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Groove to a new style Earth and Sun and Moon Midnight Oil Reviewed by Paul Boundy The latest studio release from Australia's most public political band lacks the aggressive punch between the eyes the Oils are well known for. What
Through Aboriginal Eyes By Anne Pattel-Grey Geneva: WCC Publications, 1991. 159 pp. Reviewed by Annolise Truman This book, which details Aboriginal experience, much of it traumatic and death-dealing, not only presents historical and
Free speech campaign widens By Maurice Sibelle BRISBANE — The campaign for free speech in the Queen Street Mall is gaining support against Lord Mayor Jim Soorley's attempt to further restrict the right of peaceful assembly. Support
An invitation Nearly two years ago, on the occasion of Green Left's 20th issue, we commented: "When the idea for this newspaper was first floated more than a year ago, no-one could be sure whether it was a goer or a pipedream. Would it
By Martin O'Byrne MELBOURNE — A legal firm here is planning to take action against the state Ministry of Housing over the death of a public tenant from an asbestos-related disease. Last September 10, Doreen Porter died from mesothelioma
Port Macquarie hospital dispute in court By Anne Casey The Port Macquarie Hospital Action Group was caught off guard on May 6 when bulldozers and other heavy machinery began clearing the site of the controversial new private hospital for
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — To the puzzlement of many observers, Russian President Boris Yeltsin during the first weeks after his April 25 referendum held off introducing the "tough measures" through which he had promised to "neutralise" the
Change for Sixpence Where Sixpence Lives By Norma Kitson London: Chatto and Windus. 1986. 350 pp. Reviewed by Connie Frazer Not a new book, but one you can't put down. The intriguing title caught my eye as I entered the Adelaide
By Karen Fredericks Each working day those of us who have a job get up, shower, put on our clothes and travel to work. At morning tea we drink a cup of coffee, eat a cream cake or smoke a cigarette, worrying briefly about the state of our
By Peter Boyle On May 13 the ACTU executive rejected a call by several unions covering low-paid workers for a national wage claim of $8 per week for workers who had not managed to strike enterprise bargains with their employers. ACTU
On February 26, 1991 more than 700 gold mine workers at Vatoukoula, Fiji, downed tools and threatened never to return to work unless the Australian and New Zealand mine management recognised their union and negotiated on their claims. Twenty-seven
Sacrifice While the ACTU is determined to sacrifice wages for the sake of "the economy", some of the highest salary earners in the country don't have the same approach to their incomes. Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett (on $131,771 a year, plus