Seminar defends public sector
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — State teachers' campaign to defend the public education system will be a "long-term struggle", Shane Groth, Queensland Teachers Union vice-president, told a seminar here on September
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By Liam Mitchell
ADELAIDE — A seminar here on September 8 raised a number of doubts and reservations in the Aboriginal community about the government-sponsored reconciliation process. The 50 participants were told that there are concerns that
Station staff oppose automatic ticket
By Garry Walters
MELBOURNE — A September 8 stop-work meeting of suburban railway station staff resolved unanimously to support the Public Transport Union (PTU) opposition to plans to introduce an
By Ana Kailis
Australian soldiers are now on combat duty on Bougainville, according to reports from Radio Free Bougainville.
This follows the September 6 admission in parliament by defence minister Senator Robert Ray that Australian troops
Those with an eye for detail may have noticed an ad in the last few issues for regional meetings of the Green Left Association.
The regional meetings are an opportunity for supporters of Green Left Weekly in each region to get together and
The Story of Qiu Ju
A film by Zhang
Yimou
Showing at Melbourne's Nova Cinema from September
30
Reviewed by Peter Boyle
Zhang Yimou won international attention with his previous
films Red Sorghum, Ju Dou and Raise the Red
Lantern,
Protest over Aboriginal Welfare Fund
By Nikki Ulasowski
BRISBANE — "Everything has been taken away from us — our rights, our lives. Aboriginal people must take a stand and continue the fight", said Alex Gapter, Aboriginal community
By Bill Mason
and Maurice Sibelle
BRISBANE — Oodgeroo Noonuccal, formerly known as Kath Walker, the popular poet and Aboriginal rights activist, died at Greenslopes Hospital on September 16 at the age of 72 after a struggle with cancer.
Military attack Yogyakarta protest
A mass rally on September 11 at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, against the introduction of restrictive traffic laws, was attacked by the police and military, forcing participants to leave the campus.
Power and property
The Piano
Written and Directed by Jane Campion
Starring Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill and Anna Paquin
Reviewed by Chris Slee
Set in 19th century New Zealand, this film explores the unequal relationship
By Vivienne Porzsolt
I welcome the opportunity to debate the issue of Israel, Zionism and anti-Semitism in the pages of GLW and respond to Malloy and Lorimer's article (issue 111) written in reply to my letter in the previous issue.
My
BRISBANE — Thousands of injured Queensland workers are being denied a fair hearing because there is no right of appeal in the workers compensation system in this state, the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission says. EARC has recommended a
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