By Cameron Parker
SYDNEY — In a revealing speech to the Airport Privatisation Conference in the Hilton Hotel on May 22, minister for transport Laurie Brereton unveiled the federal ALP government's strategy for selling leases for Australia's 22
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By Finn Kjeller
More than 150,000 Danish workers went on strike on April 20 in support of bus drivers fighting the effects of privatisation. Defying aggressive bosses, local and national government and daily police brutality, 82 bus drivers have
Trim, Taut and Terrific
Written by Nick Hughes and Ian Farr
Junction Theatre, Thebarton (Adelaide), until June 10
Reviewed by Sophia Villis and Anthony Thirlwall
Trim, Taut and Terrific is exactly that. It's musical theatre that neatly
East Gippsland forest plan attacked
By Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE — Conservation groups have slammed the Victorian government's East Gippsland Forest Management Plan, calling it a recipe for environmental disaster.
On May 26, 100
Slave wages for disabled workers
By Deirdre Graham
SYDNEY — Mentally disabled workers are working for as little as $3 a day, according to Wayne Ryan, a psychologist with the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (PRA).
"Wages range
Dili November 1991
By Egas Alves
Today in my city the sky to be cloudy
To turn off in the view of the sunrise
The town apparently to be with sadness
What melancholy will appear to the people who are living there?
Today in my
By Sarah Stephen
Travelling from Madrid to the Basque region in the far north of Spain, I could feel a change in the political atmosphere. In the narrow cobblestone streets of Bilbao, colourful posters advertising upcoming rallies plastered the
'Dolly' and sex
I quote Kath Gelber quoting Dolly (GLW, May 10) which, apparently writing on what it calls "having sex", says: "Being ready or not is determined by such qualifications as a willingness on the part of both partners to discuss the
Gay men on WA council
By Leon Harrison
PERTH — In a postal vote which concluded on May 6, two openly gay candidates have been elected onto the Vincent Town Council in WA.
Gay activist Brian Grieg, representing Mt Hawthorn, received
Financial scandal hits SA Liberals
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — The SA Liberal Party has been rocked in recent weeks by revelations of a scandal surrounding a significant donation to its 1993 state election campaign.
Under new
Muchtar Pakpahan released
By Max Lane
Muchtar Pakpahan, chairperson of the Indonesian Workers for Prosperity Union (SBSI), was released from prison on May 19.
Pakpahan was arrested, tried and sentenced to three years' jail in November.
Too easy
By Brandon Astor Jones
"It was fun meeting other people, seeing what they're like ... they're really just like us." — Adrian Proby
When left to their own devices, we can usually depend upon children to cut through those
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