Comment by Rebecca Meckelburg and Jen Crothers
HOBART — After six years of campaigning for gay law reform in Tasmania, the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group (TGLRG) has announced a victory with the release of the federal
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By Nick Everett
BRISBANE — "The process of democratisation will not come automatically; we have to strive for it." This is how leading human rights lawyer Buyung Nasution described the task facing the democratic movement in Indonesia.
Hobart rally for gay law reform
HOBART — Despite extremely cold and wet weather, 600 people marched here for gay law reform on September 24. The loud and vibrant march and rally were organised by the Lesbian and Gay Human Rights
Handspan Theatre's production of Viva la Vida: Frida Kahlo is being presented at the Performance Space, 199 Cleveland St, Redfern (Sydney), from September 29 to October 9. Written by Karen Corbett and directed by Angela Chaplin, the play uses puppets
Isis
Self-titled CD
Reviewed by Nick Everett
"Post feminism don't you wish/ While rape exists that's still a myth.../ Look above my chest look me in the eye/ And join the rap against rape" — Rap Against Rape
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ALP and left
History does repeat itself. In the 20s and 30s, the Left in Australia branded the ALP as social fascists. In the 90s, the DSP (and most likely others on the Left) are abusing the ALP as a "Left cover".
In 1933,
Green Left #158 reprinted the text of an Amnesty International statement on alleged violations of human rights in Cuba, and a response to that statement by Havana-based journalist Karen Wald. Both were carried on Pegasus, from which we obtained them,
Unions recognise role of women
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — Celebrations for the centenary of women's suffrage continued in South Australia with activities from September 16 to 23 directed towards women in the workplace. 160
Two years after the Liberals swept to government in Victoria, the Kennett regime still rules the roost despite wholesale destruction of infrastructure and public services. The Victorian premier is so "successful" that he is even being touted as the
Disasters like the volcanic eruptions in Rabaul in Papua New Guinea do not happen every week. The spectacle of a mountain billowing gray ash combined with a boiling harbour is a rarity.
When disasters like Rabaul do happen they attract
By Craig Cormick
Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe.
Pope
By Alison Dellit
Not since the 1989 anti-HECS campaign in Melbourne, has there been a student struggle such as the "no fees campaign" at the Australian National University (ANU).
When ANU decided to impose a $5000 up-front fee
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