Certainly not "He is certainly not an employee." — Philip von Hardenberg, manager of Sydney's Ritz Carlton hotel, on being asked whether Bob Hawke is paying the full rate of $525 per night, or whether he has a special deal for the several
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By Tom Flanagan HOBART — A blockade organised by the Wilderness Society brought road works to a standstill in the threatened East Picton region of Tasmania's southern forest on February 17. About 40 protesters, including Green Independent
By Lesley Warne and Polly McDonald WOLLONGONG — Borrowing heavily from the former Labor government's fraudulent "Beds to the West" campaign, the Greiner Liberal government is adopting divide and rule tactics against NSW South Coast
Thanks for nothing, Bob Bob Hawke's well-paid resignation from parliament last week on the Jana Wendt show was a fittingly farcical finale to a disastrous episode in the history of a disastrous political party. Starting out to represent
Comment by Chris Hannaford The Aidex arms bazaar last November was the perfect opportunity to argue for cuts in defence expenditure, for radical changes in our foreign policy and for an end to arms sales to Third World countries. Before Aidex,
In 1989-1990, as the ALP-ACTU Accord limped towards collapse, a new slogan emerged from the Labor Party: the clever country. The key to Australia's economic future was said to lie in industries that relied on brainpower and precision technology
Blue Mountains mayor resigns By Denis Kevans WENTWORTH FALLS — Mayor Peter O'Toole has resigned from the Blue Mountains City Council after the council failed to back his actions in regard to a controversial development. O'Toole had
By Way of Deception: An Insider's Devastating Expose of the MOSSAD, by Claire Hoy and Victor Ostrovsky. Arrow Books Ltd, London. 1991. $12.95 (pb). Reviewed by Mark Delmege.
Urban Ecology Australia By David Munn John Ruskin described architecture as the art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by man, for whatsoever uses, that the sight of them may contribute to his mental health, power, and
Logging industry propaganda By Yvonne Francis National Australian Forests Industries has a budget for promotion of $4 million derived from a levy on members for each cubic metre of wood produced. With those promotion funds — and I suspect
Selling Grandma NSW Premier Nick Greiner's "privatisation is for everyone" campaign has met an irreverent response from the Death Defying Theatre. In association with the Public Service Association, the group has put together "Selling
By Ray Fulcher and Jason Cheng MELBOURNE — The Victorian Trades Hall Council's February 17-21 Jobs and Justice campaign flopped badly. A series of suburban meetings on unemployment attracted miserable crowds of between 15 and 40, and a
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