By Rob South
PERTH — Addressing the inaugural meeting of the Murdoch University Student Law Society on the topic "State Rights versus Human Rights" on August 3, former prime minister Gough Whitlam was confronted with questions on East
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Anti-nuclear movement
Tom Kelly's article, "Uranium debate puts profits before safety" (GLW #158), is a timely reminder of the need to rebuild the anti-nuclear movement. Far from diminishing, the threat from the nuclear fuel cycle is on
'Australia, PNG threaten Bougainville peace'
General Sam Kauona, commander of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army, has warned Australia, Tonga, Fiji and Vanuatu about rushing into a status of forces agreement with Papua New Guinea.
Police bashing whitewashed
By Chris Martin
SYDNEY — The Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Watch Committee is calling for justice for Edward John Russell, an Aboriginal man who was brutally bashed by police near Oberon, outside
US preparations to invade Haiti have been explained in terms of forcing out the military dictators who seized power there three years ago. But something closer to the truth began to surface on September 15, when deputy secretary of state Strobe
ADELAIDE — An exhibition mounted by the Coalition For Women's Right to Choose at the Old Parliament House opened on September 11 to a packed audience. It was addressed by Diana Laidlaw, minister for the status of women, and the Anne Levy from the
By Frank Noakes
Probably not since Paul Newman teamed up with Robert Redford in The Sting has such a scam been attempted. But whereas Newman and Redford's target was another thief, the prey here is the 1.8 million members of a road service
Thousands protest in Melbourne rally
By Ray Fulcher
MELBOURNE — "This is the revival of a campaign against privatisation by Keating and Kennett", John Halfpenny, Trades Hall secretary, told a rally of 6000-10,000 unionists and
Many opponents of uranium mining have been dismayed by the lobbying being undertaken by the Northern Land Council to open up new uranium mines within Kakadu National Park — designated an area of World Heritage. Yet it is becoming clearer that there
By Norm Dixon
LONDON, September 8 — As railway signal workers today embarked on their 16th national strike in 13 weeks, crippling Britain's rail system, support for their cause is growing within the British labour movement. The campaign
GERRY HARANT presents a different slant on the argument about pornography versus eroticism in film.
The world's first publicly screened film was called Train arriving at a station. It caused a sensation — not because of what it showed,
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — The majestic old growth forests in WA's south-west, with their 800-year-old karri, marri and jarrah trees, are under threat. These beautiful forests are being systematically logged for export as woodchips.
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