A conflict created by chauvinist intellectuals
Kosovo: A Short HistoryBy Noel MalcolmPaperMac, 1998 Review by Michael Cooke
This book provides historical background to current events in the Balkans. Malcolm's work is even-handed, judicious and
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Settlement won by staff at Sydney University
By Tyrion Perkins
SYDNEY — National Tertiary Education Industry Union (NTEU) members at the University of Sydney have agreed to accept the latest enterprise bargain offer made by management on June
Latest on Indonesian elections
The Joint Media and Operations Centre in Jakarta, which has been monitoring
the Indonesian vote count, has estimated the final vote for the major parties
to be: Megawati Sukarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic
Dirty Dozen pesticides: banned but still traded
A review of recent US exports of the Pesticide Action Network's "Dirty Dozen" pesticides indicates that a national ban is not sufficient to prevent a pesticide from entering a country. According to US
Youth wages: slavery in the free market?
By Ky Moon
On June 24, the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) handed down its final report on junior wage rates. With the federal Coalition government and big business hailing the findings
Road to destroy coastal wetlands
By Peter McCallum
MACKAY — The Queensland government seems set to push ahead with a major new road in Mackay that will destroy 12.3 hectares of coastal wetlands, despite Environment Protection Agency (EPA)
Wiranto: 'No gatherings of the masses!'
By Max Lane
On June 25, the Jakarta daily newspaper Kompas quoted the
minister of defence and commander in chief of the armed forces (TNI), General
Wiranto, as stating that the government would
Ripping off workers' entitlements
By Jonathan Singer
More than 400 coalminer members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, led by 45 of the 125 miners sacked from the Oakdale colliery, rallied outside Parliament House in
By Alison Dellit
NEWCASTLE — On June 25, the Newcastle University Council debated a motion to withdraw funding from the university and community radio station 2NUR FM. 2NUR is the only community radio station in the Hunter region. It broadcasts
Tough deal for sex workers
By Alison Dellit
On June 20, the Queensland Labor government introduced what Premier Peter Beattie called "a tough package of prostitution law reform". The "reforms" will legalise and regulate brothels, while increasing
By David Gosling
CANBERRA — More than 900 staff at the Australian National University voted overwhelmingly on June 24 to demand an enterprise bargaining agreement that guarantees no net job losses, maintenance of superannuation contributions and
A voice in the wilderness
By Melissa Hammett
Jane Howarth received a warm welcome when she stepped off the bus in Baghdad. She found herself alone, without a backpack, in war-torn Iraq. Despite being a lone woman in a devastated country, Jane
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