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The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People's History of Ancient Romeby Michael ParentiThe New Press, 2003276 pages, $43 (hb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
Julius Caesar, supreme commander of the Roman Republic, should have followed the local augur's
The ALP government of Premier Peter Beattie has been swept back into office in the February 7 Queensland election, with its record majority only slightly reduced.
Anthony Benbow, Fremantle
The battle to save WA's Coogee Beach is hotting up. A large part of the beach is in danger of being swallowed up by the proposed Port Coogee development, which would also see some of the ocean in Cockburn Sound filled in
Chris Williams, Wollongong
Residents of Thirroul, a suburb north of Wollongong, are outraged at plans to redevelop the Beaches Hotel site in the main street.
Wests Illawarra Leagues Club has submitted a development application to Wollongong City
REVIEW BY RICHARD PITHOUSE
The Essential Bruce SpringsteenBruce SpringsteenColumbia records
It is a time when the relentless commodification of everything has largely driven politically and artistically valuable popular culture underground. So it
On January 29, John Kobelke, minister for Consumer and Employment Protection, released Restoring Fairness, Balance and Certainty: Workers' Compensation Reforms. The document's introduction states that it is the final stage of checking before the legislation is submitted to parliament.
Kamal Fadel
On January 30, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1523, which extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until April 30 to give the government of Morocco, which
During the short Queensland election campaign, the three Socialist Alliance candidates mobilised more than 100 supporters to take socialism to the electorate. Adrian Skerritt, candidate for Inala, received 3.1% of the primary vote, after running a
Philadelphia — On January 29, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger presented an award from the Inter-American Economic Council to Gustavo Cisneros, a Venezuelan billionaire identified by Newsweek and Venezuelan publications as one of the
Doug Lorimer
Eleven months after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the electricity supply in the country's two largest cities — Baghdad and Basra — has still not been fully restored. By contrast, it took Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime only three
A selection of British PM Tony Blair's statements during the last two years.
"Saddam's weapons of mass destruction program is active, detailed and growing. The intelligence picture is extensive, detailed and authoritative." — September 24, 2002
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