Following five consecutive years of the worst honeybee declines in US history, experts predict that pollinator scarcity could seriously limit crop yields in the US for such foods as pumpkins, apples, cranberries, almonds and squash. Insects must
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FREMANTLE — The WA Greens are running candidates in the upper and lower houses in the coming state elections under the slogan "Restore the Balance." 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's MICHAEL BRAMWELL spoke to Greens' candidate for the South Metropolitan area,
Resistance has been heavily involved in organising and building actions in response to the upsurge in racism following Pauline Hanson's maiden parliamentary speech. The following is the text of a leaflet distributed by Resistance at recent actions,
By Marina Cameron
Following a report by the Senate's employment, education and training committee, a bill which will drastically affect funding to public schools was passed by the Senate on November 29 with the support of the ALP. The bill received
Risk versus risk: Tradeoffs in protecting health and the environmentEdited by John D. Graham and Jonathan Baert WienerHarvard University Press, 1996. 337 pp., US$39.95Reviewed by Dot Tumney Risk management refuses to fit into neat boxes. Those making
The Whalers — WA's Albany was — and remains — a whaling town. From the 1830s until 1978, whales were hunted and processed there. The town is again riding on the whales' back through the tourist sport of whale watching, and it is worth more
MATT TINNING was recently elected the 1997 president of the Australian National University Student Association on the "Counter Attack" ticket. ANU Resistance club activist MARTIN ILTIS spoke to him about his plans for next year.
Question: Can you
Pressure grows over CES/DSS
By Paul Oboohov
Community and Public Sector Union members in the Commonwealth Employment Service have increased pressure on the federal government to stop corporatisation of the CES. The corporatisation would remove
By Marina Cameron
Although the government's bill to allow the charging of up-front undergraduate fees will go before the Senate only this week, Open Learning Australia (OLA) has already begun to charge fees for 1997. The passage of the bill is by
Beanland under fire in anti-discrimination row
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Queensland attorney-general and justice minister Denver Beanland has accused the sacked head of the joint federal-state Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission,
By Jorge Andres
PERTH — When it comes to who will govern Western Australia, voters will get scarce choice at the December 14 poll. Some may hope that beneath the innocent Clarke Kent exterior, Labor's Geoff Gallop may prove to be a superman
IMF/World Bank/WTO: The Free Market FiascoEdited by Eric Toussaint and Peter DruckerNotebooks for Study and Research No. 24/25International Institute for Research and Education (IIRE)1995. 116 pp., US$8.75Reviewed by Eva Cheng The Free Market Fiasco
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