By Karen Fredericks
The existence of an armed conflict in Bougainville has been raised formally for the first time in the South Apcific Forum at the forum's 24th summit meeting which ended on Nauru last week.
During the summit New Zealand
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The following speech given by Cuban President Fidel Castro to the Third Ibero-American Summit held July 13-16 in Salvador, Brazil.
We are meeting at a time of world crisis and conflicts of every kind. The hopes for peace, stability and
By Karen Fredericks
Students across Australia participated in a National Day of Action called by the National Union of Students (NUS) on August 10 to protest the increases in tertiary education charges foreshadowed for the upcoming federal
The birth of McCarthyism
Timewatch: The Un-Americans
SBS Television
Three-part series beginning Monday, August 23, 7.30 p.m. (7.00 in Adelaide)
Reviewed by Allen Myers
"Are Communists People?". It sounds like a joke today, but that
'Boat people' win release
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — A Federal Court ruling led to the release of 26 Chinese "boat people" in Port Hedland on August 13.
The decision was the first test of federal government legislation enacted in
By Dione Green
BRISBANE — On Friday August 13, 300 high-school students attended a rally in King George Square to protest against the Queensland government's cuts to the education budget. Students from 17 high schools walked out of their
Melbourne's Westscapes
By Peter Boyle
MELBOURNE — For most of the life of this city — spawned of the 1850s gold rush — its western suburbs have been considered too ugly to feature as a subject artists. These working- class suburbs
By Maurice Sibelle
BRISBANE — Opposition to the proposed state government cutbacks in education is growing following the largest strike of teachers in Queensland on August 4.
At a meeting between the Queensland Council of Parents and
It's rare that the International Monetary Fund does makes the front page of the New York Times. When it does, it's probably an exception that proves a rule. On May 20, the newspaper's Steven Greenhouse reported that in a "long overdue"
Fiona McCrossin and Noel Plumb
South East Forest Protection Bill
In early September the South East Forests Protection Bill will be debated in the Upper House of the NSW Parliament. It was passed by the Lower House in May. The support of
The Genetic Engineer
By Geoff Francis and Peter Hicks
There's no better career
Than a genetic engineer,
Shaping the next generation to come.
What nature still gets wrong
I can improve on,
The whole world will thank me when I'm
Blackfellas
Starring John Moore, David Ngoombujarra, Jaylene Riley, Lisa Kinchela and John Hargreaves
Written and directed by James Ricketson
Opening in Melbourne and at Valhalla Cinema in Sydney on August 26, Perth on September 2 with other
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