New forms, new truths
Falling LeafSiroccoABC Music through EMI Review by Barry Healy
A new release by Australian world music group Sirocco is always welcome. I've lost track of how long their swirling mix of Irish whistle, didgeridoo, percussion
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By James Smith
The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) on July 15 called on the federal government to "think again" on its proposed second wave workplace relations laws. The CPSU is concerned that a new round of award stripping and moves to
Keeping Marley's spirit alive
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Review by Norm Dixon
By Jim Green
Splits are emerging within the German Greens since NATO's bombing of Serbia ended. The Greens became the minor partner in a coalition government with the Social Democrats in October. In February, Martin Hufner, chief economist with
End military ties with Jakarta, now!
The federal government has made much of its supposed foreign policy "shift" on East Timor. Foreign minister Alexander Downer travelled to Indonesia on July 30 for discussions with Indonesian government and
By Bea Brear
SYDNEY — The NSW Labor government has announced significant changes to the state's drug policies in the wake of the Drug Summit. The new measures are in line with a number of the recommendations of the summit, including a focus on
By Srini and Shane Bentley
SYDNEY — "Foreign students go AWOL", screamed the headline of the July 14 Australian. Three hundred international students are out of pocket and face the risk of deportation following the collapse of the National
By Troy Dunn
ADELAIDE — Queer Collaborations (QC), the annual gathering of transgender, lesbian, bisexual and gay student activists, converged at Flinders University July 5-10. It was attended by 270 people from a broad range of backgrounds. A
Let's hear it for fart jokes
I shared a page in last week's Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly with a review composed by the regular GLW scribe, Jim Green. Indeed, his and my efforts for that edition settled on the page column to column — he was allocated
By Sean Healy
The federal Labor "opposition" has begun internal policy discussions on solutions to unemployment. It plans to release "Workforce 2010", a report on the labour market by economists, and a discussion paper in early September. Labor is
MELBOURNE — More than 600 women gathered here for the Network of Women Students Australia (NOWSA) conference on July 16-20. NOWSA is the largest national gathering of student feminists in Australia. As such, it is an important forum for discussing how to rebuild the women's liberation movement.
This year's conference included many constructive debates on topics such as abortion rights, prostitution and issues for working women.
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