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'Slave labour', say youth

'Slave labour', say youth By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The Howard government's move to extend the compulsory work for the dole scheme is akin to conscription and slave labour, according to a group of young people interviewed in the January 29

Letter from the US: Sex scandal diverts attention from threat to Iraq

Sex scandal diverts attention from threat to Iraq By Barry Sheppard For the past two weeks, the allegations that President Bill Clinton had an affair with a young woman working in the White House has drowned out other major news. The scandal

A Dangerous Man

A Dangerous Man [A tribute to Siegfried Sassoon — antiwar poet. ] Sassoon was a man,A dangerous man,Sassoon was a dangerous man.He went off to a warAnd went back for moreSassoon, what a dangerous man! And after this warHe settled his

NT TLC condemns Labor leader over Jabiluka

NT TLC condemns Labor leader over Jabiluka By Tim E. Stewart DARWIN — Support for the campaign against the proposed uranium mine at Jabiluka has been strengthened after the NT Trades and Labour Council at its January meeting condemned NT Labor

Twenty uranium mines threaten WA

Twenty uranium mines threaten WA By Justin Harman PERTH — The federal government's decision to remove restrictions on uranium mining has given a new lease of life to mining giants interested in uranium projects in WA. Already, more than 20

Isaac Newton, God and the new science

Isaac Newton, God and the new science Isaac Newton: The Last SorcererBy Michael WhiteFourth Estate, 1997. 402 pp., $45 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon Once upon a time, way back in the 17th century, Sir Isaac Newton saw an apple fall and in a

Fear of famine in East Timor

By Jon Land Recent reports from East Timor indicate that unless long-awaited monsoon rains arrive soon to break the drought, there may be a severe famine within the next few months. Speaking in Darwin on January 24, East Timorese resistance

Telstra workers resist forced transfers

Telstra workers resist forced transfers By Bill Mason BRISBANE — One hundred and fifty Telstra workers attended a protest meeting on January 30 after the company announced a plan to centralise its faults-recording network in Melbourne, forcing

Charity and change

Charity and change By Emma Murphy I recently spent six weeks in India. I stayed at a Sisters of Charity convent in the south with my aunty who has been a missionary for 60 years. Her days are spent trying to help the vast numbers of people

Media bash 'single mums'

Media bash 'single mums' By Karen Fletcher Brisbane GP Judy Stokes has shot to media super-stardom in Queensland following her letter to the Courier-Mail calling for single mothers to be forced to give up their children for adoption after the

AIRC backs Rio Tinto

By Alison Dellit NEWCASTLE — A decision by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission on January 29 refused workers at Rio Tinto's Hunter Valley No. 1 mine access to arbitration to resolve the long-running dispute at the mine. The dispute

Growing opposition to Suharto

By Karina Marlon JAKARTA — The opposition to the Suharto dictatorship is growing, fuelled by the economic crisis. The drop in the value of the rupiah and the slumping economy have brought a severe loss in confidence in the regime. People are