By Deb Sorensen
Arnhem Land: The name conjures up images of a majestic landscape, remote wilderness with special places known only by the descendants of peoples who have dwelt there for tens of thousands of years. Many of us have seen
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By Simon Heath
Multinational logging is now creeping in to destroy the rainforests of the south-west Pacific after timber supplies elsewhere in the world are exhausted or becoming protected.
A particularly horrifying example of
The seesaw system
The federal Liberal Party is marking a half century since its founding. "Celebrating" would be far too strong a term to describe the party's attitude towards its birthday. Their mood suggests that the Liberal leaders have
ADELAIDE — South Australian Police Commissioner David Hunt is pushing for increased police powers under the guise of a crackdown on bikie gangs. Labelling bikies "marauding people", Hunt said the police would demand legislation to: lower the level
By Liliana Marambio
The technique of embroidering feelings on pieces of sackcloth was born in Chile at the end of the '80s, when the voices of the relatives of prisoners and the "disappeared" of the military regime — the majority of them
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Did officials of Russia's Federal Counter-Intelligence Service and of the Defence Ministry organise the murder of a crime-fighting journalist? This is the suggestion — backed by a disturbing volume of
Kill first, ask questions later
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — Police action toward armed persons has become an issue again following the shooting of Ray Gould by the tactical response group (TRG) early on October 26.
Telephone typewriter
There has been a drastic reduction in the service of the TTY (telephone typewriter) relay. This was previously a 24 hour service providing deaf people and people with speech impediments a constant communication service
By Kate Minnett and Sean Purcell
CAIRNS — Despite the threat of legal injunctions, activists opposed to the building of a private 7.5 kilometre tourist cable car in World Heritage-listed national park between Cairns and Kuranda, north of
Pesticides found in milk in India
A seven-year study of pesticide residues in milk in 12 Indian states has attracted considerable public concern. The study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), found that a high proportion of
CIA linked to FRAPH, coup
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The link between the US government and the founding and running of the Haitian army's death squad and front group, FRAPH (Front pour l'Avancement et le Progres Haitien), was finally exposed in
By John Pilger
Today, 40% of all British children live in poverty. It is a breathtaking claim, yet the evidence was produced on World in Action two weeks ago by York University. Although this figure is probably the highest since modern
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