Behind the Ethiopia-Eritrea clash
By James Thomson
Instead of spearheading “Africa's renaissance”, two of Africa's poorest
countries — Ethiopia and Eritrea — have been launching rockets, artillery
shells and air strikes at each
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By Lara Pullin
CANBERRA — The Residential Tenancies Act 1997 has recently come into effect, but there has been very little publicity given to the changes, particularly for public housing tenants. The act specifies such things as fair process for
By Theresa Moore
Since the introduction by the McMahon Liberal government of the Child Care Act in 1972, government grants for child-care have become an election "carrot" used by both major parties. As a result of government funding over the last
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Serious faults with a new computer system, the Newstart Common Platform (NCP), dealing with unemployment and related benefits has caused chaos at Centrelink, the federal agency responsible for delivering social security
Habibie gets an unwanted birthday present
By Helen Jarvis
JAKARTA — Tensions are high throughout Indonesia one month after Suharto stepped down from the presidency, in the wake of massive demonstrations, handing over to his vice-president, B.J.
By Dave Riley
The issue of loyalist parades has dominated the final days of election campaigning for the Northern Ireland assembly. One of the most contentious parades of the Northern Ireland marching season passed without major incident. The
By Barry Sheppard
On June 18, 6000 members of the Independent Union of Telephone Employees (UIET), which represents technicians and phone repair workers, and the Independent Brotherhood of Telephone Employees (HIETEL), which organises office
By Sibylle Kaczorek
On July 1 the federal government will introduce the Youth Allowance to replace the Youth Training, Newstart and Sickness Allowance, and Austudy for unemployed people under 21 years old and full-time students under 25. The YA has
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Early on June 11, a train drew into Yaroslavsky Station here, bringing 150 miners from the Pechora coal basin in the Arctic north. Linking arms, the miners marched through central Moscow to the building that houses the
Open the books!
The June 26 Financial Review front page article, “Corporate crackdown:
executives forced to reveal their salaries” explained that changes to the
Company Law Review Bill will require companies to explain in their annual
MUA members speak out against the Patrick deal
Each week 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly sponsors the Friday breakfast show on community radio 3CR in Melbourne. The June 26 show covered the MUA-Patrick settlement, which was adopted against some opposition at MUA
One Nation challenged by a multi-ethnic election team
By Jennifer Thompson
The Democratic Socialists have announced an initial 13 candidates for the federal election to present a progressive alternative to the economic "rationalism" of the Labor
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