MELBOURNE — Australia's first and only Melbourne-wide community broadcaster celebrates 20 years of broadcasting this year. Station manager Bruce Francis says, "From an idea of a small group of activists in 1974 to Australia's premier community
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"... [they] set no value on anything we gave them.
nor would they ever part with any thing of their own
for any one article we could offer them ..."
For him the sea was another sky
And the sky another sea
Deep as wishing wells and both
As
A Law for Women: Domestic Violence — A series of programs that highlights the limitations and problems of the legal system as it relates to women. This episode looks at the violence experienced by women and explains how women can apply for an
A visit to death row
By Glenys Alderton
[Brandon Astor Jones' regular column has apparently been delayed in the post. In its place, we print this account of a visit to him last December.]
It is Christmas Day, and I am sitting on a small, hard
By Lisa Macdonald
The Students and Sustainability conference will be held in one of the environment movement's earliest home bases this year. From July 1 to 5, Lismore in northern NSW, will be hosting the national gathering of environmentalists,
Green Left Weekly was one of the beneficiaries of a recent Darwin fundraising event "Unite against Uranium" organised by several groups involved in the anti-uranium campaign in the Northern Territory, including the Environment Centre, Resistance,
By Edwina Foster and Natalie Woodlock
HOBART — While the success of the Tasmanian Greens' draft legislation to decriminalise the use of marijuana is doubtful, the proposed legislation has opened up a number of debates within the community,
Difficult
"To convince the international community that equity requires us to be treated somewhat differently is a difficult negotiating task." — Environment minister Senator Robert Hill, looking forward to the international greenhouse
Jeff Kennett's private prison industry
By Ben Alterman
CASTLEMAINE — With a minimum of publicity or questioning about the tendering process, the Liberal Kennett government has implemented its plans for the widespread privatisation of the
From: The Office for Open Communication
Circulation: All Coalition Politicians, State and Federal
Subject: Stamping out Political Correctness
When the Howard government came to power, it was obvious to all and sundry that a tide of political
A short story by Craig Cormick
"Shit! Shit! Shit!" I'd tried to videotape Star Trek last night for my weekly fix of fantasy, and I'd accidentally taped some documentary off SBS. I was running it back and forward with the remote control, hoping that
On June 6, public servants and community supporters rallied and marched in cities around Australia as part of a national day of action called by the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) to protest against the Howard government's planned public
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