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Rod Quantock: Serial satirist captured

Serial satirist captured Double Disillusion: Musings from a Rebel ComicBy Rod QuantockLothian Books, 1999229 pp., $19.95 (pb) By Phil Shannon Inspector Mastiff of the Yarra turned up the collar of his gabardine coat as the wind whistled with

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Burmese protest arrests SYDNEY — Burmese exiles and supporters held an emergency action outside NSW Parliament House on May 12 to protest against the Burmese military regime's arrest of U Aye Thar Aung, a leader of the Committee Representing

Students occupy UQ Senate chambers

Students occupy UQ Senate chambers BY MATT LIVINGSTON BRISBANE — Students at the University of Queensland occupied the University Senate chambers here on May 10 in protest at a proposed restructure of the Arts faculty until police were brought

LEBANON: Israel bombs again as deadline nears

LEBANON: Israel bombs again as deadline nears RAMALLAH, Palestine — The Israeli government's latest round of bombings in Lebanon has raised concern about the possibility of a major war following the expected pullout of Israel's troops from

MOZAMBIQUE: WB destroys cashew industry

BY NORM DIXON The International Union of Agricultural, Food and Hotel Workers — which has 330 affiliated unions in 124 countries — has pledged to wage "a very strong" campaign on behalf the more than 9000 workers, mainly women, thrown out of

Police attack Beverley blockade

Police attack Beverley blockade BY BRONWEN BEECHEY & JIM GREEN ADELAIDE — Protesters at the Beverley uranium mine in northern South Australia have vowed to continue their blockade of the site, despite violent assaults by police and private

PALESTINE: Teachers resume strike

PALESTINE: Teachers resume strike RAMALLAH, Palestine — Palestine's teachers resumed a long-running strike on May 2 following the Palestinian Authority's (PA) failure to fulfill promises for wage rises for 25,000 teachers working in public

Activist forced off union body

Activist forced off union body BY ANTHONY BENBOW PERTH — The Western Australian branch of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has thrown one of its most conscientious rank-and-file delegates off its delegation to the WA Trades and

Murdoch students fight course cuts

Murdoch students fight course cuts BY GRANT COLEMAN PERTH — Students have reacted angrily to plans by Murdoch University vice-chancellor Steven Schwartz to cut course and staff numbers. They have begun a series of protest actions in the lead up

WEST TIMOR: Militia terror continues

The 100,000 East Timorese refugees in camps in West Timor face daily hardship and terror from the pro-integration militia gangs which control or are active in many of the 200 camps. The repatriation of refugees to East Timor has slowed considerably.

Looking out: It diminishes all people

Looking out: It diminishes all people BY BRANDON ASTOR JONES "True music ... must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time." — George Gershwin, 18981937 The achievements of bandmaster and composer John Philip Sousa

Canberra fiddles with more than the accounts

Canberra fiddles with more than the accounts BY JONATHAN SINGER In the days before the federal budget was presented on May 9, media commentators expressed concern that the federal government's 2000-01 budget surplus projection of $500 million —