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Why women's wages are slipping

By Karen Fredericks Paul Keating distorted the truth more than once in his speech to launch the New National Agenda for Women on February 10. Probably the biggest whopper was his assertion that "women's earnings are now 93% of men's." The

Write on

Pragmatism I was interested to read J. Dodd's letter (GLW February 24) concerning pragmatism in the PSU leadership as it seems that pragmatism is prevalent amongst all union bureaucrats at the moment. As a member of the general staff at

Loose cannons

No argument "... remarkably amenable to Kerry's suggestions. He very rarely argues about anything." — Trevor Kennedy on the success formula of Richard Walsh, managing director of Kerry Packer's Australian Consolidated Press. Usually the

Havana workshop discusses homosexuality

Havana workshop discusses homosexuality HAVANA — The Iberoamerican Sex Education Workshop on February 9 touched on an issue which has often caused polemics in the region: homosexuality. A panel of Cuban and international specialists

German cabaret between the wars

By Dave Riley The German revolution of 1918 was as vigorous and perhaps more spontaneous than its Russian counterpart of the previous year. The uprising of the Spartacists in Berlin and the Munich "reds" was smashed by the organised terror of

Anti-nuclear author challenges Ros Kelly

Anti-nuclear author challenges Ros Kelly By Frank Gollan CANBERRA — Anti-nuclear author Greg Adamson is contesting environment minister Ros Kelly's seat of Canberra for the Green Democratic Alliance. As in the 1990 federal

Where puddings come true

Chaplin Directed by Richard Attenborough Starring Robert Downey Jr, Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Hopkins and Kevin Kline Reviewed by David Sampson "I love America", emotes Robert Downey as Charlie Chaplin. A bit later, in case you

Two decades of Tuesday Afternoon Group

Two decades of Tuesday Afternoon Group By Adam Hanieh ADELAIDE — The Tuesday Afternoon Group (TAG) has been meeting, discussing and demonstrating here for 20 years. It is the only women's organisation in Australia that arose during the

Suharto manoeuvres against army

By Max lane and a special correspondent in Jakarta Indonesian President Suharto has begun attempts to counter armed forces (ABRI) headquarters, which last week announced that it intended to nominate former ABRI commander in chief Try Sutrisno

PNG troops attacked on Bougainville

By Norm Dixon The Bougainville Revolutionary Army has hit back hard against Papua New Guinea troops following their occupation of parts of the capital, Arawa. The Bougainville Interim Government's Honiara spokesperson, Martin Miriori,

Building a green, left alternative in the Illawarra

Building a green, left alternative in the Illawarra By Bernie Brian WOLLONGONG — Doctor Margaret Perrott has been campaigning for a decade to build a green, left alternative to Labor and Liberal. In 1984 she was the founding

Port Macquarie still fighting for public hospital

By Therese Mackay PORT MACQUARIE — The Hospital Action Group (HAG) held a meeting on February 24 to inform the people of the Hastings Valley of the implications of the services agreement signed between the Health Administration Corporation