By John Hutnyk
SYDNEY — Pursuing a technological fetish that has overtaken urban planners and university administrators worldwide, three universities here are planning an "advanced technology park" (ATP) for Redfern.
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International actions against Sarawak logging
Rainforest campaigner Bruno Manser will begin a fast in March in solidarity with the Penan people of Sarawak state in Malaysia. Manser and others in Switzerland and Austria plan the fast as part of
A 'P-plate' curfew?
By Sean Malloy
The Victorian chair of the Road Trauma Committee has called for curfews on "P-plate" drivers. Associate Professor Frank McDermott, writing in the Medical Journal of Australia, calls for a night-time
Expelled ALP member to stand against Baldwin
SYDNEY — A former Labor Party member is the Democratic Socialist candidate in the inner city seat of Sydney, currently held by Peter Baldwin for the ALP. Margaret Gleeson, a community housing
By Peter Boyle
A Hewson victory at the federal election would be a health hazard. Fightback would abolish bulk billing for all except pensioners and other health care card holders. Constraints on doctors' fees would be lifted, and a
Democratic Socialist candidate in Sydney's west
SYDNEY — The Democratic Socialist Electoral League has announced that it is contesting the western suburbs electorate of Prospect. The Democratic Socialists will be fielding 36-year-old youth
By Steve Painter
New Zealand's Telecom Corporation, sold by the government to two United States companies in late 1990, has announced plans to cut its work force by 5200 over the next four years.
The cuts were announced as the company
By Pip Hinman
MELBOURNE — About 350 people attended the Rainbow Alliance's election campaign launch here on February 17. Speakers included Rainbow candidates Nigel D'Souza, standing in Batman; Christine Craik, standing in Melbourne Ports;
Utungan Percussion
By Katrina Dean
They were clad in purple, baggy clothes and top hats with streamers, drums around their necks and shells around their ankles — full body groovin'! This is Utungan Percussion.
This Sydney-based
By Arun Pradhan
Aboriginal people face highly disproportionate levels of imprisonment and are more vulnerable to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment within the justice system. These are just some of the criticisms raised in the recent
By Maurice Sibelle
BRISBANE — Queensland voters in the federal election will have some 205 candidates in the lower house and 42 candidates in the upper house to choose from. There are 25 lower house seats and six senate positions to be
By Stephen Bavaro
SYDNEY — The ombudsman's report into the Angus Rigg affair has highlighted the neglect shown by police officers towards young prisoners.
Rigg suffered severe brain damage in an apparent suicide attempt in jail.
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