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Burmese leader to visit A Burmese democracy leader, Dr Thaung Htun, will visit Australia to participate in the Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference being organised by the Asia Pacific Institute for Democratisation and Development (API) from April
The following is abridged from a strategy paper prepared by the socialist youth organisation, Resistance, for the National Education Conference in Melbourne, December 6-7. In 1998, for the first time, Australian undergraduate students will enter
By Karen Fletcher In September the Australian Law Reform Commission had the temerity to brief the current federal government on its view of Howard's 10-point plan to extinguish native title. It warned that the proposed legislation is probably
Activist launches first book By Connie Fraser ADELAIDE — About 100 women crowded into the Lion Bar of the Lion Arts Theatre Complex on November 11 to congratulate well-known activist Marg McHugh on the launch of her first book, What Would
Another Aboriginal death in custody in WA PERTH — Another Aboriginal person has died in custody in Western Australia, the Deaths In Custody Watch Committee (WA) has reported. "His body was found in his cell on the evening of November 14 at the
Suncorp-Metway staff reject non-union agreement BRISBANE — Staff at the newly merged Suncorp-Metway Bank voted on November 14 to reject a non-union industrial agreement. Although the plan was defeated by only 51% to 49%, Janice Mayes, state
By Sean Healy SYDNEY — On November 15, the National Union of Students NSW branch conference passed a motion limiting the role of the activist Cross-Campus Education Network (CCEN). This is a significant shift away from the state branch's
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Access News — Melbourne
Monkey business By Brandon Astor Jones "The Simiadae then branched off into two great stems, the new world and the old world monkeys; and from the latter at a remote period, man the wonder and glory of the universe, proceeded." —
Greenhouse action in lead up to Kyoto conference By Amanda Lawrence CANBERRA — A speak-out in Civic on November 21 organised by members of Resistance condemned the Howard government's stance on the greenhouse issue. The Australian
Nuclear avoidance ANSTO's Prof. Helen Garnett faced a Senate Estimates meeting on November 12. She refused to answer many of the questions put to her about the proposed new reactor in southern Sydney, claiming commercial confidentiality or
Dili massacre commemorated PERTH — On November 16, 300 people marched through the streets of Fremantle to commemorate the 1991 Dili massacre and protest the Australian government's continued support for the Suharto regime. They demanded