By Karl Miller MELBOURNE — The $1.7 billion CityLink project, a road privatisation scheme to connect several existing traffic-logged roads with electronic tollways, is on hold. Transurban won the contract some months ago. However, last week the
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Recent public statements by Prime Minister Paul Keating and foreign minister Gareth Evans denying the refugee status of East Timorese who have fled their Indonesian-occupied country to Australia, is yet another despicable episode in the federal Labor
By Anthony Benbow PERTH — The WA union movement's campaign against the Liberal government's anti-union laws moved up another notch on October 15 with the launch of a "week of discontent". The week will involve union action both here and interstate.
Sustainable Energy Systems: Pathways for Australian Energy ReformEdited by Stephen DoversCambridge University Press, 224 pp., $29.95 (pb)Reviewed by Graham Matthews Energy is crucial to an ecologically sustainable technological society. With fossil
High school week of anti-nuke actio By Peter Boyle High school anti-nuclear activists will be participating in a national week of action on October 18-25, to protest against nuclear testing and Australia's export of uranium. This follows a
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — On September 1 Russia's children streamed back to school after the summer break. The bouquets of flowers they brought turned out to be almost the only benefits which the new education year brought the country's teachers.
By Jennifer Thompson The Bosnian cease-fire commenced on Wednesday, October 11, but fighting continued as Bosnian government and Croatian forces continued their drive to take back Bosnian Serb-controlled areas. Murder and expulsions — "ethnic
By Norm Dixon Municipal workers and nurses have continued to take militant industrial action despite repeated threats of dismissal and legal action by African National Congress-led national, provincial and local governments. Press reports indicate
Guerrilla FunkParisPriority RecordsPlanet of Da ApesDa Lench MobPriority RecordsReviewed by Sean Moysey This review is very late and I'm in trouble with the reviews editor. However being late has its advantages. I've been able to listen to these
The Golden Age Is In Us:Journeys and Encounters 1987-1994By Alexander CockburnVerso, 1995. 434 pp., $59.95 (hb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon It doesn't take much to upset some supporters of Profit and the American Way of Life. The radical journalist,
Pen-pal Greetings, my name is Bill. I am a 34 year old white male on death row in Alabama. Your address was passed on to me since I was looking for a pen-pal. I have been on the row for almost 7 years. I have had a few pen-pals, but find that most do
By Eva Cheng Social discontent is rising in China, in such an alarming way that Beijing has reportedly put its entire state machinery on the alert to contain or crush it. The Cheng Ming magazine, published in Hong Kong, has a reputation of being well
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