12 months of Australian political cartoons
By Kim Bullimore
CANBERRA — The last 12 months have generated some of the most heated debates in recent Australian political history. Events such as Patrick's sacking of its entire work force, the
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@box text int = When the Kennett government was first elected in Victoria, it announced a series of cutbacks and attacks in rapid succession, hoping that any potential opposition would be stunned into inaction.
Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary CountdownBy Stephen Jay GouldVintage, 1998190 pp., $17.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon
This may be the only occasion in the history of Green Left Weekly when the following
By Wendy Robertson
At its last meeting, the National Union of Students (NUS) national executive decided it would not call a nationally coordinated day of action against the proposed introduction of voluntary student unionism (VSU) until May 6,
By Peter Montague
A report in the Journal of the American Medical Association in April 1998 estimated that adverse reactions to prescription drugs kill about 106,000 people in the USA each year — roughly three times as many as are killed by
Last year, hundreds of Green Left Weekly supporters generously donated to the fighting fund. Contributions came in all sizes — ranging from $5 to $5000.
Green Left Weekly would like to extend a big "thank you" to all of those who donated money,
I Protest!By Phil Thornton, Liam Phelan and Bill McKeownPluto Press Australia, 1997224 pp., $19.95 (pb) Review by Jonathan Strauss
I Protest!, written by three journalists, Phil Thornton, Liam Phelan and Bill McKeown, is subtitled "Fighting for
By Shane Bentley
SYDNEY — Faruque Ahmed, president of the Taxi Drivers Section of the NSW Transport Workers Union (TWU) and a taxi driver for 14 years, is leading a campaign for an independent inquiry into the NSW taxi industry. "The industry is
... and ain't I a woman?: Sex work and the law
On November 10, Lisa Jane Brown, a young Perth sex worker, went missing. Three months later, an extensive search was eventually launched but has turned up few clues. WA police and the West
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — For the head of administration in the Bykovsky region of Volgograd province on January 28, there could be no doubt that local teachers were angry at having been denied their pay since August. The teachers barricaded him
MUA ex-official attacks 'character assassination'
By Dick Nichols
BRISBANE — Jeff Langdon, former organiser with the Maritime Union of Australia's (MUA) south Queensland branch and well known for his work during the Patrick dispute, has
Hemp is one of the world's most useful plants. Its uses range from paper to fuel, and it could replace many environmentally destructive products.
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