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Abbott and Costello press the race button

Peter Boyle "The thing I love most about politics is the game playing", wrote Sydney Morning Herald economics editor Ross Gittins recently. "It's such fun working out the true motives for the things pollies do." Gittins was writing about the

Domestic violence on the rise

Kerry Vernon, Sydney Domestic violence victim Adele Lynch and her son, Mason, may be alive today if domestic violence resources had been available. The Campbelltown area in NSW has the highest incidence of metropolitan domestic violence in

ACT teachers to strike

CANBERRA — Thousands of ACT teachers are to strike this month as part of a campaign of industrial action for better pay. The ACT government offered 4000 teachers, in ACT public schools and the Canberra Institute of Technology, a pay increase of 9%

Queer students plan protests

SYDNEY — Forty-five university students from Canberra, rural NSW, Newcastle, Wollongong and inner Sydney campuses attended the March 3 NSW Queer Students Network conference. The conference decided to continue to fight against the Howard

PALESTINE: Women, the occupation and Hamas

Kim Bullimore The January 25 Palestinian elections not only delivered a landslide victory to the Islamic resistance group Hamas, it also resulted in a record number of women being elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council. Thirteen women —

TONGA: Public servants threaten new strike

TONGA: Public servants threaten new strike A Tonga Public Service Association meeting on February 24 decided to go on strike if the government fails to meet its demands. The union is calling for the 40% balance of agreed upon wage increases to be

Write On: Letters to the Editor

Spoiling the party I hate to spoil Howard's party but in 1996 we were not at war. The International Court of Justice outlawed nuclear weapons. No child of Middle-Eastern appearance had been compensated for mental torture. Women worked for equal

'Renewal' ALP-style

Dave Holmes The ALP is undergoing a process of "renewal" as a clutch of ambitious right-wing trade union officials seek preselection against Victorian sitting federal MPs. In the Melbourne seat of Maribyrnong, Labor shadow frontbencher Bob

COLOMBIA: FARC vows to defend Venezuela from US

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has declared its solidarity with Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez and vowed to help defend Venezuela against any invasion from their "common enemy", the US. FARC leader Raul Reyes told the

Women acting for themselves in Venezuela

Creating a Caring Economy: Nora Castaneda and the Women's Development Bank of VenezuelaEdited by Nina LopezCrossroads Books, 200672 pagesOrder from <booksvideos@crossroadswomen.net> REVIEW BY CORAL WYNTER Creating a Caring Economy is a

Fighting Work Choices: now what?

An interview with Tim Gooden, secretary of the Geelong and Region Trades and Labour Council. How effective has the Australian Council of Trade Unions' advertisement campaign against Work Choices been? The ACTU ads have been very effective,

John Pilger: 'Put out more flags'

John Pilger The other day, one of my favourite cinemas closed down. The boards went up on the art-deco Valhalla in Sydney, one of the world's best at putting out powerful, political documentaries. The lack of fuss might have seemed surprising in