Nose already in the trough New South Wales politicians have long creamed the benefits of a superannuation scheme which has given them millions. After the government axed public servants' super entitlements, Labor leader Bob Car suddenly saw the
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Genetic engineering is hailed by some as a means to solve the global problems of disease and hunger, to increase plant and animal productivity to supply food for an overpopulated world. Others worry that it is another attempt at a technological
Menu of Transgenic Foods Appetisers Spiced Potatoes with Waxmoth genes Juice of Tomato with Flounder gene Entree Blackened Catfish with Trout gene Scalloped potato with Chicken gene Corn bread with Firefly gene Dessert Rice Pudding
By Sri Kandi PHNOM PENH — Cambodia is tense and uncertain. The present impasse cannot go on much longer, with the Khmer Rouge continuing to flout all the conditions laid down in the Paris peace agreement signed last October, and the UNTAC
By James Prest Environmental activists aiming to "blow the lid on the pollution licensing system in New South Wales" have been permitted to begin a court action against the NSW Environment Protection Authority and pulp and paper manufacturer
By Dave Riley If you didn't see it, you missed the eye of the storm. Sex By Request, Channel Nine's one-hour special, went to air August 20. The campaign by the Lighthouse Christian Centre and the Australian Family Association to have the
Stompen Ground '92 — Prepare to party all night! The Kimberley Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Festival is to be simulcast live nationally from Broome on Triple J, ABC Regional Radio and on ABC-TV. Among top Aboriginal bands and performers to take
Burn the book By Frank Noakes LONDON — The scent of a scandal is wafting from the walnut-walled boardrooms of the British financial centre, known as the City. Some big companies have had their books in the oven, and Terry Smith has
The British Labour Party is looking for a new way of presenting itself to an electorate that has rejected it at the last four general elections. Major changes are needed if the party is to find success at the polls five years hence; the battle
Comment by Nick Fredman In the recent federal budget an Austudy loan scheme was introduced. Austudy was wiped out altogether for 38,000 students. The HECS tertiary tax was increased 3.6% (twice the level of inflation) and made even more
Police raids on the Democrats Federal police raids on the Sydney headquarters of the NSW Democrats and the home of at least one senior Democrat raise some serious questions. What was the purpose of the excessive show of state force against
Giving cities back to people Winning back the cities By Peter Newman and Jeff Kenworthy Pluto Press and the Australian Consumers' Association, 1992 Reviewed by Tracy Sorensen With colour photographs on almost every page and information
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