Zanny Begg

  • Boat people: Bolkus moves the goal posts again

    Minister for immigration Nick Bolkus is considering legislation that would legalise the illegal detention of asylum seekers between 1989 and 1992. The bill would retrospectively deny compensation to around 350 potential

  • Chipping away the forest's future

    Chipping away the forest's futureTimber giant Boral's export woodchipping licence was renewed on October 11. The licence allows Boral to export a further 500,000 tonnes of woodchips from native forests in NSW.

  • Kidjo has them dancing in their seats

    She's been called the diva of world hip-hop and Afro-funk dance and the new international voice of Africa. But however you choose to describe Angelique Kidjo's music and song, her performance on September 15,

  • How the Rwandan tragedy was created

    The death toll in Rwanda has shocked people around the world. Rows upon rows of dead bodies have filled TV screens, newspapers and magazines since the carnage began in April. It has been estimated that 500,000 people have

  • Holiday in hell

    Stephen Harris is an Australian citizen currently facing extradition to Argentina to serve a five-year prison sentence. His case goes to a NSW Magistrate's Court on February 25. In September 1987 Stephen Harris took a short

  • 'A criminal by association'

    SYDNEY — "I wrote to the minister for Corrective Services complaining about how visitors to prisons are treated, and I was rung by the superintendent and told not to write any more letters. A week later, my dog was hung from my

  • Australian aid: who benefits?

    In the Bihar region of India, the village of Mangardaha teeters 60 metres from the edge of an open pit coal mine. The houses groan and shake from the blasting of the mine, which operates 24 hours a day. Malaria, dysentery and

  • Artists who walked the Hungry Mile

    SYDNEY — The National Maritime Museum has gathered together a collection of artworks produced by Sydney wharfies in a fascinating exhibition, "On the Waterfront: wharfies, artists and actors". The exhibition brings to life the

  • Lucky Dube: 'Bringing inspiration to life'

    "I just love being on stage", Lucky Dube told Green left Weekly as he prepared for his third tour of Australia. "I love what I do for the people and because of the people." Anyone who has been to a Lucky Dube concert before will

  • Students debate environmental issues

    MELBOURNE — The third Students, Science and Sustainability conference was held July 13-15 at the University of Melbourne. Judy Lambert, former adviser to environment minister Ros Kelly, opened the

  • Apartheid and the environment in South Africa

    "Apartheid not only degrades the inhabitants of our country, it degrades the earth, the air and the streams ... the greening of our country is basic to its healing" writes Albie Sachs, a spokesperson for the ANC. Erosion,

  • Young people take aim at environmental emergency

    "I have been a big fan of EYA since its beginning. Young people have enormous potential to influence the world ... You speak the truth from the most powerful position — it's your future at stake. I hope you will participate in