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Famous poet visits By Denis Kevans Famous Japanese poet Taka Iwami visited Australia recently. Her two closest friends are Idi Maruku and Atoshi Maruku, who were the painters of the world-awakening Panels of Hiroshima. Atoshi and Idi

Defence minister Robert Ray is due here following the end of "Pitch Black" — dusk and dawn military exercises operating out of Darwin airport. Ray finally agreed to an invitation-only meeting with the Noise Abatement Group (ANAG) on September 9 after months of manoeuvring and procrastination by the Department of Defence.

How should the student left respond to the escalation of attacks on university student rights and education? Sydney University Resistance activist MARINA CARMAN argues that the focus must be mobilising and organising an increasing number of students
ADELAIDE — The South Australian government's Police Complaints Authority recorded 1133 complaints in the past financial year, an increase of almost 30% on the 1992-93 total. The most common complaints were demeanour, use of physical measures,
By Sally Thompson and Alex Bainbridge MELBOURNE — In what has been described as "a great victory for civil rights", charges against the Austudy Five were dropped on September 1 after less than three hours in court and a two and a half year
Right to Lifer By Elena Garcia You make me so angry! You claim to want to help. "Any stressed mother can come to me" you say. "Respect all life!" But where is your respect for mine? To you, a speck of my cells is more
By Ana Kailis BRISBANE — On September 1, a picket was held here as part of the National Forest Day of Action. Organised by the Wilderness Society, it marked the beginning of a campaign calling on the federal government immediately to place a
By Adam Harrison ADELAIDE — "To describe this budget as socially irresponsible is like comparing it to turning up to a posh party without a tie. This budget rips the guts out of social justice", Claire McCarty, president of the South
By Juan Antonio Blanco In the last few days, in relation to the repeated incidents with terrorists, kidnappings of ships with hostages — old people and children among them — heading to Florida, a situation of particular tension between the
Looking out: Learning & teaching By Brandon Astor Jones The Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center (GDCC) is a prison situated about 50 miles south of Atlanta, the city and regional site of the 1996 Olympic Games. More than 1700 men
Original poetry is returning to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly. This announcement will be greeted with delight by the many contributors who have sent their poems into us over the last three and a half years. The paper's Cultural Dissent pages will
By Tuntuni Bhattacharyya MELBOURNE — More than 20,000 women attended the sixth International Feminist Book Fair and concurrent literary festival, held July 27-31. Three days of discussions, panel seminars, readings and storytelling made for a