The North East Forest Alliance is calling for a full investigation into the operations of the NSW north coast woodchipping company, Sawmillers Exports Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Boral Timbers P/L, following the revelation that the company has
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Apartheid
Two part special on SBS Television screening Sunday, May 23, and May 30, 8.30 p.m. (8 p.m. Adelaide)
Previewed by Norm Dixon
This French-produced two-hour documentary starkly recounts the evolution of one of this century's most
By Norm Dixon
A firm date for South Africa's first non-racial general election is to be set by June 3. After a week of discussions beginning on April 30, representatives of South Africa's key 26 political organisations agreed that a
The Best of Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens
Dolphin through BMG
Rhythm of Healing
West Nkosi
Earthworks/Virgin through Larrikin Records
Favourites
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Dolphin through BMG
Reviewed by Norm Dixon
By Jonathan Strauss
May 3
Nanterres University in Paris was closed by its administration to stop a second day of "anti-imperialist study". In the courtyard of the Sorbonne, the university in central Paris, 500 left-wing students rallied
Anti-union laws retained
Fiji's finance minister, Paul Manueli, says the country's controversial labour reforms will not be revoked. The laws, introduced by the previous interim government in 1991, severely curtail trade union rights.
By Helen Jarvis
With barely a week left before the Cambodian elections (scheduled for May 23 to 27), the Khmer Rouge are escalating their acts of terror in an attempt to disrupt the polls — if possible to have them cancelled or at least to
Nurses impose bans
By Di Quin
MELBOURNE — Nurses at Western General have imposed bans on elective admissions and internal transfer of patients due to an increasing strain on midwifery staffing levels.
The closure of the midwifery
Poison in bore water
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — Bore water in suburban Dianella has been found to be contaminated after lawns began dying. The WA Health Department and the Environmental Protection Authority have identified the herbicide
Power to the people
By Michael Tardif
"Power to the people!", fists raised, sounded a crowd of 10,000 as Arrested Development led the chant which opened their second Sydney concert.
Let it rain, take my pain, I'm glad to meet you
By Anne Casey
A large part of our food today comes from multinational corporations, which are increasingly taking over all aspects of food production. They supply uniform seed varieties to growers along with the pesticide and fertiliser
Joh jury inquiry focuses on investigator
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The spotlight in the ongoing Criminal Justice Commission inquiry into the selection of the jury in the 1991 Joh Bjelke-Petersen corruption trial has now turned to legal
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