By James Balowski
Responding to hints by President Suharto that B.J. Habibie was his preferred choice for vice-president, the January 22 Sydney Morning Herald ran a background piece on Habibie titled "As 'Dr Strangelove' rises, the rupiah falls
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Although the Coalition government gave Energy Resources Australia (ERA) permission to go ahead with a uranium mine at Jabiluka in Kakadu last year, the majority of Australians oppose uranium mining, especially in Kakadu. Support for Aboriginal
Anti-war protests continue
A small but lively protest was held in Brisbane on February 27 to demand the withdrawal of all Australian and US troops from the Persian Gulf. The protest also called for all sanctions against the Iraqi people to be
MUA solidarity petition launched
By Bruce Marlowe
Rank-and-file unionists and concerned community activists have launched a petition demanding that the ACTU and local trades and labour councils seriously boost their solidarity effort with the
Fighter
"If we inherited it, I guess we'd have to live with it." — ALP shadow treasurer Gareth Evans, pledging that Labor will not block or repeal a GST brought in by a future Coalition government.
Only the IMF is covered
"To reflect the new
By John Tomlinson
Sectional interests can gain interim advantage over other less powerful sectional interests. Disability lobby groups can succeed in getting government to advance the interests of those with a disability over the unemployed and
Santa and me
When we last met, B.A. Santamaria and I were brothers in the war against communism. I can't say we were comrades, as that wouldn't be apt. Since B.A. only recruited menfolk to his secret armies, the sisters never really got a look
Bushfires highlight reactor madness
By Jim Green
SYDNEY — On December 2, bushfires swept through the Sutherland Shire/Lucas Heights region in Sydney's southern suburbs, burning on three sides of the $500 million nuclear reactor facility
By Norm Dixon
US television giant CBS has egg on its face after its big name news anchor, Dan Rather, was caught rehearsing "live" coverage of a US air attack on Iraq with the network's Pentagon correspondent. Somebody forget to flick a switch on
New Zealand inspectors find hypocrisy
By Keith Locke
WELLINGTON— Actions continue here to get New Zealand troops out of the Gulf and the sanctions on Iraq lifted. On February 23, a multinational team, UNWIT (the Universal Women's Inspection
Unionists discuss strategy for fight back
By Michael Bull
MELBOURNE — "What strategy and tactics for unions today?" was the title of a timely forum sponsored by 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly and the Democratic Socialist Party on February 24. The speakers
Japan's capitalism: creative defeat and beyondBy Shigeto TsuruCambridge University Press, 1993; Canto edition 1996. 277 pp., $18.95 Review by Eva Cheng
A vast amount has been published on Japan's spectacular economic recovery from the ruins of
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