Passion-packed parliamentary potboiler
A Parliamentary Affair
By Edwina Currie
Hodder and Stoughton London 1994 546 pp., $19.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Tony Smith
Edwina Currie writes from parliamentary experience: she was known around
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By Tom Kelly
At the Labor Party's national conference in Hobart next month, there is likely to be a strong push to further broaden the party's pro-uranium policy. Senator Bob Collins, Minister for Primary Industry and a member of the ALP right,
Students fight up-front fees
By Sarah Stephen
CANBERRA — A recommendation calling for the introduction of fees of up to $12,000 for the professional component of the Australian National University's law degree is being reconsidered after
'Unions need a political alternative'
By Geoff Spencer
MELBOURNE — Sixty people attended a Democratic Socialist Party forum on August 10 to discuss the state of the trade unions and strategies on how to rebuild the movement.
Steve
Eva Bacon 1909-1994
By Jim McIlroy
BRISBANE — A moving memorial gathering was held here on August 6 for Eva Bacon, a well-known activist for womens' rights and the left over many decades. Eva died on July 23, aged 84.
Many of Bacon's
High Court challenge to Timor Gap Treaty
By Jon Land
A High Court hearing on the legality of the Timor Gap Treaty took place in Canberra on August 9-10. If successful, the outcome will have a major impact on Australia's relations with
A Fate Worse than Debt
By Susan George
Penguin Books 1990 300 pp., $17
Reviewed by Jack Lance
In A Fate Worse than Debt George analyses the structure of global debt and its effects on all of us — the main ones being poverty,
Good listening music
Twelve Songs
By Enda Kenny
Blues for Thought
By Terry Evans
Larrikin Records
Reviewed by Cathy Lawrence
Twelve Songs is a collection of good listening music in the tradition of folk and blues. Each song
PT launches Brazilian agriculture program
On July 24, the Brazil Popular Front, the coalition supporting the Workers Party (PT), launched its program for Brazilian agriculture — Land, Work and Food for Brazilians — in two regions with a
Many of the main voices in the drive for "sustainable development" have an agenda that most environmentalists would reject if it were made explicit. DR SHARON BEDER, of the University of Wollongong's Department of Science and Technology Studies,
Protest at new PNG logging rules
By Ana Kailis
BRISBANE — On August 9, 30 people picketed the Papua New Guinea consulate in protest of the Timber Supply Agreement (TSA), soon to be ratified by the PNG government. The picket was organised
ADELAIDE — An August 11 Adelaide university debate on women's rights to abortion, Resistance and the pro-choice campus clubs versus the "pro-life" group, ended abruptly when National Action forced its closure. National Action, an extreme right-wing
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