WorkSafe expertise There's a new chairperson at WorkSafe Australia (the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission). He is business executive Richard Warburton. A recent issue of the commission's weekly staff bulletin provided a
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Single-sex classes By Rose McCann The NSW Department of Education's recent announcement that it will increase the number of single-sex maths and science classes for female students in public schools raises several issues. Certainly there
Politics and the Accord By Peter Ewer, Ian Hampson, Chris Lloyd, John Rainford, Stephen Rix and Meg Smith Pluto Press, 190 pp. $16.95 Reviewed by Steve Painter Finally, out of the trade union left comes an honest attempt at a critique of the
A review of Brian Boyd's book, Inside the BLF, by John Tognolini and a reply by Boyd appeared in our January 29 and March 18 issues. DAVE KERIN, a BLF activist mentioned by both writers, comments on the debate. Brian Boyd refers to John
Thiess loses bribery appeal By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Prominent developer Sir Leslie Thiess could face a legal bill of more than $2 million after the Full Court upheld a jury's findings that he bribed former Queensland Premier Sir Joh
ANC youth leader framed By Norm Dixon Rapu Molekane, secretary general of the African National Congress Youth League, has been arrested for alleged possession of arms. The ANCYL says Molekane has been framed by police and demanded his
By Tracy Sorensen SYDNEY — A more repressive mood, encouraged by Â鶹´«Ã½ of the media seeking to promote a moral backlash, is developing in Australia today, journalist and communications lecturer Wendy Bacon told a public meeting here on
Thumbs down on Columbus October 12 in the United States is officially Columbus Day. But in Berkeley, California, it will be marked as Indigenous Peoples Day. The Berkeley City Council has also designated 1992 — the 500th anniversary of
By Sean Malloy In the growing push for censorship, a spearhead role has been played by the Sydney tabloid Sunday Telegraph. A campaign mounted by the paper was the immediate cause of the federal government's withdrawal of funding from the
MFP in trouble By Liam Mitchell ADELAIDE — The multi-function polis (MFP) project is in deep trouble following criticisms of the Bannon government's environmental impact statement and brawling between the state government and opposition
'Ban now, ask later' By Jamie Parker After a few days of media hype and outrage about Arena's article on shoplifting, I suppose I shouldn't be amazed by the reaction. The mainstream media latch on, and anyone with the slightest interest has
Action updates ADELAIDE — About 200 people celebrated 500 years of indigenous and popular resistance in the Americas at Rymill Park on March 29. Speakers included Claudia Radattz from the 500 Years Committee, Sybil Wakefield from the ANC
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