Comment by Ray Fulcher and Roberto Jorquera
MELBOURNE — Victorian Trades Hall Council industrial officer, Brian Boyd, has distributed a discussion paper with the avowed intention of promoting a "healthy, open and fear-free discussion"
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By Catherine Brown
BELFAST — "I use to respect the police force; after all, it's the law. That's the way I was brought up — to look up to the law, and I brought my children up that way. But now I've changed completely", says Phyllis
Invasion Day in Brisbane
By Angelique Gellert
BRISBANE — More than 1000 members of the Brisbane Murri community and supporters observed Invasion Day here on January 26.
Wreaths were laid at the historical "Windmill" building, site
By Vivienne Porzsolt
Jonathan Swift once responded to some 18th century economists with a sardonic suggestion that children of the Irish poor might be farmed as food for the rich. Not much has changed, it seems, if the work of a prominent New
By Irina Glushchenko
MOSCOW — "You can't buy good health in a pharmacy!" That was a frequent refrain in Soviet newspapers during the era of Brezhnevite "stagnation". Writers used to stress that instead of treating yourself with medicines,
The bipartisan attack on public education
Ray Nielson
Politicians of both Liberal and Labor flavour would have us believe that public schools in Victoria have enjoyed "salad days" during the ALP reign, while the private system has not
By Maurice Sibelle
BRISBANE — Five people were arrested on January 29 and 30 as a result of the Brisbane City Council's campaign to remove all political groups from the City Mall.
Three arrests occurred on January 29 after members of
Crackdown in Timor
The Indonesian military has unleashed a reign of terror in East Timor since the arrest of Fretilin leader Xanana Gusmao in Dili last year.
Jose Ramos-Horta, spokesperson for the East Timorese resistance, said on
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