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THE NATION
ALP BLOCKS FUNDS AN application for funding the Gay Counselling Service has been shelved by the Sydney City Council following a block vote by ALP members to defeat the motion. Campaign outlines the moves now being made to re-activate the GCS application and gain enough support to have it accepted at a future meet-
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WOMEN ARRESTED ON ANZAC DAY
A Sydney Anzac Day march mourning the rape of
women in war resulted in the violent arrest of 168 participants. The arrestees were later charged with "serious alarm and affront". The arrest of seven women followed a similar action in Melbourne, while in Canberra, women marched with no arrests.
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TAGS FIGHTS BACK A war of words has erupted in Armidale over anti-discrimination legislation, fuelled by Baptist minister, Bill Taplin, and the local Express newspaper. The attacks are also levelled at
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PROTECTION FUND FINANCIAL help for those charged with offences where sexuality is in any way an issue will be available from a defence fund set up by a community meeting in Sydney last month. The Lambda Legal Defence Fund arose out of the need to provide backup to those arrested in the recent Club 80 raids. The arrestees will have first call on the Fund.
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IMPROVED VACCINE FOR HEPATITUS B NEW York male homosexual population has contributed largely to the production of the latest and safest vaccine being used in the fight against Hepatitis B. A national advertising program is now being conducted in the US to advise
sexually active people of the need for regular medical checks and the availability of the vaccine. However, government regulations here may prohibit the launching of such a precautionary campaign in Australia.
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THE WORLD
CHURCH REACTION FEARS are growing that the Catholic hierarchy in California intends to bury a special Task Force report recommending the acceptance of active homosexuals within the church, following the appointment of Monsignor Peter Armstrong to head the Commission of Social Justice. He is thought to be rigidly opposed to the recommendations Task Force.
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MILKS' LOVER DENIED BENEFITS A San Francisco judge, recently ruled that Scott Smith, lover of the late Harvey Milk, was not entitled to benefits normally given to the dependents of city employees killed on the job. The judge's decision was made on the ground that Smith had not been living with Milk for the years prior to his assassination. Page 14
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RECALL REVIEWED
SAN Francisco has just been through its own crisis of electoral politics. Without a Labor Party, and a powerful City Government, the disputes take on forms very different to Australia. News Focus looks at the recent attempt to recall Mayor Diane Feinstein. Page 18
THE ARTS
FASSBINDER MAKES A WET DREAM
GERMAN producer Dieter Schider talks to Barry Lowe about 'Querelle', Fassbinders homoerotic homage to Jean Genet and reveals the director's sad and lonely last months.
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK ABYSMAL AND DISMAL
LES Soloman mourns for New York's Great White way where shows seem to do little more than open, to close a few days later. "Cats" and "Torch Song Trilogy" seem to be the only exceptions.
ROBYN ARCHER'S NEW SHOW
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ROBYN Archer, the Australian performer with an international reputation, is now wearing a directorial hat for her next show, A Pack Of Women. Barry Lowe goes backstage during rehearsals to learn about the creative background to the production as well as Ms Archer's personal reflections on her theatrical Page 44
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THE LONG AND TALL OF IT AFTER 20 years in the business, Margret RoadKnight is still alive and well. Glenys Evans explores the reasons why Margret hasn't sold out to the top 40 and what the future holds for this singer with a conscience.
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