An Australian mouse squeaks petulantly
at the distant Lion as its bombs insult
the peaceful ocean, degrading both the culture
of origin and the hapless victims
of "collateral" damage, deformed babies
coral reefs and birds, mutant fish
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Since the federal election, business groups have lost no time in re-raising their arguments for a goods and services tax (GST). Having had to let it go after John Hewson's spectacularly unsuccessful bid to popularise the GST in the 1993 election,
By John Campbell
MELBOURNE — The Victorian state council of the Liberal Party voted overwhelmingly on May 12 against decriminalising marijuana. While the vote is not binding on Liberal MPs, statements by leading parliamentarians, including
By Natasha Simons
On May 14, representatives from Australia's 36 universities met with senior officials from the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DEETYA) to discuss the biggest cuts to higher education funding in
A campaign against the Liberals' attacks on education has been gathering momentum at the University of Queensland. More than 500 students rallied against cuts in education and to protest against police violence on campus on May 14. On May 24, the
By Tim Gooden
CANBERRA — ACT government workers are facing a concerted effort by the Carnell government to divide the work force through agency agreements. This will preparing the way for the sell-off of profitable Â鶹´«Ã½ to big business. This
James Vassilopolous
The public sector — not guilty!
If you're a public servant, a lot of important people, like John Howard, Ray Martin, John Laws, are trying to make you feel very guilty:
guilty about a $6-$8 billion federal government
Rally to the cause of the sick
I've been overjoyed to read about the campaign against the attacks on the public service in the pages of Â鶹´«Ã½. Finally, after 12 years of passivity from the leadership of the union movement under Labor we are
SYDNEY — An international environmental film festival, the Paddy Pallin Wild Spaces, will be held in Newtown on June 1-2. Festival director Gary Caganoff says that the festival is designed to entertain, inform, reflect the concerns of communities,
Anti-uranium mining activists around the country held protest actions last week to condemn the Howard government's decision to allow the opening of new uranium mines. From Sydney, Roberto Jorquera reports that more than 1000 people joined a noisy
A Compilation of Human Rights Abuses Against the People of Bougainville, 1989-1996, Volume 2Compiled by Marilyn Taleo HaviniPublished by the Bougainville Interim Government, Sydney, 1996Available from PO Box 134, Erskineville NSW 2043 (fax/phone 02
By Judy Beishon
The recognition by the British government's own advisory committee of a possible link between BSE ("mad cow disease") and the fatal CJD in humans threw the government into panic and turmoil. For the nine years that BSE was
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