Who benefits from Australian foreign aid?
The report of the committee to review Australia's overseas aid program was presented to foreign minister Alexander Downer in May by former Woolworth's executive Paul Simons, the chair of the committee.
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Can East Timor win freedom?
By Jon Land
On October 11, 1996, Jose Ramos Horta and Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of their efforts to win freedom for the people of East Timor. The Nobel
By John Percy
VARANASI — Waving red flags, chanting slogans and singing revolutionary songs, 50,000 peasants and workers assembled for an inspiring rally to conclude the sixth congress of the Communist Party of India Marxist-Leninist
Perth women reclaim the night
By Mary Nielson
PERTH — Approximately 2000 women gathered at Claremont Park on Bayview Terrace on the evening of October 31 for the annual Reclaim the Night rally and march. This was a significant turnout in
Comment by Emma Lea and Robert Ryan
Some people consider vegetarianism an inconsequential fad. However, it is one of the most simple and powerful things a person can do to promote personal health, a reduction in environmental destruction and the
Reading in the darkBy Seamus DeanVintage, 1996. 233 pp. Review by Suneeta Peres da Costa
This is a book of haunting and beautifully rendered childhood revelations. In their subtle evocation of a youth burdened by a terrible family secret, these
Israeli house demolitions punish innocent Palestinians
By Adam Hanieh
RAMALLAH — The Israeli military has ordered the demolition of the homes of four alleged suicide bombers in the West Bank village of Asira. The order is based on the Emergency
The French MathematicianBy Tom PetsinisPenguin, 1997. 422 pp., $17.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon
"I refuse to be a mathematician in a prison, and Paris will continue to be a prison until King Charles and the Church are overthrown", declares the
Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's JOHN TOGNOLINI interviewed singer-songwriters KEV CARMODY and NEIL MURRAY about their views on the Olympics, the stolen generations, native title, reconciliation and racism. Question: It's only a few years since Sydney won the
By Susan Laszlo
The results of a national survey on the effects of federal government funding cuts to community-owned child-care centres are not surprising: good quality care is rapidly becoming out of financial reach for many parents, including
Buena Vista Social ClubFeaturing Compay Segundo, Rubén González, Eliades Ochoa, Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo, Ry CooderIntroducing Rubén GonzálezRubén GonzálezA Todo Cuba le GustaAfro-Cuban All StarsWorld
Jack Stannard
On November 1 we lost a great friend in Jack Stannard.
I remember the time Jack sat at the table and announced, "If we are going to have a Canberra Program for Peace, we'd better have a program". Jack was like that. Well into his
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