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By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — Most South Australians are aware that the Crows have made it to the AFL preliminary finals. A lot fewer would know that Premier John Olsen has called a state election on October 11. The Advertiser suggested that
By James Vassilopoulos In a stunning victory for the Maritime Union of Australia, the US-owned company, International Purveyors, which had sacked its unionised workers at its Cairns port a week earlier, agreed on September 19 to allow them to
Five-day teaching ban at ANU By David Gosling CANBERRA — The campaign to stop 33 sackings in the Australian National University arts faculty escalated last week when staff in the National Tertiary Education and Industry Union held a
By Marina Cameron Halleluiah! It seems we have been worrying needlessly about the impact of unemployment and cuts to public education on young people. According to an article in the September 6-7 Weekend Australian, the idea that today's youth
By Lisa Macdonald Later this month, the federal immigration minister, Philip Ruddock, is expected to announce new entry rules for immigrants under the skills category. According to media reports, the rules will require applicants to prove that
The green in 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly Howard's offer to the South Pacific countries seems perfectly reasonable. In exchange for these island nations' support for his disastrous greenhouse emissions policy for Australia, the Olympic flame will be
Sexism in student media By Amanda Lawrence CANBERRA — When the September 11 issue of ANU's student newspaper Woroni was released, it caused disgust. On the cover was a photograph of a woman sitting on a car with the words "No Fat Chicks"
CoraggioBy Level Crossing (Bradfield TAFE performing arts students)Directed by Patrick GuerreraATYP Studio, The Wharf, Sydney Review by Brendan Doyle Have you noticed how mainstream Sydney theatres are cutting themselves off more and more from
By Chris Spindler Despite protestations about helping the rural sector, the federal Coalition's rural package, released a fortnight ago, does little more than continue the policy begun by the previous Labor government of actively removing small
Greenpeace collects evidence of climate change By Barry Healy The Greenpeace protest vessel Arctic Sunrise has recently visited communities along the Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea coasts of Alaska to document observations by native peoples of
By Rupen Savoulian On October 23, Algerians will go to the polls in local elections. Thirty-eight political parties, two coalitions and several independents are fielding candidates. The parties which will stand are the National Liberation Front
In Africa World Bank protests veterans' victory The World Bank is withholding a US$62 million loan to Zimbabwe in protest at the Mugabe government's compensation package for liberation war veterans. Following a determined campaign of