Frida Kahlo's microscope of the psyche
Frida: A Biography of Frida KahloBy Hayden Herrera Bloomsbury, 1998507 pp, $35.00 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon
As Frida Kahlo was returning home from school one day in 1925 in Mexico City, a tram crashed into
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Some 300,000 people living in the Wanni region in northern Sri Lanka have been cut off from food and medical aid for more than a month, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on August 2. The only route to the region, which is
By Trish Corcoran
SYDNEY — On the evening of August 3, residents from the north shore of Sydney Harbour were overwhelmed by a "gassy" smell. Hundreds of calls were received by emergency services. The stink was caused by a spill of 80,000 litres
Thousands of students return to East Timor
By Sam King
DILI — As the massive Indonesian passenger ship the Dobonsolo left Jakarta on July 23, thousands of people filled its seven tiers. Hundreds more set up sleeping places on the open deck.
Hiroshima Day events took place around the country on August 6-7, commemorating the victims of the US nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Current campaigns were also highlighted, including the Jabiluka uranium mine in Kakadu
By Natalie Zirngast
The classified version of the 1997 Australian defence policy document, leaked in the August 3 edition of the Bulletin, details a return to "forward defence". While the unclassified version made veiled references to concerns
NSW firefighters fight inequities
By Frances Sheehan
SYDNEY — A mass meeting of members of the NSW Fire Brigade Employees Union (FBEU) voted on August 6 to continue a campaign of industrial action over inequities in death and disability
Court 'backs down' on RFA
By Grant Coleman
PERTH — Under mounting pressure from opponents of old-growth forest logging, a large majority in Western Australia, the Court government has announced changes to the WA regional forest agreement (RFA).
Independence rally in West Papua
An estimated 5000 protesters, many holding bibles, marched through the town of Mimika singing hymns as they marched to the office of the Mimika regent to demand independence for West Papua. The protesters shouted,
Supermax prisoners win challenge
By Karen Fredericks
BRISBANE — The Queensland Supreme Court ruled on July 28 that the Maximum Security Unit (MSU) at the Woodford Correctional Centre near Brisbane was operated unlawfully for nearly two years.
Union demands transport industry inquiry
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Hughie Williams, Queensland state secretary of the Transport Workers Union (TWU), has called for an urgent inquiry into the road transport industry. This follows another fatal
Australian Prisoners' Union formed
By Sean Healy
On July 17, prisoners' rights activists launched a new organisation, the Australian Prisoners' Union. The launch took place at the 15th anniversary function for Breakout, a design and printing
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