Comment by Vannessa Hearman
MELBOURNE — The choice of former Labor premier Joan Kirner as chair of this year's Reclaim the Night rally here ignores the anti-woman policies enacted by her government.
In her speech, Kirner
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Editorial: Racism: education, not legislation
The federal government's controversial Racial Hatred Bill will amend the Crimes Act to make it a criminal offence to incite racial hatred "against a person or a group of persons on the ground
By Arun Pradhan
Thousands of people rallied across Australia on November 12 to commemorate the killing of more than 300 peaceful protesters in Dili three years ago. Protesters in 11 cities showed that they would not accept the Australian
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — The direct price of Russian President Boris Yeltsin's "reforms" is to include the devastation of the north Russian landscape and rivers, and quite probably of the Arctic Ocean as well, as worn-out oil industry
Landcare: Communities shaping the land and the future
By Andrew Campbell
Allen & Unwin. 344 pp.
Reviewed by Chris Spindler
Landcare the book provides a valuable insight into the success, restrictions and problems of Landcare
By Ana Kailis
BRISBANE — The recent furore in Queensland over the practice of second trimester abortions being performed by Dr David Grundmann has again highlighted the inadequacy of women's access to abortion in Australia.
In
Seventy days into the IRA cease-fire, and with the clock ticking to the 90-day deadline set by Britain for discussion with Sinn Fein, ZANNY BEGG talks to MARY NILUS, a Sinn Fein councillor for Derry and a delegate to the Irish Forum on Peace and
Drop the Charges!
By Defend the Richmond 8 Committee
On December 12, eight people are going on trial for their part in the picket at Richmond Secondary College in Melbourne last year.
In a bloody police baton charge
New Money for Healthy Communities
By Thomas H. Greco, Jr.
1994. 201 pp. US$15.95 + $5 postage & handling
PO Box 42663, Tucson AZ 85733, USA
Reviewed by Brian Martin
Considering that money is absolutely central to
Looking out: Naming names
By Brandon Astor Jones
"Love demands infinitely less than friendship." — George Jean Nathan.
Imagine being successful and expanding in business and highly respected in the community. You
Straight Left
By Tom Uren
Random House, 1994. 500 pp., $39.95 (hb)
Reviewed by Frank Noakes
It was the hottest Sydney October day in 100 years. In the humidity, squeezed between potted palms and the odd federal government
By Norm Dixon
AUCKLAND — Citing personal reasons and the "corrosive" effects of parliamentary politics, Jim Anderton, leader of the NewLabour Party and the five-party Alliance, announced on November 10 that he was immediately standing
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