By Herbert Beauchamp
Australia has the dubious honour of having the highest incidence of asthma in the world. Twenty-five per cent of children in Australia have asthma, and the rate has doubled over the last 10 years.
To the well-known
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It will come as no surprise to anyone that Christmas is on its way again. Every shop, it seems, is advertising the fact that there are only so many shopping days until Christmas, almost as hard as they're advertising the presents you can buy.
Rally to defend community services
By Chris Spindler
ADELAIDE — Protests over cutbacks by the state Liberal government continue as the December 10 rally to "Defend Community Services" nears.
More than 100 parents and students
Bougainville: cease-fire fails
By Frank Enright
The Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) has declared an end to the cease-fire between itself and the Papua New Guinea Defence Forces signed in September before the abortive peace talks held
By Gary Cohen
Ten years ago, on December 3, 1984, the Union Carbide Corporation leaked a poisonous gas into a slum neighbourhood beside its Bhopal, India, pesticide factory. As a result of the company's criminal negligence, more than 4000 people
Manyu Wana — A unique Aboriginal children's program incorporating music, magic and stories. SBS, 10.30am, Saturday, December 10.
The Comic Strip Presents — Bringing together the best of British comedians. In this week's episode, Jennifer
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Nativity in Black: A tribute to Black Sabbath
Various artists
Columbia Records
Reviewed by Nick Fredman
Before Metallica, before Soundgarden, before Spinal Tap even, there was Black Sabbath. With the insipid and
Looking out: Parts of the rainbow are violent
By Brandon Astor Jones
"In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress." — Booker Taliaferro
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Amid bitter protests from miners, teachers and other Â鶹´«Ã½ of organised labour, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has begun implementing a program of "reform" designed to wipe the last traces of socialism from the
ADELAIDE — On November 26, 120 people attended a protest rally over the privatisation of Modbury Hospital. Speakers, led by local residents, called for an ongoing campaign to save the hospital, the most efficient in the state. Lea Stevens from the
Tax the rich
We've had the recession that we had to have and now, just when we thought it was safe to go out, Treasurer Willis, Prime Minister Keating and Reserve Bank governor Fraser are concurring with business economists on the tax increases
A Critical View of Western Journalism and Scholarship on East Timor
By Geoffrey Gunn (with Jefferson Lee)
Journal of Contemporary Asia Publishers, 1994. 271 pp., $25 (pb)
Available by postal order from PO Box 703, Leichhardt 2040
Reviewed by
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