Hypocrisy '92 By Tom Jordan A large flotilla from the United States Navy will visit Australia in early May. It will consist of seven Gulf-serving warships including the one of the world's largest aircraft carriers, USS Independence. Also
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Consumer guide Public Citizen, the US public interest group associated with Ralph Nader, recently estimated that the newly released Lamborghini Diablo is the world's top fuel-wasting car. In a survey of 900 vehicles, the 12 cylinder job managed
Not a right-wing plot Calls for cuts to immigration are not some right-wing racist plot as some quasi-leftists assert. There is sound ecological evidence to support the contention that Australia is already overpopulated. Some recent evidence
By Dick Nichols The closer Green parties get to the Treasury benches, the greater the pressure upon them to go beyond Green buzz words — to produce a detailed model of green economy and sustainable development, along with some strategy of
By Sean Malloy If anyone doubts that the New World Order simply means the US and western Europe bullying small countries, they have only to look at the current campaigns against Iraq and Libya. The Bush administration openly admits that it is
Elizabeth the Last em = By Denis Kevans I am Australia's lorikeet, And I wrote this very fast, You are a beaut, I thee salute, Elizabeth the Last.
Scare tactics Campaigning is well and truly under way for the Earth Summit, the 30,000-delegate, $125 million-budget United Nations Conference on Environment and Development scheduled for Rio de Janeiro in June. Big business is throwing money
Young Soul Rebels Starring Valentine Nonyela, Mo Sesay Directed by Isaac Julien Produced by Nadine Marsh-Edwards Reviewed by Alex Aitkin The alternative film industry in Britain is alive and kicking. Isaac Julien, is black, British and now
By Steve Painter The recently formed third-party Alliance threw a scare into the New Zealand political establishment with a strong performance in the February 15 Tamaki by-election. The Alliance came within 1200 votes of winning the blue ribbon
Action updates BRISBANE — A Peace Concert at Albert Park on February 2, in support of aid for Ethiopia, drew more than 1000 people. Organised by a local community group, Friends for Peace, the concert featured Pop Properly, one of Brisbane's
By Peter Gellert MEXICO CITY — Miguel, a 50-year-old unemployed father of five, is a Mexico City street vendor. He sells corn-on-the-cob from a card table. Miguel works 70 hours a week, and on a normal day brings home $15, only half of which
By Brian Costner A leak of radioactive water from an aged nuclear weapons plant has delayed the reactor's restart and piqued local concerns about the plant's safety. The leak was discovered on December 24, 11 days after the Department of
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