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By Kim Linden MELBOURNE — More than 50 people holding placards which read "Stop the racist Hindmarsh Bridge royal commission", "Boycott Brown's commission" and "Brown's inquisition sucks" gathered on November 18 outside the SA government travel
On the box Programs of interest on Sydney Community TV (UHF 31) — Perleeka, indigenous Australians' program, nightly, 7pm. Art Experimenta, Mondays, 8pm and 11.30pm, and Tuesdays, 3am and 6.30am. Bent TV, gay and lesbian program, Thursdays, 10.30pm
French students' strike escalatesBy Sam Stratham FRANCE Following the Chirac government's passage of the education budget on November 9, hundreds of thousands of students took to the streets across France on November 21. Education Minister Beyrou's
The following letter was sent from the Weipa strikers to the Bougainville Freedom Movement. We are all very grateful for your expressions of support and solidarity in our fight for equal pay. Some of our managers are ex-Bougainville. Our experiences
XenophobiaDe>Tri>MentalCooking Vinyl through FestivalReviewed by Sujatha Fernandes Brutal murders, police harassment of young Asian and Black youth, constant stop and searches, and immigration laws that target Asians and Black people are all part of
By Norm Dixon The Queensland Greens are to launch a campaign over the execution of Ogoni leader Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other leaders. Internationally, there are growing demands for an immediate imposition of sanctions on Nigeria's oil trade and for
Confessions of a rabbit fancier You may dote on cats (for reasons best known to yourself) or harbor a passion for domesticated canines ... but I love rabbits. Instead of all that meowing and barking, give me a bunny fricasseed, baked or stewed. Such
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — On November 10 aides came away from the bedside of Russian President Boris Yeltsin, hospitalised a fortnight earlier following a heart attack, bearing an order vetoing a recently adopted law which set out the basis for
Returning on FootPenelope SwaylesGirl Zone RecordsReviewed by Jen Crothers The latest release by Melbourne artist Penelope Swayles is a rollicking double album of folk tunes. It spans themes of love and friendship, racism and environmental
By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The proposed "competition" bill arising from the Hilmer report is "the most regressive legislation in the history of the labor movement in Australia", Brian O'Halloran from the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace told
By Sean Healy MELBOURNE A state-wide meeting to discuss strategies to fight the Kennett government's "voluntary student unionism" legislation was held on November 20. Organised by the Student Unionism Network, the meeting was attended by more than
By Alex Bainbridge NEWCASTLE — Regular readers of the Newcastle Herald could not have helped but notice a number of technical hitches in the November 24 edition. These included larger than normal photos, an increase in "magazine" articles with less