MELBOURNE — The vehicle builders union (VBEF) estimates that at least another 1000 jobs will be lost in related industries as well as the 2000 directly lost as a result of the closure Nissan's Australian car manufacturing operations. Other
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By Steve Painter The onset of recession has brought a surge of very dishonest, demagogic politics in the big business media. Greens, Aborigines and immigrants are the main targets of this politics of cynicism. "If today a political party is
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — As Russians gasped for breath after their first weeks of price liberalisation, how did they rate their government and its policies? Opinion polls in Moscow and St Petersburg have now provided some of the answers.
Mythical Past, Elusive Future: History and Society in an Anxious Age By Frank Furedi Pluto Press, London and Concord, Mass, 1992 Reviewed by Ian Bolas Reason, progress, change — the words are rarely spoken today without an apologetic
By Sean Malloy More than 20,000 people will be attending the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June. While this major international conference reflects worldwide concern, there are
By Penny Saunders The Melbourne International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (at the National Theatre, St Kilda, until February 15) presents a challenging program of local and international film dealing with diverse subjects ranging from
By Steve Painter SYDNEY — "In 1984, when the British government privatised part of British Telecom, more than 2 million Britons bought shares", says one of the ads in the Greiner government's recently launched, $2.5 million privatisation
Mickelberg hopes to untie the stitch Criminal justice — how aptly named Wrongly arrested, verballed and framed Then stuck in a cell to rot there for years While the ones who arranged it pursue their careers But we won't get hysterical
By Pat Brewer Green parties and electoral alliances around Australia could soon face the alternative of giving up much of their autonomy to a national structure or losing the right to use the name Green in election campaigns. This
By Peter Boyle Recent attacks on immigration assert that it is costing "the taxpayer" large amounts of money and jobs while living standards are falling and unemployment is above 10% and rising. It appeals at an apparently "non-ideological"
Comment by Alan A. Parker Two million new jobs needed by the year 2000? Yet, a report prepared recently for the Victorian premier predicts 10% unemployment until then unless major changes are made. The underlying problem is that Australia's
Debts By Stefo Nantsou Zeal Theatre, Civic Playhouse, Newcastle, February 17 & 18 Reviewed by Frank Razmovski Stefo Nantsou's play of corporate and political corruption sketches the past 30 years of Australian history as an epic cartoon
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