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Breezes from an evergreen band

A Celtic Breeze in the Antipodes Sirocco Jara Hill Records through Larrikin Available on cassette and CD The Evergreen Realm Sirocco Jara Hill Records through Larrikin Available on Cassette and CD Reviewed by Ian Jamieson

Union officials face jail over picket

By Bernie Brian WOLLONGONG — South Coast Labour Council secretary Paul Matters and Australian Workers Union organiser Neville Hilton are both facing charges under the NSW Crimes Act as a result of their involvement in a picket line at the

Groups plan ecologically sound city

By Arun Pradhan ADELAIDE — Ecopolis and Urban Ecology Australia have initiated a new and exciting plan for the suburb of Halifax. The design is based on concepts of ecological sustainability, social equity and the involvement of people.

Mouth

Mouth By Ben Courtice "Capitalism — your want for personal gain ... In this world there is not enough for you to own so much", screams Tim Evans, singer and guitarist for the band Mouth — a classic line, echoed on T-shirts and

Logging in the Otway State Forest

By Yvonne Francis In January small parties of residents and tourists made inspections of logging operations in the Otway State Forest on the south-west coast of Victoria between Geelong and Apollo Bay. One particular site, Henry Road on the

Loggers cheat Solomon Islands

Loggers cheat Solomon Islands The Solomon Islands government says logging companies operating in the country have been cheating Solomon Islands of millions of dollars in timber export revenues annually. It will attempt to recover US$300,000

Government suspected in Sri Lanka assassination

By S. Piyasena "We left the government when murder became a part of politics." That was the way Lalith Arthulathmudali, a former senior minister in the Sri Lankan government, explained his break with President Premadasa and the latter's

Loose cannons

Leaders "I think in the longer term if there is a clear view that the people of Australia want change, and that change is sensible and there is overwhelming community support for it, I'm sure all political parties in the end will recognise that

US asbestos bound for Turkey

US asbestos bound for Turkey ISTANBUL — The crew of Greenpeace sailing boat Vega boarded the famous luxury liner SS United States on April 23 to protest against plans to strip her of more than 15,000 square metres of deadly asbestos and to

Wadjalurbinna vs CRA

By Jo Brown An aged pensioner and spokesperson for the Gungalidda people of the north-west Queensland gulf country has taken on the might of mining giant CRA. Wadjalurbinna, travelling on her pension and sending money home to her 17-year-old

Radio highlights

International Playhouse: Automatic Pilot — A radio play by Erika Ritter. Charlie lives in Toronto. She's 28 and trying to develop a career as a stand-up comedian. She drinks too much and her husband has discovered he is gay. All Charlie wants is

Greenpeace takes on Czech environmental disaster

By Frank Noakes PRAGUE — When Greenpeace activists first came here in 1984, they were shot at while hanging banners from one of Czechoslovakia's ubiquitous smoking chimneys in protest against acid rain. One year ago the environmental