Demonstration at opening of consulate
By Bernie Brian
DARWIN — Members of Darwin's East Timor Independence Support Group organised a peaceful but angry picket on June 25 to protest at the opening of an Indonesian consulate in the city.
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By Peter Lake
and Chris Wurm
Migraine is a common, disabling, problem which affects 10-20% of adults. It comes in different forms and varies in frequency and intensity. Severe episodes can be very distressing, while even mild attacks
Bougainville
I trust your readers enjoyed the parody of a review of the ABC's "Foreign Correspondent" program on Bougainville (GLW 23/6/93) by Max Watts and Norm Dixon as much as I did.
Just seeing the name Max Watts as a by-line was
By David Robie
PORT MORESBY — Ever since Prime Minister Paias Wingti gained power last year, his government has had its sights on a second national daily newspaper.
Although Papua New Guinea had long enjoyed the most vigorous press in
Not so scatty TV
By Adam Hanieh
ADELAIDE — SCAT TV, a community-based television station is a breath of fresh air in the heavily monopolised world of media.
SCAT (which stands for student and community access television) began two
By Mitchell Hamilton
East Timorese activists have drawn attention to the illegal Indonesian occupation of their country with actions on three fronts.
Seven East Timorese students created a major incident in Jakarta and internationally
By Jason Chow
The Fitzgerald Report on national savings, submitted to treasurer John Dawkins on June 29, called for further cuts in government expenditure, increased indirect taxes and raising compulsory superannuation to 18% of earnings. In
Homelands
Produced and directed by Tom Zubrycki
Shown at the Melbourne International Film Festival
Reviewed by Di Quin
Homelands tells the story of Maria and Carlos Robles, political refugees from El Salvador now living in suburban
Timewatch: Dereliction of Duty
Screening on SBS Television
Monday, July 19, 7.30 p.m. (7 p.m. in Adelaide)
Reviewed by Norm Dixon
BBC reporter George Alagiah examines the United Nations' callous and wilful disregard for the plight of
Twenty factories in the steel and electronics industry went on strike in Saxony in April and May, along with six steel mills in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). Steelworkers of Thuringia, Berlin and Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt also
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — More than 100 women participated in a general meeting on June 27 to discuss the rebuilding of the women's liberation movement here. The meeting was organised by activists who felt that the large attendance at
Vygotsky's Sociohistorical Psychology and its Contemporary Applications
By Carl Ratner
New York: Plenum Press, 320 pp
Reviewed by Dave Riley
Psychological theories are eminently political. Psychological doctrine percolates into popular
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