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Illawarra air pollution dangers ignored

By Liam Mitchell WOLLONGONG — Two of the Illawarra's most polluting industries, BHP and the Corrimal Coke Works, are either evading repercussions or receiving official sanction for their output into the atmosphere. The Environment

Princes Park — Optus versus residents

Princes Park — Optus versus residents By Jeremy Smith MELBOURNE — Princes Park, home to Carlton Football Club and a major park for local residents, has become a battleground between corporate supporters and community opponents of

Beijing arrests more dissidents

By Eva Cheng During May, the Chinese government threw at least 24 dissidents into jail and detained another 41 in a wave of arrests that followed three petitions by activists and leading intellectuals. The petitions called for the release of

Walking free

Walking free By Shane Riley Sentenced to jail my freedom lost just another thing taken from the Koori generation They don't care or understand all i want is our land Long bay jail on my tribal ground i walk on her everyday

Action updates

Action updates BRISBANE — An angry group of chanting, sign-toting protesters opposed to the planned South Coast Motorway taunted environment minister Molly Robson and her ALP supporters as she launched her re-election campaign in Springwood on

On the box

On the box Women's World Cup Soccer — SBS will present comprehensive coverage of the women's soccer world cup over the coming weeks: China-Australia match, Friday, June 9, 5.05pm; USA-Australia, Sunday, June 11, 12.30pm; quarter-finals,

Ecological thoughts at bedtime

Ecological thoughts at bedtime The Story of Rosy Dock By Jeannie Baker A Mark Macleod Book, Random House. $19.95 Reviewed by Dave Riley Reading rewards us all. And reading to others — especially if they're little — cuts both ways.

Scapegoating migrants for Sydney's sprawl

By Lisa Macdonald The ALP has done it again. Invoking those old discredited Malthusian arguments which blame population growth for almost every social and environmental ill, newly elected NSW Premier Bob Carr has launched an attack on

SA teachers protest budget cuts

SA teachers protest budget cuts By Adam Hanieh ADELAIDE — Seven thousand teachers and supporters rallied on May 30 to protest against expected cuts to the state education budget. The half-day stoppage, organised by the South Australian

Vietnam War history: two views

April 30 was the 20th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War and the reunification of Vietnam. The war has been the subject of much recent media coverage, especially following Robert McNamara's attempt at rewriting history. One view of the war was

Drought aid misses target

Drought aid misses target By Chris Spindler Last week the federal government announced an extra $40.3 million in drought aid to some areas that did not receive recent rainfalls. But the package has only confused farmers, as its arbitrary

Bosnia: the West has dirty hands

Bosnia: the West has dirty hands Western media outrage over hostage-taking of UN "peacekeeping" forces in Bosnia and Hercegovina by Radovan Karadzic's Bosnian Serb army is appallingly selective. The Bosnian Serb army has maintained whole cities