Reflections on a debate by Roger Clarke
Doug Lorimer (GLW #175) takes me to task for saying that "if the ALP were a capitalist party, there would be no reason for socialists to work inside the ALP". He suggests that I should therefore oppose
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Queensland bans safe-sex cards
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The Queensland AIDS Council is considering a challenge to the state chief censor's ruling on March 8 to ban distribution of sexually explicit swap cards on the grounds of obscenity.
MELBOURNE — Fifty students from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and other campuses protested at the inauguration of Sam Smorgan (of Smorgan Smallgoods) as chancellor of RMIT on March 10. The rally was part of the preparation for the
Beyond Blood: writings on the lesbian and gay family
Louise Wakeling & Margaret Bradstock, eds
Blackwattle Press, Sydney, 1995. 151 pp. $14.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Kath Gelber
Blackwattle Press promotes itself as "Australia's foremost gay and
East Timor campaign picks up pace
By Nick Fredman
SYDNEY — The campaign in solidarity with East Timor continued this week with a public meeting and a lively picket against the presence of Indonesian troops in Australia.
A meeting
CJC slams Pinkenba Six
By Mick White
BRISBANE — The Criminal Justice Commission has called for the sacking of a senior police officer over the "Pinkenba Six" incident, in which six police were charged over the abduction of three
The Simpsons
Channel 10, Wednesdays
Reviewed by Dave Riley
Confronted with The Simpsons, Walt Disney would turn in his grave. If Uncle Walt's subterranean crypt had access to network television, maybe he would (finally) feel remorse for what
By Chris White and Kamala Emanuel
One important fact which has not had much prominence in the woodchipping debate is that growing hemp could be a viable alternative to the woodchipping industry and would create more jobs. Philip Bamback from
Stoppages planned against SA education cuts
By Adam Hanieh
ADELAIDE — The South Australian Institute of Teachers is planning a series of rolling stoppages on March 14, 16, 21 and 23. The demands are prevention of further cuts to
Unions see MIM confrontation
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Unions at strife-torn Mount Isa are predicting a major industrial confrontation following the March 10 appointment of Comalco Ltd's Nick Stump to head giant Queensland mining company
Jess Hawk Oakenstar features at Sydney CD
By Jen Cruthers
At Sydney's first Cultural Dissent for 1995, on February 26, several entertaining women performers played to a lively and appreciative audience.
The women's performance night
Once Were Warriors
By Alan Duff
University of Queensland Press, 1994. 198 pp., $15.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Peter Riedlinger
It was with some misgivings that I bought a copy of Alan Duff's novel. I'd read an interview he'd given and heard him
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