On the box By Dave Riley The drought may be over. In a week of transitions, we lost the Doug Anthony All Stars — and good riddance to them, I say. There is no pleasure in the nihilistic egotism of these boys left over from a brown shirt
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In the gutter "Our democracy is lying in the gutter waiting for us to give it a second breath of life." — US Democratic Party vice-presidential candidate Al Gore, speaking to the party's convention in New York. After his speech, Gore waltzed
By Michael Karadjis July 15 was the 18th anniversary of the NATO-organised destruction of Cyprus, in a joint action by the then military junta of Greece and the Turkish regime. Following a struggle against British colonial rule in the 1950s,
By Peter Boyle "It looks like it is going to be more hot air", said Resistance spokesperson Francesca Davidson about the Keating government's July 22 "Youth Jobs Summit". "Young people have been told that it is a summit about us, but we are not
By Sean Malloy MELBOURNE — "There is a real sentiment of seriousness amongst young people today. We know we can't play at politics, because it really is our lives and the lives of many others and the future of the planet at stake", said Kylie
What ever happened to the MFP? End of the ride on Japan's dream machine "It is the image of a hill. At the top is standing the statue of Plato. In the middle of the hill there is the statue of Archimedes and at the foot of the hill are statues
National parks celebration SYDNEY — The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service will celebrate its 25th anniversary in October with a number of walks and other events. About 5% of the state is covered by the service's 76 national parks and
By Jo Brown MELBOURNE—A July 16 public meeting of about 500, mostly local, residents at the Williamstown Town Hall rejected the planned expansion of the Mobil Altona refinery. The meeting was called by Mobil and the government in response
By Norm Dixon LONDON — Britain's Ugandan community has appealed to international aid donors not to be taken in by "the fallacious propaganda of the government of Uganda". John Obwona-lanana, chairperson of the Ugandan Community in the UK,
By Tracy Sorensen SYDNEY — Training people for jobs that don't exist is a "cruel game", says the social justice group Young Christian Workers. Labor's claim that the economy will turn around, creating the need for highly skilled young
By Sean Malloy Although they use slightly different rhetoric, the ALP and the Liberal Party appear to agree that young people's wages need to be reduced, either directly or the institution of a "training" wage. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly spoke to a
Labor's migrant bash The Labor Party seems determined to maintain only the worst of its traditional policies and attitudes. While it has ditched most of its traditional commitment to social justice, strong trade unionism and democratic rights,
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