last 12 months have generated some of the most heated debates in recent Australian political history. Events such as Patrick's sacking of its entire work force, the

Suspension of needle exchange increases HIV risk

Suspension of needle exchange increases HIV risk By Tom Flanagan SYDNEY — "Redfern is surely one of the most urgent and obvious places in NSW for a government-funded injecting room. It is not the place to suspend a needle exchange program",

You can't leave it to parliament

You can't leave it to parliament @box text int = When the Kennett government was first elected in Victoria, it announced a series of cutbacks and attacks in rapid succession, hoping that any potential opposition would be stunned into inaction.

The year 208

Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary CountdownBy Stephen Jay GouldVintage, 1998190 pp., $17.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon This may be the only occasion in the history of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly when the following

Step up the anti-VSU campaign!

By Wendy Robertson At its last meeting, the National Union of Students (NUS) national executive decided it would not call a nationally coordinated day of action against the proposed introduction of voluntary student unionism (VSU) until May 6,

Packer we ain't

Last year, hundreds of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly supporters generously donated to the fighting fund. Contributions came in all sizes — ranging from $5 to $5000. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly would like to extend a big "thank you" to all of those who donated money,

US has another kind of drug problem

By Peter Montague A report in the Journal of the American Medical Association in April 1998 estimated that adverse reactions to prescription drugs kill about 106,000 people in the USA each year — roughly three times as many as are killed by

Practice and practicalities of protest

I Protest!By Phil Thornton, Liam Phelan and Bill McKeownPluto Press Australia, 1997224 pp., $19.95 (pb) Review by Jonathan Strauss I Protest!, written by three journalists, Phil Thornton, Liam Phelan and Bill McKeown, is subtitled "Fighting for

NSW taxi drivers demand independent inquiry

By Shane Bentley SYDNEY — Faruque Ahmed, president of the Taxi Drivers Section of the NSW Transport Workers Union (TWU) and a taxi driver for 14 years, is leading a campaign for an independent inquiry into the NSW taxi industry. "The industry is

... and ain't I a woman?: Sex work and the law

... and ain't I a woman?: Sex work and the law On November 10, Lisa Jane Brown, a young Perth sex worker, went missing. Three months later, an extensive search was eventually launched but has turned up few clues. WA police and the West

MUA ex-official attacks 'character assassination'

MUA ex-official attacks 'character assassination' By Dick Nichols BRISBANE — Jeff Langdon, former organiser with the Maritime Union of Australia's (MUA) south Queensland branch and well known for his work during the Patrick dispute, has