Reworking Australia launch
The Charter of "Reworking Australia" will be launched in Sydney and Melbourne on Monday, May 3.
Reworking Australia describes itself as "a new movement committed to social and economic justice, opposition to
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Brewer condemned for 'handouts' claim
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Powers Brewery head Bernie Power has run into a storm of criticism for his claim that welfare "handouts" to Aborigines were the cause of alcohol abuse.
On April 19,
John Pilger's Cambodian film
Return to Year Zero, award-winning journalist John Pilger's new documentary on Cambodia, has been screened in Britain. But it will apparently not be seen in Australia in the immediate future. According to a report
Every Australian city has its equivalent of Sydney's western suburbs, a region of the city which is densely populated by predominantly low to middle income earners, isolated, underserviced and with a reputation for juvenile crime and little
Silent protest against Stockdale
By Alex Cooper
MELBOURNE — A group of 60 people with disabilities and supporters of public transport gathered outside the Equal Opportunities Commission on April 23 to protest against the arrival of
Aboriginal leader slams Qld jails
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Aboriginal campaigner Mary Graham has launched a strong attack on the Queensland Corrective Services Commission for its treatment of blacks in custody.
Graham said on April
This is the text of Nelson Mandela's address at Chris Hani's funeral in Soweto on April 19. It is abridged slightly for reasons of space.
Chris Hani loved life, and lived it to the full. But he loved freedom more. Chris Hani loved our people,
The nuclear accident at the Tomsk-7 reprocessing plant in Siberia on April 6 was much bigger than first reported, and now may seriously impede expansion of the nuclear fuel cycle in Australia.
Spokesperson John Hallam for the antinuclear
Leader assassinated
This article had already been written when it was learned that DUNF leader Lalith Athulathmudali had been assassinated on April 23. No further information was available at press time.
By Peter Boyle
Prime Minister Paul Keating's April 21 address to the Institute of Company Directors was a sharp reminder that his government remains firmly committed to the conservative, "economic rationalist" agenda — despite attempts to
Blossoms and Wrinkles
Blossoms and Wrinkles, directed by Graeme Watson, is a skilful dance-theatre production of the One Extra Company. An older and a younger group of dancers admirably capture the memories and experiences of two generations.
Gerry McCabe
The importance of the Upfield line
The Upfield railway line runs through Melbourne's northern working class suburbs of Brunswick, Coburg and Gowrie and ends at the Ford factory at Upfield. For years successive governments
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