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... and ain't i a woman?: Male-only bars and misogyny

Male-only bars and misogyny The Laird Hotel and Club 80 in Melbourne applied to the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal on February 26 for an exemption from equal opportunity laws so that they can ban women from their premises. The owners of the

Up-front fees at VCA

Up-front fees at VCA By Marcel Cameron MELBOURNE — The Victorian College of the Arts administration has attempted to introduce up-front fees for local undergraduate students, following months of speculation and no attempt to involve students

Students without classrooms

By Mel Bull Many University of Western Sydney (UWS) students are wondering what hit their campus over the Christmas break. Not only is David Barr, the chief executive officer of Macarthur campus, pushing for up-front fees, but students on Rydalmere

MAI: multinationals' 'bill of rights'

By Eva Cheng "We will oppose any and all measures to create or even imply binding obligations for governments or businesses related to the environment or labour." So warned the US Council for International Business — the US big business club —

Poetry for green lefts

Red Lamp40 pp., $5Write for subscription details to 39 Norfolk Ave, Islington 2296 Review by Al McCall After putting in more than two years as the one, the official, no-correspondence-will-be-entered-into 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly poetry editor, I am

Looking out: The language of sexism

The language of sexism By Brandon Astor Jones "ladylike adj. 1. Character of a lady: well-bred. 2.Appropriate for becoming a lady. 3. Unduly sensitive to the matters of propriety or decorum. 4. Lacking virility or strength." — American

Certified agreement in Health and Family Services

By Phil Shannon Voting on a certified agreement in the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services (HFS) finished during the last week in February. The agreement, which will determine the wages and conditions of HFS staff for the next 18

Solidarity with maritime workers: 'Our fight is your fight'

Solidarity with maritime workers: 'Our fight is your fight' By Andy Gianniotis BRISBANE — more than 4000 unionists and supporters marched and rallied here on March 4 in solidarity with the Maritime Union of Australia in its dispute with the

Loose cannons

No sources "I was looking to do the story yesterday, but I found it very difficult to get anything." — Raymond Snoddy, media editor of the Murdoch-owned London Times, on why the paper hadn't covered former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten's

Action updates

Rio Tinto campaign SYDNEY ... A national campaign to force mining giant Rio Tinto to respect human, environmental and workers' rights was given a boost when representatives from AidWatch, Amnesty International, Community Aid Abroad, Friends of

More speakers for Asia Pacific conference

More speakers for Asia Pacific conference International speakers for Asia Pacific conference By Jo Brown More than 30 international guest speakers are now confirmed for the Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference in Sydney, April 10-13. New

Japan's indigenous people claim their rights

By Zohl de Ishtar Ainu Moshiri, now known as Hokkaido, has been the home of the Ainu people for at least 7000 years. When the Japanese arrived in the 16th century, first to set up a penal colony and then to take the land for farming, the Ainu