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SA government expands uranium mining

SA government expands uranium mining By Rob Graham ADELAIDE — Plans are afoot for a major increase in uranium mining in South Australia, involving new mines at Beverley and Honeymoon, and the expansion of Roxby Downs to over twice its

Greenpeace collects evidence of climate change

Greenpeace collects evidence of climate change By Barry Healy The Greenpeace protest vessel Arctic Sunrise has recently visited communities along the Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea coasts of Alaska to document observations by native peoples of

Looking out: Tigers

Tigers By Brandon Astor Jones "The identity crisis ... occurs in that period of the life cycle when each youth must forge ... some central perspective and direction, some working unity, out of the effective remnants of ... childhood and the

CSDA workers campaign for new agreement

CSDA workers campaign for new agreement By Bill Mason Workers in the Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency, now renamed Centrelink, are meeting on September 22-23 to discuss the next move in their campaign for a new agency agreement. They

Thousands oppose forest agreement

Thousands oppose forest agreement By Tony Iltis HOBART — Between one and two thousand people rallied outside parliament on September 18 to oppose the imminent, and long-delayed, signing of Tasmania's regional forest agreement (RFA). The

Burma: Saving animals, killing people

Burma: Saving animals, killing people By Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy Outside a spartan Burmese government office, military intelligence officers were interrogating two visitors who said they were environmental research fellows

Behind the white male hero

Behind the white male hero Black MaryBy Julie JansonDirected by Angela ChaplinCompany B in association with the Olympic Arts FestivalsWilson Street Carriage Works 229 Wilson Street, Newtown, SydneyUntil October 12 Review by Helen

Arguments for socialism: Charity or justice

Charity or justice By Dave Holmes At Princess Diana's funeral, representatives of some 100 charities she had worked with walked in the cortege. Charities are such an all-pervasive feature of modern society that we tend to take them for

Toxic waste: a burning problem

By Simon Divecha SYDNEY — Last week the New South Wales government quietly gave the go-ahead to a major new hazardous waste disposal facility. The government is pushing ahead with a $15 million expansion of the Lidcombe Waste Treatment Plant

Students fight to hold elections

Students fight to hold elections By Nick Middleton CANBERRA — A general student meeting (GSM) has been called to sack the current University of Canberra Student Association executive and replace it with an executive that would hold office

Nitrogen a global problem

By Peter Montague A new global environmental problem has emerged from an unexpected source: nitrogen. Nitrogen makes up 78% of Earth's atmosphere. In its atmospheric form, nitrogen is an unreactive gas, unavailable to most living things. Now a

Welcome to Australia — and destitution

Welcome to Australia — and destitution By Lisa Macdonald The hardship caused by the two-year waiting period for social security payments has been especially severe because of the government's tighter guidelines for special benefits.