Diamonds Aren't Forever — Sandy McCutcheon reports on the threatened forced removal of 700 people from diamond diggings in South Africa's western Transvaal — land they have lived on since 1926. ABC Radio National, Fri April 9, 12.10 p.m.
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Contemporary fantasy
Into the West
Starring Gabriel Byrne and Ellen Barkin
Reviewed By Bernie Brian
Take two cute, precocious young boys and a white horse that they have just retrieved from a very wealthy and very crooked boss of a
The Living End
The Living End
A film by Greg Araki
Starring Mike Dytri and Craig Gilmore
Kino Cinema, Melbourne
Reviewed by Kylie Budge and Jo Brown
The original draft of the The Living End was called Fuck the World. That
Rainforest timber unwelcome
SYDNEY — Sydney Rainforest Action Group, Greenpeace and Paddlers for Peace held the year's first rainforest timber ship protest on April 1.
The Eastern Ruby, carrying tropical timber from Malaysia, was met
The recent visit to Australia by Amnesty International US chairperson Rick Halperin has focused attention on the death penalty in the United States. The case of radical journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, on death row in Pennsylvania convicted for the
By Dirk Hartford
JOHANNESBURG — National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) members are currently discussing a completely new approach to collective bargaining in the metal, motor and auto manufacturing sectors. The essence of the new approach
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — Ironically, the auditor general's report on the downfall of the State Bank was released on April Fool's Day. It offered little to the people of South Australia, who have been waiting for over two years for some
By Sean Malloy
SYDNEY — Jaapalpa is one of only two bail houses for young Aborigines in the whole country. Jaapalpa (the name means gathering place) is a house where young Kooris on remand, who have a high risk of offending again or who
Cheryl Kernot
The election we had to have is now over. The defeat of the narrow and reactionary Hewson package was imperative to those who reject economic rationalism's philosophy and policies. Now Tweedledum (Coalition) and Tweedledee (ALP)
Keeping the pressure on
By Barbara Struthers
ADELAIDE — The full court seems in no hurry to rule on the conduct of Justice Derek Bollen in the now notorious rape in marriage trial. The hearing was on March 15, and there has still not
Camping with Julian
Terry and Julian
Mondays 9.30 p.m. ABC Television
Reviewed by Sean Malloy
Terry and Julian is comedy with some large points to make about sexuality and stereotyping. Julian Clary stars in the show as a persona of
ANDREW GARTON explores the dilemma of non-government organisations attempting to aid the Third World when the people who provide the funds seek to control how they are spent.
NGOs and their projects are, more often than not, totally reliant
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