By Sujatha Fernandes SYDNEY — More than 3000 people rallied in Burwood Park on November 11 in a prayer meeting and fast organised by the Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations. The event was part of an international day of action in
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She is such a wonderful person ... she is a doer — not a talker. [Stephanie is the classic example of] the difference [that] just one person can make. [She] inspire[s] people to find one cause that they believe in. — Glenys Alderton Some of you
Mr Riley gets his dream house Having a flutter with a little each way does no one any harm. And who knows, maybe you did pick the winner of the Melbourne Cup? If you did then you have tasted success. Prestige and financial reward are yours. Ever so
Demons at DrivetimeDirected by Kerry BrewsterTo be screened on SBS Television's Cutting EdgeTuesday, November 21, 8.30pm (8pm South Australia)Previewed by Peter Boyle If you have been telling yourself that we are lucky in Australia do not face the
By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — On November 9, Grand Prix visitors were confronted by a group of School Services Officers (SSOs) determined to raise awareness about the state Liberal government's attacks on their jobs. Members of the Public Service
The Alliance Alternative in Australia: Beyond Labor and LiberalEdited by Robert LeachCatalyst Press, 1995.Left Book Club Co-operative, $17 (p)Reviewed by Jim McIlroy The Australian two-party political system is in crisis. After 12 years of right-wing
By Bill Mason A group of Torres Strait islanders, led by Jim Akee, have held meetings on the Murray Islands in preparation for a move to declare the islands independent from Australia and set up an interim government. The independence move has drawn
Struggle continues after Ogoni leader is executed By Norm Dixon On November 10, in defiance of international outrage, the Nigerian dictatorship executed Ken Saro-Wiwa a leading campaigner against the environmental devastation of his homeland by the
By Chris Spindler SYDNEY — Members of the CFMEU working at the Prince Alfred Hospital site have had their pay stolen. As a result there is an "all day, every day picket" at the site and a black ban on any further work until the workers get paid.
By Hendrik Gout ADELAIDE — In two months' time a multinational consortium will take control of the state's water supply. United Water, a French, English and Australian firm, has the contract to deliver water to every house, shop, office, factory
By Karen Fletcher SYDNEY — NSW TAFE teachers will strike for 24 hours on November 14 to protest the state ALP government's application of national competition policy to vocational education and training (VET) — which expressly goes against ALP
If This is a Man and The TruceBy Primo LeviAbacus, 1995. 398 pp., $16.95 (pb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon The poisonous Demidenko/Darville rewriting of the history of the anti-Semitic horror of European fascism needs an antidote. There are none better
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