By Karen Fredericks and Anne Casey
In his "maiden" speech in federal parliament, in 1970, Paul Keating expressed grave concern at the number of women entering the work force. They should be at home, making babies, he said, because an
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Brisbane mall protests continue
By Maurice Sibelle
BRISBANE — Brisbane City Council and police adopted a low-key approach at a rally in Brisbane's Queen St Mall on February 19. The rally was the third such action to protest against the
West backs down on deportations
By Sean Malloy
The United Nations, the European Community and the United States have tacitly supported Israel's deportation of Palestinians to Lebanon by accepting a "compromise" proposal to return 100 of
By Chris Benner
A strike by Johannesburg taxi drivers, which crippled the city for three days in the second week of February, has been settled with an agreement of intent.
Signatories include the major taxi union, political parties,
We're no bunnies
The board of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has refused by a two-thirds majority, on grounds of sexism, a $33,000 sponsorship deal which rested on approval for the Playboy bunny trademark to adorn Mardi Gras flags the
By Norm Dixon
Bougainville's struggle for independence will continue despite the occupation of parts of the embattled island's capital, Arawa, by Papua New Guinea Defence Force troops last week, the Bougainville Revolutionary Army has
Indonesian Politics Under Suharto: Order, Development and Pressure for Change
By Michael R.J. Vatikiotis
Routledge, 1993. 220pp. $39.95
Reviewed by Max Lane
This is the first book for many years aimed at the general public and
Work by lesbian artists
By Kath Tucker
SYDNEY — Among the multitude of offerings for this year's Mardi Gras festival — everything from the annual parade and party to a "shop till you drop" fundraiser and forums — the "inside out
By Zoe Horvath
[This article is a reply to Angela Matheson's "and ain't i a woman" column in the January 27 Green Left Weekly.]
Matheson's position seems to be that the leaders have been co-opted. In their heady rise to power, women in
'Mitterrand approved Greenpeace bombing'
It has been alleged that French President Francois Mitterrand approved the bombing of the environmental organisation Greenpeace's ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour in 1985.
Two French agents
By Norrian Rundle
MELBOURNE — Secondary school teachers from the Victorian Secondary Teachers Association and the Federated Teachers Union of Victoria on February 10 took part in the first "illegal" 24-hour stop-work under the Kennett
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — As set forward recently by labour minister Gennady Melikyan, the Russian government's "solution" to unemployment is a familiar line from the West — "Women back into the home!"
More than 70% of Russia's
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