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DSS bans over system failure

DSS bans over system failure By Jim McIlroy BRISBANE — Union members at Department of Social Security offices and teleservice centres around the country have launched a campaign of bans and reduced public contact hours over

Film and racism in South Africa

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid ABC TV, Monday, August 7, 11pm Previewed by Norm Dixon "Just to sit in this dark place and see magic take place on the wall. For a moment we forgot there was apartheid. We forgot there

The truth about the bomb

The truth about the bomb Summer of the bomb SBS, Sunday, August 6, 8.30pm (8 South Australia) Previewed by Jennifer Thompson This documentary will be aired on the 50th anniversary of the US Air Force dropping the

Sex work decriminalisation defeated

Sex work decriminalisation defeated By Penny Saunders ADELAIDE — The Brindal bills to decriminalise prostitution were defeated in the SA parliament on July 27, by a vote of 16-28. Sex workers will continue their

Carr likely to set up Hilton bombing inquiry

By Jennifer Thompson SYDNEY — Reports in the July 29-30 Australian, which indicate that the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has admitted that it had more than one spy in Ananda Marga at the time of the February 1978

Kangaroo 95 protest

@caps = SYDNEY — On July 29, 30 people from Resistance, the Democratic Socialist Party, Aksi, Australia East Timor Association and Anti-Bases Campaign held a protest against the Kangaroo '95 military exercises due to begin this week. The activists

Factional blood-letting begins in Queensland ALP

By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Factional warfare has begun inside the Queensland Labor Party following the final declaration of the state election, which the ALP won by a bare one seat. In a bitter row over cabinet selection, the

Darwin conference focuses on East Timor

By Deb Sorensen DARWIN — Over the four days of the Indonesia and Regional Conflict Resolution Conference held here from July 25, participants from the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and the United States discussed how to better establish

East Timorese youths arrested and tortured

East Timorese youths arrested and tortured By James Balowski On July 24, activists from the newly formed organisation Indonesian Pro-democracy Movement and Maubere People's Independence (SPRIM) informed Green Left Weekly that

Theatre that dares

Miranda By Stephen Sewell East Coast Theatre Company Directed by Joseph Uchitel With Peter Phelps, Dee Smart and Julian Leather Wharf Theatre, Sydney, until August 19 Reviewed by Allen Myers For my money,

Bosnians demand an end to the arms embargo

By Jennifer Thompson "End the arms embargo" was the main demand of a demonstration of 6000 Bosnians and their supporters in Melbourne on July 23 to protest against the war in Bosnia. Speakers included representatives from the Labor and

Three bands in CISLAC fiesta

By Lewina Jackson and Miguel Troncoso SYDNEY — Committees in Solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean (CISLAC) traditionally holds an event at this time of the year to celebrate the Nicaraguan Revolution and the attack on the