By Dave Wright
Polls indicate that Labor and Liberals are running neck and neck in the New South Wales election on March 25. Minor party preferences could decide the outcome, in particular in key marginal seats and the upper house. For this
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Fight continues over agency bargaining
By Phil Shannon
CANBERRA — Community and Public Sector Union delegates and members in the Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health (HSH) in the ACT are opposing certification of the
By Norm Dixon
As in many other places in the world, the left in the United States has gone through a lean period in recent times. Left publications have suffered and in some cases closed down. Socialist organisations, some very longstanding like
The Truth (Ny Marina)
The Justin Vali Trio
Realworld through Larrikin Entertainment
Reviewed by Norm Dixon
By most accounts, the Justin Vali Trio were the surprise hit of the recent Womadelaide festival. Their new album tells you why. This
A closed meeting of government officials and invitees will shortly make policy decisions to introduce herbicide-tolerant crops, pastures and trees into Australia. Critics and the public are excluded.
The decision will follow a March 15-16
What lies behind the current hysteria around law and order?
There are three groups that are always pushing law and order — property owners, police and politicians.
Firstly, if you look at the country towns of western NSW with all their
Rallies protest against marijuana laws
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Some 500 people rallied in King George Square for a "pot-nic" on March 18 as part of a national day of action called by HEMP (Help End Marijuana Prohibition).
Speakers
Labor's criminal response
By Dave Wright
SYDNEY — In a very heavy-handed response to crime in the western suburbs, one ALP parliamentarian seems to want to outdo the Los Angeles Police Department.
In a glossy newsletter distributed
By Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE — Despite the Kennett government's recent surprise decision to cut its funding by $20,000, one of Melbourne's oldest alternative theatre companies refuses to give up. In announcing its 1995 season, Melbourne
Paul Keating
em = By Denis Kevans
You bignoted on Mabo
I thought you were sincere,
But what do I find
when I peer in your mind
At the turning of the year?
A little mechanical masterpiece,
With insects striking the gong,
The Porcupine
By Julian Barnes
Picador. 138 pp., $11.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Dave Riley
Just when I thought I'd give up novels for the telly and stick to periodicals rather than something more literary, Julian Barnes came my way. I view him as
Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe.
New summit for hoods of state
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