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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

Government moves against sole parents

Sole parents will have a lengthy waiting period before being paid social security under provisions buried in the proposed Parenting Payment Bill currently before parliament. The bill fuses the sole parent pension with the current parenting allowance

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

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

New WA anti-graffiti laws

New WA anti-graffiti laws By Sean Martin-Iverson PERTH — The state Liberal government has moved to make WA's already draconian anti-graffiti laws even harsher. The existing legislation, which allows for penalties of 200 hours of community

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

Review of the NSW Bail Act

By Tim Anderson SYDNEY — Following the killing of two schoolgirls on the south coast last year, and the revelation that one of those charged with murder had been on bail for another offence, a review of the Bail Act 1978 was directed by the NSW