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Transport cuts make more enemies for Kennett

By Alex Cooper MELBOURNE — In a move described as "mean spirited" by Ruth Crow of the Public Transport Users Association, the Kennett government has made elderly people the latest victims of its public transport cuts. During Senior Citizens

Anti-Kennett campaign must be saved from the ALP

Comment by Ray Fulcher and Roberto Jorquera MELBOURNE — Victorian Trades Hall Council industrial officer, Brian Boyd, has distributed a discussion paper with the avowed intention of promoting a "healthy, open and fear-free discussion"

Teenagers tortured in northern Ireland

By Catherine Brown BELFAST — "I use to respect the police force; after all, it's the law. That's the way I was brought up — to look up to the law, and I brought my children up that way. But now I've changed completely", says Phyllis

Invasion Day in Brisbane

Invasion Day in Brisbane By Angelique Gellert BRISBANE — More than 1000 members of the Brisbane Murri community and supporters observed Invasion Day here on January 26. Wreaths were laid at the historical "Windmill" building, site

An economic rationalist's vision for New Zealand

By Vivienne Porzsolt Jonathan Swift once responded to some 18th century economists with a sardonic suggestion that children of the Irish poor might be farmed as food for the rich. Not much has changed, it seems, if the work of a prominent New

The bipartisan attack on public education

The bipartisan attack on public education Ray Nielson Politicians of both Liberal and Labor flavour would have us believe that public schools in Victoria have enjoyed "salad days" during the ALP reign, while the private system has not

Russians unable to take their medicine

By Irina Glushchenko MOSCOW — "You can't buy good health in a pharmacy!" That was a frequent refrain in Soviet newspapers during the era of Brezhnevite "stagnation". Writers used to stress that instead of treating yourself with medicines,

Brisbane City Council bans free speech

By Maurice Sibelle BRISBANE — Five people were arrested on January 29 and 30 as a result of the Brisbane City Council's campaign to remove all political groups from the City Mall. Three arrests occurred on January 29 after members of

Crackdown in Timor

Crackdown in Timor The Indonesian military has unleashed a reign of terror in East Timor since the arrest of Fretilin leader Xanana Gusmao in Dili last year. Jose Ramos-Horta, spokesperson for the East Timorese resistance, said on

Adelaide's weekend of world music

Adelaide's weekend of world music By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — "Three days and nights of musical bliss" proclaims the pamphlet promoting the WOMADELAIDE 93. "The world of music, arts and dance grabbed the hearts and minds of 30,000

Melbourne frame-up defeated

By Lyndall Barnett MELBOURNE — On January 20 Scott Baker was acquitted in Magistrate's Court of false charges laid against him by police who arrested and assaulted him in Collingwood last year. In the afternoon of September 4, the

The green movement's great communicator

Nonviolence Speaks to Power By Petra K. Kelly Edited by Glenn D. Paige and Sarah Gilliatt Centre for Global Nonviolence Planning Project Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace University of Hawaii 1992. 183pp. No price given.