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Jobs and services slashed in Tasmanian budget

Jobs and services slashed in Tasmanian budget By Tony Iltis HOBART — Since coming to power, the Rundle Liberal government has overseen the destruction of 10,000 jobs. The state budget handed down on August 14 is set to continue the failed

Loyalists agree to talks with Sinn Féin

By Dave Riley It is now certain that Sinn Féin will be included in the peace talks process when it resumes in September. Despite persistent unionist intransigence, the initiative, for the moment, rests with Sinn Féin as it pushes

Tax Office workers facing sack need support

By Ben Courtice MELBOURNE — Management of the Australian Taxation Office has decided to make compulsorily redundant staff in INB Business Line, where there have not been enough volunteers for the redundancies that management wishes to

Herri Batasuna continues the struggle for independence

By Russell Pickering and Nikki Ulasowski BILBAO — In the wake of the Spanish government's offensive against the Basque independence movement, particularly focused on ETA (the armed Basque resistance movement) and the political organisation

'What I really want to do is sing'

Lee Sappho sings the BluesWritten by Robyn Archer and Lee Sappho with Angela ChaplinOuter metropolitan Perth tour, August 26-30South-west WA tour, September 2-6 Review by Anne O'Callaghan Robyn Archer has returned to Deckchair Theatre for

Leaping off the edge

Leaping off the edge The Women's Circus, based in Melbourne, is an innovative community arts project. Now it has been documented in the splendid book, Women's Circus: Leaping Off the Edge. The book's authors, women who have performed in the

Victory for Citipower Workers

Victory for Citipower Workers By Sue Bolton MELBOURNE — After 15 weeks on strike defending their jobs, wages and conditions, 140 Citipower workers have won a significant victory. On August 21, the workers marched back to work beneath

New cabinet foreshadows more repression in Iran

New cabinet foreshadows more repression in Iran By Rupen Savoulian The election of Mohammad Khatami as president of Iran in May was welcomed in many quarters as the victory of "moderation". However, the composition of the proposed cabinet

Return of the Uglies

By Norm Dixon An eruption of factional warfare within the NSW Liberal Party has further exposed the influence of its far-right wing. Lyenko Urbanchich, leader of the notorious "Uglies" faction of the 1970s, has re-emerged as an activist of the

Howard blocks heroin trial

Howard blocks heroin trial Dr GABRIELE BAMMER from the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University directed the research which led to the formulation of the ACT heroin trial. The research was

Cowrie continues her journey

Cowrie continues her journey The Journey HomeBy Cathie Dunsford — Spinifex Press, 1997. 301 pp., $16.95 (pb) Review by Carla Gorton Cathie Dunsford's second novel, The Journey Home, takes her central character, Cowrie, on a journey which

Water reform package 'empty'

Water reform package "empty" By Chris Spindler SYDNEY — The Carr state Labor government's long-awaited water reform package has changed little. The plan sets targets for increasing water flows in rivers and reducing irrigation allocation,