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Victorian plan to scrap civil juries

Victorian plan to scrap civil juries By Alex Cooper MELBOURNE — The Kennett government is considering plans to scrap juries in civil cases. Draft legislation has been produced by the attorney general's department and will be considered

Environmental reporting

By Paula Nassif "We're not being protected ... those who are supposed to protect people from poison, just have not done the job... By and large, they're in bed; in cahoots with those doing the polluting." This damning comment was made by

Contemporary foodism

By Dave Riley In a world in which at least one quarter of humanity is malnourished it seems somewhat cruel and paradoxical that diet has become a preoccupation for the overnourished. The remedies for war, social injustice and economic anarchy

Another Labor budget: more attacks on education

By Jo Brown and Alex Bainbridge The March federal election saw the Labor government re- elected on the promise that it would be "kinder and fairer" than John Hewson's Liberal Party. The ALP wouldn't introduce a GST, or the horror cuts and

Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly

Did you know that Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly was sold in over 12 regional cities and towns across Australia? You can buy Â鶹´«Ã½ at the Dancing Bear Cafe at Toowoomba in Queensland. You can get Â鶹´«Ã½ from Bobouche in Bundaburg, in Middlemount,

A ride with Carmody

Bloodlines Kev Carmody Festival Records Reviewed by Ignatius Kim The journey that Kev Carmody embarked on early this year with the EP Streetbeat is continued with his third album, Bloodlines. Originally a journey through

... and ain't i a woman?: The worth of a girl

The worth of a girl Women have come to expect rougher then usual handling from a sexist judiciary and legal system. The recent outrage over (in)Justice Bollen's comments on what constitutes "sufficient battering" to provoke self-defence

Mixed efforts from African favourites

Friends on the Road Bhundu Boys Cooking Vinyl through Festival Victims Lucky Dube Dolphin through BMG Reviewed by Norm Dixon Over the past five years, African music has become increasingly popular in this country. Two of the

Loose cannons

Jeff material "He could never shut up." — Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett, caught by TV cameras opposing the candidacy of former PM Malcolm Fraser for Liberal Party president. Economic rationalism Earlier this year Victorian Premier Jeff

Forum discusses Mabo

By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — There's a joke going around that says Mabo stands for "Money Available for Barristers Only", Kathy Whimp, project officer with the Aboriginal Legal Rights Service told a Politics in the Pub forum attended by

Forgotten legacy of Subic Bay

By Catherine S. Beacham When US naval personnel formally withdrew from their Philippine base at Subic Bay last November, they left behind far more than the unsightly neocolonial infrastructure of their postwar militarisation policies.

Write on

Not sexism I take issue with Brandon Astor Jones' contention that "The collective silence and total disregard for the lives and human dignity of men in prison is 'sexism' in one of its most insidious forms." (GLW #110). The shocking