By Dave Riley
BRISBANE — State education in Queensland has traditionally been one of the lowest funded in Australia. With the election of the Goss Labor government in 1989, some of this disparity was addressed. But Labor veered away from its
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By Farooq Sulehria
LAHORE — Jeddojuhd Inqilabi Tehrik (Struggle Revolutionary Movement) was formed in 1994 in Lahore by trade union and Marxist activists around the monthly magazine Mazdoor Jeddojuhd (Workers Struggle) as a movement to
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Self-esteem and market shareSelf-esteem and market share
The Body Shop has recently launched a very trendy, very clever advertising campaign. It's all about "self-esteem", defined in the slick campaign booklet as "self-authority, dignity,
By Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE — Maree Clarke, coordinator of the Koori Arts Unit (KAU) of the City of Port Phillip, was recently contacted by a woman who wanted to buy some Aboriginal art. "I told her to come and see the work we had left from
Pagans at Brendan Behan
@box text intro = SYDNEY — The Born Again Pagans will be launching a new CD on Thursday, June 26, from 8 to 10pm, at the Brendan Behan Hotel (formerly the Britannia) in Cleveland Street, Chippendale. An occasion not to
Brisbane's Solstice Festival
By Nick Everett
BRISBANE — The city's third Winter Solstice Festival took place over the June 6-9 long weekend. The festival is described by its organisers, the Queensland Folk Federation, as demonstrating a
Campaign Against Racism established in Melbourne
By Maurice Sibelle
MELBOURNE — Campaign Against Racism was set up here at a meeting on June 12. CAR was established to oppose the racism of Howard and Hanson following the successful
By Max Lane
The Indonesian press has described riots at Medaeng prison in Surabaya on June 11 and 12 as the biggest in Indonesian history. According to Pos Kota daily, 575 prisoners rioted, destroying 12 buildings, including six prison blocks.
By Jennifer Thompson
On June 13, immigration minister Philip Ruddock announced a series of new requirements for around 8000 people, temporarily resident in Australia on humanitarian grounds, to either obtain permanent residency after a 10-year
Metalworkers rally for award
MELBOURNE—Metalworkers around Victoria attended rallies to defend their award conditions over the past week. They were responding to the fact that July 1 is the day on which the provisions of the Howard
Inventing the AbbottsProduced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Janet Meyers Review by John Tognolini
The advertisement on TV shows three young women. "They're the Abbots — they're rich", it blasts out. The next scene is two young men, and the
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