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300 XXXX brewery workers face the sack

300 XXXX brewery workers face the sack By Bill Mason BRISBANE — In a drastic rationalisation of its XXXX brewing operation, Castlemaine Perkins Ltd, owned by Lion Nathan, is pushing through a plan to retrench 300 workers. Despite

Ortega scores US intervention threats

By Karen Lee Wald HAVANA — Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega renewed his calls for a sharp turn in Nicaraguan President Violeta Chamorro's economic policies and the establishment of a "government of national unity", in light of the recent

Gold: The colour of apartheid

Cutting Edge: The Colour of Gold SBS Television Screening Tuesday August 17, 7.30 p.m. (7 p.m. in Adelaide) Reviewed by Norm Dixon "We dig out the gold but we have never seen it with our own eyes. So if you tell us about the glitter of

Aboriginal meeting demands justice on Mabo

By Peter Boyle An historic meeting of about 500 Aboriginal organisations and communities from around Australia met in Eva Valley in the Northern Territory between August 3-5 to work out a united response to the Mabo case. It firmly rejected

Breaking through the media's pro-Israel bias

By Mike Karajis SYDNEY — "The worst round of violence between Israel and Lebanon-based guerillas in 11 years continued unabated despite a drive by the US for a cease-fire. The fighting has killed more than 122 people." This was how the

Jazzmatazz

Jazzmatazz Volume 1 Guru Chrysalis Records through EMI Reviewed by John-Paul Nassif Jazzmatazz, an experimental fusion of hip-hop and live jazz, is one of the first full-fledged attempts to fuse rap and jazz. It is hosted and compiled

The ugly logic of enterprise bargaining

The ugly logic of enterprise bargaining It appears that the Keating government is about to strike a new deal with the ACTU to allow enterprise bargains to be stitched together without unions. At present the Industrial Relations Commission can

... and ain't i a woman?: Children of the '70s

The turnout of over 500 women at the 7th annual gathering of the Network of Women Students in Australia (NOWSA), held at the University of Queensland last month, was the biggest attendance ever for this national gathering of campus-based

A look at Mabo mining myths

Comment by John Maitland Australia's mining corporations have been leading the crusade against the High Court's Mabo decision, which recognises native title and puts an end to the doctrine of terra nullius — the lawyers' pretence that

Postcard from Kuwait

By Sara Ford KUWAIT — The first word any Westerner ever picks up in Kuwait is "Inshalah". Its literal meaning is "with God's will or help". But having heard it most often when coupled with unfruitful requests for supplies, assistance,

Rosemarie Gillespie urges help for Bougainville

Rosemarie Gillespie urges help for Bougainville By Tony Hastings Rosemarie Gillespie believes in direct action. When she heard that people were dying from lack of medicine in Bougainville because of the Papua New Guinea government's

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