By Tully Bates MELBOURNE — The United Firefighters Union (UFU) pay campaign has escalated, almost 20 unions having agreed to impose bans on the Country Fire Authority (CFA) and the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB). Unions covering local government,
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ACT Greens I welcome the comment piece by Jonathan Millar, an adviser to the ACT Greens, in response to my article, "Can the ACT Greens stop the Liberals' cuts?". A discussion/debate is certainly needed to decide
A woman's right to choose — regardless Prenatal tests now enable the detection of foetuses with Downs syndrome and other abnormalities. Ongoing medical research is resulting in a growing number of conditions that can be detected. The growing number
Melanie Sjoberg Kernot's economic nationalism Australian Democrat leader Cheryl Kernot says that the alternative to "economic rationalism" is "economic nationalism". But what does this mean? We can agree that the economic rationalist policies of
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis PresleyBy Peter GuralnickAbacus, London, 1995. 578pp., $17.95 (pb)Reviewed by Norm Dixon Elvis Aaron Presley has had a rather rough time at the hands of some left-wing cultural critics understandably piqued by
By Nicole Berrell SPRINGWOOD, NSW — The Blue Mountains East Timor Association (BMETA) was formed at a meeting of activists here on January 21. The meeting was the second of a series of East Timor solidarity meetings held in the Blue Mountains,
By Bill Mason BRISBANE — A Townsville woman who was sacked as a casual hotel receptionist because she was pregnant won a landmark award in the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Tribunal on January 22. Kerri Skellern was awarded nearly $14,000 and a
Protest at Iraqi embassy CANBERRA — Fifty angry protesters gathered outside the Iraqi embassy here on January 25, chanting "Long live political freedom! No to dictatorship! No to terror!" The demonstrators were cordoned off from the embassy, which
André Brie is a National Executive member of Germany's Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), formed from the ashes of the former ruling party of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). During a January visit to Australia, he addressed public
By Janet Parker SYDNEY — Activists campaigning for the No Aircraft Noise Party in the federal seat of Sydney hosted a meeting on January 21 to forge links with other community groups in the Sydney electorate. In his opening address, NAN President
The best police force money can buy Generally the wallopers and I don't get on. During my many activities of daily living I want nothing to do with them. Their thin blue line, mustered to hold barbarism at bay day in and day out, fails to impress
By Sean Healy The Coalition has provided yet another example of how much its election strategy is dependent on hiding its real agenda with its latest "commitment" on education. Coalition spokesperson for education, science and technology, Senator
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