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Another Aboriginal death in custody in WA

Another Aboriginal death in custody in WA PERTH — Another Aboriginal person has died in custody in Western Australia, the Deaths In Custody Watch Committee (WA) has reported. "His body was found in his cell on the evening of November 14 at the

Progressive gift-giving

Progressive gift-giving Just in case you haven't ventured near a shopping centre in the past few weeks, there is something you may need to know. Those who celebrate Christmas will be doing so in a matter of weeks. That means the shops are

CES staff face sackings and individual contracts

By Paul Oboohov On December 1, the 50 year-old Commonwealth Employment Service will cease to exist and the Public Employment Placement Enterprise will take over its functions. The 5000 remaining CES workers face the unenviable choice of either

Corroboree for sovereignty

CANBERRA — The Aboriginal tent embassy has issued an invitation for the "great gathering of the elders" — a corroboree for sovereignty — to mark the 26th anniversary of the embassy and survival day, January 26, 1998. The embassy is inviting

Diagnosing the methods of the spin doctors

Global Spin: The Corporate Assault on EnvironmentalismBy Sharon BederScribe Publications, 1997. 288 pp., $24.95 Review by Allen Myers It is hard to find words sufficiently enthusiastic to describe Sharon Beder's new book. This is an outstanding

Uranium mining, woodchipping, greenhouse linked

By Penny Law and Tony Iltis HOBART — Around 40 people attended a film night organised by Everyone for a Nuclear Free Future (ENuFF) on November 18. The films shown were irt Cheap, about uranium mining in the Northern Territory; Take Heart,

Write on: Letters to the editor

Nuclear avoidance ANSTO's Prof. Helen Garnett faced a Senate Estimates meeting on November 12. She refused to answer many of the questions put to her about the proposed new reactor in southern Sydney, claiming commercial confidentiality or

Unneeded answers to unasked questions

Seven years in TibetA film by Jean-Jacques AnnaudReleased by TriStarOpening at Hoyts on December 4 Review by Allen Myers First things first. The Tibetan people should have the right to self-determination, including complete independence from

Bus drivers to walk out over cuts

Bus drivers to walk out over cuts By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Bus drivers employed by Brisbane City Council are preparing to take strike action to protest against threatened cuts to jobs, pay and conditions. The workers rallied in King

A champion of social justice

The Bottom LinePeter HicksSend $22.50 to PO Box 163, Camperdown NSW 2050 Review by Alex Bainbridge The Bottom Line is the first solo album by left-wing Sydney singer/songwriter Peter Hicks for several years. The result is excellent — a truly

and ain't i a woman?: Pregnancy and discrimination

Pregnancy and discrimination The Tasmanian Sex Discrimination Commission's annual report, released earlier this month, reveals that complaints of sexual discrimination increased by 80% in the last year. Twenty-three percent of the

Letter from the US: Washington seeks revenge for successful UPS strike

Washington seeks revenge for successful UPS strike By Barry Sheppard A former federal judge, acting on behalf of the capitalist government, has barred the Teamsters' current president, Ron Carey, from running for re-election. Carey