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ACTU to roll over for Howard

Sue Bolton, Melbourne "Militancy hurting Victoria: PM", the November 27 Melbourne Age screamed across its front page. The headline was followed by the kicker, "Howard says investors scared off by unions". While the federal Coalition government

Write on: Letters to the editor

Rafael Eitan Former Israeli Chief-of-Staff Rafael Eitan was swept to his death on November 23 by a giant wave as he stood on a breakwater. The Sydney Morning Herald claim that "Eitan earned notoriety for outspoken comments about Arabs and opposed

Prostrating before the god of neoliberalism

Peter Boyle "Labor gets with the program", rejoiced the December 1 editorial in Rupert Murdoch's Australian. "With two key backflips yesterday, Labor finally appears to be coming around to the understanding that it needs to demonstrate its economic

BRITAIN: Galloway wins libel case

On December 1, the British High Court ruled that the Telegraph had defamed former Labour MP George Galloway when it claimed that documents had been found in Baghdad alleging Galloway was in the pay of Saddam Hussein. The paper was ordered to pay