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Long history behind Yorta Yorta land claim

By Wendy Robertson The Yorta Yorta are the first Victorian Koori group to lodge a land rights claim following the 1992 Mabo decision. The claim is for areas of land along what is now the Victorian-NSW border which are part of their traditional

Brisbane's Green It Up

Brisbane's Green It Up By Lynda Hansen BRISBANE — What do you get when you mix healthy politics, live music, poetry and Guinness? It's called Green It Up and it happens every Thursday Night at the Brisbane Celtic Club. Green It Up is

Call to protect Jervis Bay

Call to protect Jervis Bay By Bruce Threlfo SYDNEY — A special peak councils meeting of Australia's major environmental organisations on August 25 called upon the federal and NSW governments to invoke the fullest degree of environmental

Rally calls for action on Brisbane River

Rally calls for action on Brisbane River By Jim McIlroy BRISBANE — Queensland Greens convener Drew Hutton and Australian Littoral Society executive officer Di Tarte expressed some optimism about the future of the Brisbane River, following

Rare look at a red feminist

Inessa Armand: Revolutionary and feminist By R.C. Elwood Cambridge University Press, 1992. 304 pp. $99 hardback. Reviewed by Claudine Holt When Inessa Armand's name is mentioned, it is usually in connection with that of Vladimir Lenin —

Pollution case raised in WA parliament

By Stephen Robson PERTH — The case of Helen Carr, brought to public attention by Jim Scott, the Greens (WA) member for South Metropolitan, in the Legislative Council on August 18, seems to indicate that little protection exists for individuals

Toohey's workers divided and ruled

By Paul Oboohov SYDNEY — Lion Nathan Corporation, owner of Toohey's Breweries, has been able to sack 192 workers and conduct a massive restructuring of its plant at Lidcombe following the collapse of strike action at the plant. The Liquor

NEFA peace plan launched

NEFA peace plan launched By Pip Hinman SYDNEY — A proposal to resolve the decade-long forest dispute in north-east NSW was launched by the North East Forest Alliance on August 25. The proposal meets with the obligations of the

Rank and file unionists meet

By Barry Healy SYDNEY — The ACTU urgently needs to change direction, a September 1 public meeting was told. The meeting, called by the Rank and File Alliance and attended by about 80 people, coincided with the ACTU congress and was organised

An answer to the jobs-environment conflict?

By Tony Mazzochi [The author is secretary-treasurer of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers union in the US. This article is abridged from EcoSocialist Review, published in Chicago.] Our first concern is to protect the jobs, incomes and

Cuts to ethnic broadcasting

Cuts to ethnic broadcasting By Geoff Spencer MELBOURNE — More than 400 people attended a public meeting on August 16 organised by radio stations 3ZZZ, 3CR and 3YYR. The meeting, at Trades Hall, was called to condemn a 25% cut in federal

Chair of Reconciliation Council speaks

By Chris Spindler ADELAIDE — Patrick Dodson, chairperson of the Aboriginal Reconciliation Council, spoke to more than 200 students and staff at Flinders University on August 18 on the results of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in