Bus drivers to walk out over cuts
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Bus drivers employed by Brisbane City Council are preparing to take strike action to protest against threatened cuts to jobs, pay and conditions. The workers rallied in King
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Pregnancy and discrimination
The Tasmanian Sex Discrimination Commission's annual report, released earlier this month, reveals that complaints of sexual discrimination increased by 80% in the last year. Twenty-three percent of the
CANBERRA — The Aboriginal tent embassy has issued an invitation for the "great gathering of the elders" — a corroboree for sovereignty — to mark the 26th anniversary of the embassy and survival day, January 26, 1998. The embassy is inviting
By Penny Law and Tony Iltis
HOBART — Around 40 people attended a film night organised by Everyone for a Nuclear Free Future (ENuFF) on November 18. The films shown were irt Cheap, about uranium mining in the Northern Territory; Take Heart,
NEW YORK — An Amnesty International report released on November 19 documents a spiralling increase in violence in Algeria, which has claimed up to 80,000 lives since 1992. Amnesty called for an international investigation into recent massacres and
Seven years in TibetA film by Jean-Jacques AnnaudReleased by TriStarOpening at Hoyts on December 4 Review by Allen Myers
First things first. The Tibetan people should have the right to self-determination, including complete independence from
By Ben Courtice
The Tax Office section council of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), meeting in Sydney on November 13-16, discussed how to respond to the threat of compulsory redundancies in the Australian Taxation Office. Management
l = Editorial: US out of the Persian Gulf!
l = US out of the Persian Gulf!
The US government has threatened to launch a military attack on Iraq over a relatively insignificant matter to do with the composition of the United Nations Special
The Bottom LinePeter HicksSend $22.50 to PO Box 163, Camperdown NSW 2050 Review by Alex Bainbridge
The Bottom Line is the first solo album by left-wing Sydney singer/songwriter Peter Hicks for several years. The result is excellent — a truly
Washington seeks revenge for successful UPS strike
By Barry Sheppard
A former federal judge, acting on behalf of the capitalist government, has barred the Teamsters' current president, Ron Carey, from running for re-election. Carey
Fremantle's women take centre stage
Waterfront WomenDeckchair Theatre CompanyDirected by Angela Chaplin, written by Marcus HughesVictoria Quay, Fremantle, until November 29Regional WA tour to December 6 Review by Anne O'Callaghan
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Pope JoanPerformed by the Women's CircusDirected by Sarah CathcartAt the Old Police Garage, Russell Street, MelbourneThurs-Sat, 8.30pm, until December 6 Reviewed by Bronwen Beechey
The Women's Circus began as a project for women survivors of
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