The Royal Commission into the conflict over the Hindmarsh Island Bridge is currently under way in South Australia. Although an enormous amount of attention has been devoted to the beliefs of the Ngarrindjeri women, there has been no corresponding
197
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — In the coal-mining centre of Partizansk in the Maritime District of Russia's Far East, most miners go to work with nothing more than bread and sugar in their lunch boxes. From time to time, miners collapse on
Arguments for a New Left: Answering the Free Market Right
By Hilary Wainwright
Blackwell, 1994
Reviewed by Neville Spencer
Champions of the free market are on a wave of almost unprecedented self-confidence. Hilary Wainwright
Beyond Joy
Luz Acuna Aguayo in concert
Musical arrangements by Carlos Cordova Q.
August 12, 7.30pm
Petersham Town Hall, Sydney
Previewed by Lisa Macdonald
If you're a fan of the music and poetry inspired by the
Sophie's World: An Adventure in Philosophy
By Jostein Gaarder
Phoenix House, 1995. Distributed by Allen & Unwin
394 pp., $19.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Arun Pradhan
Who are you? Where does the world come from? From questions
Punch and Judy
"I tell you, John, it's getting harder and harder to get up in the morning. I keep asking myself, why bother? You do your best and you are always getting it in the neck."
"Rather you than me, Paul. Let's face it —
Freeway opposed
@9point = ADELAIDE — Despite wet and windy conditions, more than 150 protesters gathered on July 30 to show their anger at the Brown Liberal government's decision to construct a freeway from Adelaide's south to the city.
La Trobe SRC funding threatened
By Rachel Evans
MELBOURNE — On July 27 La Trobe University vice chancellor, Professor Osborne, attacked students' right to control their own affairs by declaring that the university would not
@column = Issue #200 of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly is only weeks away. This will be the greatest celebration of progressive journalism in Australia since issue 100. And you can play a part.
@column = Perhaps you've been a reader of the paper for
By James Balowski
Last month Indonesia officially celebrated the 19th anniversary of the "integration" of East Timor as its 27th province. In carefully orchestrated ceremonies across the country, government officials focused on the
Queensland ALP in disarray
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The war of words continues in the ALP in the aftermath of the state election debacle. On August 4, Brisbane Lord Mayor Jim Soorley called on Queensland Labor Party secretary
By Lisa Macdonald
Over the last fortnight, green and left activists who do not have access to electronic mail have missed a heated but politically interesting discussion which has taken place on the Pegasus network.
The debate,
- Page 1
- Next page