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Further cuts to youth income support

By Marina Cameron Federal cabinet approved further cuts to youth income support on June 10, when it agreed to in-principle support for a common youth allowance to replace Austudy, Abstudy and the youth dole in 1998. The CYA was flagged in the

The pitfalls of charity

JerusalemBy Michael GurrDirected by Bruce Myles The Wharf Theatre, Sydney Review by Brendan Doyle Jerusalem is a fine play. Unlike a lot of recent Australian theatre, which doesn't stray much beyond middle-class angst at the beach house,

The big breakthrough

By Micheal MacDonncha "Republicans are the leading advocates for change — political, constitutional, social and economic — in the Ireland of 1997. Achieving lasting peace and real change requires increased political strength for Sinn

Occupations: where do they fit in?

By Marina Carman and Ray Fulcher Occupations of university buildings have been an important and useful part of the campaign against education cuts nationally this year. However, a debate emerging at the moment concerns how student occupations

TWU truck ban wins pay rises

TWU truck ban wins pay rises By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Nearly 20 transport companies in Queensland have agreed to pay wage increases of 11%, in the face of nationwide black bans by the Transport Workers Union on employers who refuse to pay

Write on: Letters to the editor

Double standard You are standing in the midst of a great crowd — two vast groups of people are in vehement opposition. Banners and flags are waved frantically; signs held aloft. What starts as half-hearted shouts and cries grows quickly into

Student editors' appeal fails

Student editors' appeal fails By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — The former editors of LaTrobe University's student newspaper, Rabelais, face criminal charges following the rejection of an appeal to the Federal Court. On June 6 Justice Ron

Suharto lashes out at Washington and media

By Max Lane The massive and militant mobilisations during the official election campaign in Indonesia were a major setback to the Suharto government's image of stability. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets, major shopping

Berowra Valley bush land under threat

By Trish Corcoran SYDNEY — On May 12, members of the United Residents Action Group blockaded bulldozers that were about to begin work on a new development in the Berowra Valley. Landcom — the NSW government developer — had put in an

Kabila's long struggle

The mainstream press has made much of entries in Che Guevara's diaries, made more than 32 years ago, that were critical of the conduct of the young Laurent Kabila, now leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is more to the story than the

Did Dita do it?

Did Dita do it? By Max Lane @box text intro = On June 12, the private Indonesian TV station SCTV broadcast a report stating that riots had broken out in Medaeng prison, Surabaya. Dita Sari, president of the Indonesian Centre for Labour

Tour builds fight against Hanson and Howard's racism

The final "Justice Tour: Fighting Hanson's Racism" meeting, in Sydney on June 13, was the culmination of a very successful national tour to encourage people to join the struggle against the racism of MP Pauline Hanson and to fight the racist polices