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Unemployment and NESB Unemployment, especially for mature aged people who have always had a job, is particularly difficult to cope with; but if you come from a Non-English Speaking Background (NESB) and find it difficult to communicate and
By Dave Riley Rural Australia, not renowned for subtle language, generated a bumper sticker a few years back. "Eat more meat, you bastards!", it read. "Ten thousand dingoes can't be wrong!" Crudely put, but the farmers had a point.
By Michael Tardif Labor promised a "business as usual" education policy at the last federal election, and if current proposed cutbacks are any indication, they intend to remain true to their record. Having already destroyed free education,
By Shush Mula and Shlomo Tsazanah JERUSALEM — In the centre of the city, children between the ages of 8 and 14 are working in a child slave market. It's the Mahane Yehuda market. The children, residents of East Jerusalem, work there every
Henry Thiagaraj gave the following speech at the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna in June. It is in achieving the supreme goal of "all human rights for all" that we bring to the attention of this august body the plight of the 250
The ugly logic of enterprise bargaining It appears that the Keating government is about to strike a new deal with the ACTU to allow enterprise bargains to be stitched together without unions. At present the Industrial Relations Commission can
Police state powers in PNG Continued from page 32. Giving police more repressive powers will not solve the "law and order problem", Brunton added. "The police have very little credibility in PNG because they illegally raid villages, they
By Norm Dixon SYDNEY — Popo Molefe, a member of the National Working Committee of the African National Congress National Executive Committee and head of the ANC's Election Commission, addressed a meeting of ANC supporters on August 5. He
By Sean Malloy Palestinian academic, Dr Ilham Abu Ghazaleh, toured Australia recently for the United Church, speaking on a range of issues relating to the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank by Israel. A linguistics professor at Jerusalem's
By Greg Adamson CANBERRA — A fake Public Service Union (PSU) campaign over job security has focussed attention on dubious dealings in the ACT branch of the Labor Party. The PSU executive cried foul in the employment of former Trades and
Pocket-sized legal advice Activists Rights Handbook By the Activist's Defence Network Reviewed by Karen Fredericks Most of the time a political action committee needs a lawyer like Madonna needs more publicity. The presence of a
By Pip Hinman Environmentalists have cautiously welcomed the findings of "Future Reaction", the Commonwealth's Research Reactor Review released on August 5. Greenpeace's Ben Pearson said that the review's findings reaffirm the safety,