By Bernie Brian
DARWIN — Hundreds of Aboriginal people and their supporters gathered on April 15 at Raintree Park to protest against moves by the Northern Territory government to withdraw funding from the Danila Dilba Aboriginal Medical
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Telecom halts work at old brewery site
By Anthony Benbow
PERTH — Telecom has halted cable-laying at the old Swan Brewery site. The brewery, built on Aboriginal religious ground in the 1890s and virtually given to Multiplex Constructions
Harassment, not pornography
On April 21 the WA Equal Opportunity Tribunal awarded a $92,000 in damages to two women construction workers. The women complained of harassment by their workmates who made sexually suggestive comments, verbally
Grosby workers demand jobs
By Ray Fulcher and Rachel Evans
MANILA — A picket of workers retrenched by the Australian-owned company Grosby GTP Footwear has been encamped outside the factory in southern Manila since losing their jobs on
US environmentalists oppose GATT
WASHINGTON, D.C. — US environmental groups have announced their opposition the Uruguay Round Agreement of GATT because it lacks measures to protect the environment and promotes policies that will contribute to
Jervis Bay victory
By Jon Land
The federal government announced on April 20 that it will not go ahead with plans to relocate the East Coast Armament Complex (ECAC) at Jervis Bay on the NSW south coast. The state government has also proposed
By Francesca Davidson
Across the country young environmentalists have begun organising World Environment Day. On June 5 a variety of activities are planned to highlight the need for community action for environmental justice.
June 5 was
A Season Inside God's Bunker: The Story of the Hebron Massacre
By Micha Peled
SBS TV, Tuesday, May 3, 8.30pm (8 Adelaide)
Reviewed by Nikolai Haddad
This documentary is a chilling look at life in the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba,
Where the Boys are: Cuba, Cold War America and the Making of a New Left
By Van Gosse
Verso, 1993. 270 pp., $49.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
On January 1, 1959, the Batista-Mafia alliance that ran Cuba fell under the weight of its own
DSS staffing dispute
Robert Johnson
BRISBANE — The ongoing dispute over jobs in Social Security looks set to escalate.
Management has unveiled plans to axe jobs in a number of offices in Queensland. Twenty-four jobs have been
NSW forest assessment challenged
The North East Forest Alliance has strongly criticised the April 14 announcement that the NSW State Forests environmental impact statement program will be "upgraded". NEFA described this as a token attempt to
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — The African National Congress' ambitious Reconstruction and Development Program (RDP) — the cornerstone of its election campaign — would be funded in part by major cuts in military spending and the nuclear
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