"For the past twenty years, working people have suffered under economic rationalist policies. While billions of dollars have ended up in the hands of the rich, we have suffered neglected schools, run-down hospitals and a dilapidated welfare system.
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Raffaele Fantasia
Finally taking a stance against the poor political process in this country was a huge factor for me in joining the Socialist Alliance. The one thing that appealed to me about the alliance was its discreet but sizeable presence in
David Glanz
Why do politicians lie? For many people the answer would be "because they breathe". If I had a dollar for everyone who told me as I go doorknocking that politicians are two-faced I'd be spending the last two weeks of the campaign with
Kath O'Driscoll, Lismore
On September 23, 100 people attended a "Karaoke against the cuts" protest against the NSW Labor government's "reforms" to disability services. The action was part of a state-wide protest, which included rallies on September
Rohan Pearce
If there was any justice in the world, 2004 should have been the year the corporate media died. Over a year after Iraq was occupied by the "coalition of the willing" under the false pretext of disarming "weapons of mass destruction"
Letters to AliDirected by Clara LawWritten by Eddie L.C. Fong and Clara LawNow showing at the Palace in Sydney and the Nova in Melbourne
REVIEWED BY LACHLAN MALLOCH & SARAH STEPHEN
Letters to Ali is a sensitively made, restrained yet powerful,
BY BUSTER SOUTHERLY
Former Rio Rancho High School humanities and poetry teacher/coach Bill Nevins of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was given a 2004 Courageous Resister Award by the Artists Network of Refuse and Resist, a national organisation, in a
Owen Richards
Providing a graphic analogy of the party's plummeting fortunes, Australian Democrats leader Senator Andrew Bartlett went for a bungy jump at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast on September 15. The attention-seeking election stunt was
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Owen Richards
Australia is in the grip of a water shortage crisis. In NSW and Victoria, water usage restrictions were introduced to combat the crisis in October and November of 2002.
The NSW mandatory restrictions, for example, which replaced the
Max Lane
Former Suharto-era general Bambang Susilo Yudhoyono and former Golkar official Yusuf Kalla have been elected as president and vice-president in the second round of Indonesia's first direct presidential election. Yudhoyono won 61% of the
BY RACHEL EVANS
Ngara is an Eora Indigenous word meaning "listening". At Ngara: the Fourth Australian Poetry Festival on September 3-5, 450 people collectively listened to readings, workshops and performances.
The 500-member-strong Poets Union,
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