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By Frank Enright SYDNEY — As the 1994 Rugby League season got under way, players, through their union, registered their first dispute with the clubs in the Industrial Relations Commission. On March 17 the commission declared that a dispute
By Emma Webb There is a view amongst a section of the green movement that Australian immigration levels must be slashed. The idea that solving Australia's environmental crisis means closing off our borders from the rest of the world is a
By Dave Riley BRISBANE — There's land for sale at Forest Lake. On the outskirts of Brisbane's south-west, you too can settle in "the living forest" and pick up a piece of the continent for as little as $35,000 — or $78,000 if you are after
By Pip Hinman Private armies of wealthy landowners in Chiapas state are attempting to block a settlement between the Mexican government and peasant rebels. Round one of negotiations between the government and the Zapatista National Liberation
Building workers on picket line By Geoff Spencer MELBOURNE — Police were used to break a picket at a Department of Planning and Development (Ministry of Housing) building site on March 16. The picket was put on the Crown Street,
Four generations A dance event directed by Norman Hall Performance Space, Surry Hills Wednesday-Sunday until March 27 Reviewed by Gary Boyle Four Generations is a poetic dance event which lives up to the designer's claim of uniqueness.
By John Tomlinson [A response to the Committee on Employment Opportunities report, Restoring Full Employment, released in December.] The Committee on Employment Opportunities is made up of four senior Commonwealth bureaucrats, two
VIVIENNE PORZSOLT of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly spoke to Amos Wollin, an Israeli political commentator, on the Israeli response to the massacre at the Ibrahimi Mosque. "In large numbers, Israelis have said they understand the murderer", Wollin reported.
ADELAIDE — Activists have begun a campaign to re-establish the Rape Crisis Centre as an autonomous service. (The state Labor government closed the centre last year.) Initially Rape Action Link Up will provide a phone service aimed at offering
Making history By Brandon Astor Jones For the edification of Australian readers, I should note here that each year the month of February is designated for recognising the accomplishments and contributions that African-Americans have made in
By Stephen Marks SAN SALVADOR — One of the jokes told at the left's closing election rally here referred to the big letter "Z" emblazoned on the T-shirted chests of "Zamora for President" supporters. The story goes that when Calderon Sol, the
Greens' results PERTH — The Greens (WA) polled 8.36% in the March 12 Fremantle by-election, a gain of 1.6% compared to the last federal election. In some booths the vote for the Greens was as high as 17%. Labor candidate Carmen Lawrence