By Christina Peebles
Following a proposal by NSW electricity supplier, Pacific Power in 1993, to construct a 132 kV transmission line from Lismore to Mullumbimby on the NSW north coast, a large section of the local community questioned the need
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A Room of One's Own
Adapted by Patrick Garland from the book by Virginia Woolf
Directed by Lois Ellis
Staring Pamela Rabe
Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, August 9-28 and Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, September 7 to October 1
Reviewed
Labor Party 1
The Democratic Socialist Party review (GLW #154) avoids a rational analysis of the Labour Party — offering a conspiracy theory in its place. The tone is set in the introduction to Max Lane's "daring to win" article: "As the ALP's
Sea World protest
By Nathan Laurent
BRISBANE — More than 70 people staged a demonstration outside the Gold Coast tourist attraction Sea World, on August 17. This follows the recent capture of two wild dolphins from South Stradbroke
Cuba opposes US-led invasion of Haiti
By Francesca Davidson
SYDNEY — "I am convinced that the United States' plans to invade Haiti are directly related to the possibility of intervention in Cuba," Marcellino Fajardo, the Cuban Consul
Hairy Beanstalk performance cafe
By Freya Pinney
WOLLONGONG — If you're into poetry reading with a pot of tea, drama sketches with a smoothie or even acoustic blues with some apple pie, then the Hairy Beanstalk Performance Cafe is for
Anti-Violence Project launched
SYDNEY — "In a perfect world homophobia would be dying: not gays and lesbians." This is the theme of a new campaign launched here on August 19 by the Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Project (AVP) and the AIDS
By Irina Glushchenko
MOSCOW — After more than five weeks, a picket placed by environmentalists on one of Russia's worst industrial polluters came to an end on August 7. Defying harassment from local authorities, the protesters outside the
ADELAIDE — A rescheduled debate on abortion took place at Adelaide University on August 19. Resistance and Pro-Choice debated Pro-Life, this time free of National Action interruptions; NA broke up the previous debate. The organisers were prepared
By Anthony Brown
BRISBANE — After the receivers moved in on his Hamilton Island resort in 1992, infamous Queensland developer Keith Williams started looking around for another part of North Queensland in which to open up his brand of tourism.
Many people were shocked that part of the NSW Lands Council's "Racism Sux" campaign which featured huge billboards of an Aboriginal woman with the slogan "They say I am too pretty to be an Aboriginal". Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's SUJATHA FERNANDES and ZANNY
Fact and fantasy
The Sydney Morning Herald ran a "special" last week, which claimed to be trying to explain why women found it so hard to get men. Billed the "Sydney's missing men" series, and fluffed out with headlines such as, "MP can't get a
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