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Loose cannons

No alternative "You give answers to the best of your intent and belief at the time, and if circumstances change, well, sometimes you have no alternative but to change." — Prime Menzies John Howard, about his decision as federal treasurer to

A pre-crisis look at Japan's production backyard

OZ Asia in Japan's Embrace: Building a Regional Production AllianceBy Walter Hatch and Kozo YamamuraCambridge University Press1997 (first published in 1996)281 pp., $34.95 (pb) Review by Eva Cheng Asia in Japan's Embrace tries to establish that

Telstra unions strike over enterprise agreement

Telstra unions strike over enterprise agreement By Leo Wellin Telstra workers in the Community and Public Sector Union voted overwhelmingly for a 24-hour strike on August 28 to protest Telstra's latest enterprise agreement offer, announced to

UWA student elections

UWA student elections By Sean Martin-Iverson PERTH — University of Western Australia student guild elections are to be held from September 7-10. Left student activists have united to form a ticket to challenge the entrenched bureaucracy of the

John Howard's safety, security and stability

John Howard's safety, security and stability Safety is the catch on a 38 magnum.Security is the hole it makes.Stability is what you getand death is all it takes. By John Tomlinson

Blair, Ahern make the most of Omagh bomb

By Dave Riley Internment without trial was used against nationalists in the north of Ireland in the 1970s. Many hundreds were incarcerated in Long Kesh prison between 1972 and 1976. While internment was dropped from the British statute book only

'Forever protest the annexation of Hawai'i'

'Forever protest the annexation of Hawai'i' By Zohl de Ishtar On August 12, 100 years ago, the US illegally annexed Ka Pae'aina (Hawai'i). The US had invaded the archipelago in 1893, overthrowing the Maoli Queen Liliu'okalani. In 1993 President

Court un-bans PRD, but harassment continues

By Max Lane On August 10, Indonesia's State Administrative Court upheld an appeal by Budiman Sujatmiko, as president of the People's Democratic Party (PRD), against a ministerial regulation banning the PRD and its affiliated mass organisations. The

Aboriginal activists pursue charges of genocide

By Dan CANBERRA — Aboriginal activists — Wadjularbinna Nulyarimma, Kevin Buzzacott, Isobell Coe and Robbie Thorpe — have begun legal action against John Howard, Tim Fischer, Brian Harradine and Pauline Hanson, and all federal

Racism: the record of the Coalition and ALP

Racism: the record of the Coalition and ALP By James Vassilopoulos Peter Beattie, the Queensland Labor premier, was quoted in the August 8 Courier-Mail responding to charges by Resistance that both major parties had carried out racist policies

On the box

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