Black deaths continue
Black deaths in custody are increasing, according to a report into 1993 deaths by the Institute of Criminology. Eight Aboriginal people died in custody in 1993, a rate almost eight times the national average.
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Clear-felling WA's forests.
PERTH — Western Australia has only about 125,000 hectares of old growth Karri/Marri forest left. Most of it is currently available for clear-felling. Clear-felling is a logging procedure which fells every tree; it
By Catherine Brown
"I think the [government-owned] Australian National Line [ANL] is a heartland issue for the Labor Party; there are no more serious people in the labour movement than the Maritime Union of Australia, and there is no-one I think
Protests target Tasmania's anti-gay laws
By Tom Flanagan
Protests demanding the repeal of Tasmania's anti-gay laws were held in a number of cities on July 14.
Rohan Gaiswinkler reports from Hobart that 800 people attended a rally in
By Helen Jarvis
PHNOM PENH — The gloves are coming off in Cambodia in the struggle against the Khmer Rouge. It is now one year since the United Nations ushered in a coalition government of the previously governing Cambodia People's Party and
ADELAIDE — Hoping to build on the success of the last two years, the Adelaide Reclaim the Night collective has begun preparations for this year's march on October 28. A dance is being organised to follow the march. Collective members want to make
DUBLIN — Four Catholic priests, members of the Clergy for Justice group, have accused Irish church leaders of deliberately ignoring the "institutional violence of the British state in Northern Ireland".
"Given the way the British government
All in the Family is a new CD created in solidarity with East Timor. GIL SANTOS, who was part of the project, explains how it came about.
This monster of a project had its genesis 18 months ago when a few of us who play at parties and
By Anne Pavy
PERTH — Eighty people have been blockading logging operations near the town of Manjimup, south west of here since July 1. Despite timber industry statements that there would be a moratorium on logging for three weeks, protesters
The problems confronting the current economic system: high unemployment, environmental destruction, poverty and increasing social dislocation, are proving intractable. The solution, we're constantly told, is to increase productivity, to become more
Haitian president opposes US invasion
In a June 25 interview with Scott Simon of National Public Radio, Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide emphatically rejected proposals for the US to restore the elected government by means of a military
Introducing Asian Studies — The Vietnam War and International Relations in Eastern Asia — The Vietnam war dominated the region for two decades and the aftershocks are still being felt. Unlike Korea, China didn't commit troops but provided some
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