By Francesca Davis
On February 16, the Australian ran a "scoop" on the Coalition government's allocation of most of the funds from the National Heritage Fund to its own electorates. The fund was never going to solve Australia's environmental
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By Zanny Begg and Marina Carman
One of the most controversial recommendations of the West review of higher education was the proposal for "student centred funding" — vouchers or "learning accounts" for higher education. The rhetoric that
Mock funeral warns against Badgerys Creek airport
By Gail Lord
SYDNEY — On February 15 a mock funeral cavalcade left the proposed Badgerys Creek airport site and proceeded to Warragamba Dam, to dramatise the dangers of noise and water
Resistance campaigns to support the wharfies
By Kerryn Williams
MELBOURNE — Resistance has been campaigning to build support among young people for the struggle of the maritime workers. Resistance activist Mark Abberton explained, "As soon as
Hong Kong democracy activist fined
By Eva Cheng
Veteran pro-democracy activist Leung Kwok-Hung was fined by a Hong Kong magistrate on February 17 and given a "good behaviour" order for six months for protesting last July 16 against the
Stop hiding behind 'conscience vote'!
By Margaret Kirkby
On May 11, 1970, the NSW police swooped on the Heatherbrae clinic in Sydney's eastern suburbs. The doctor, an anaesthetist and the matron of the clinic were charged under Sections 82, 83
By Bridget Riggs
MELBOURNE — About 600 people attended a Defenders of Native Title (DONT) public meeting on February 15 in the Melbourne Town Hall. Speakers included former Democrat senator Sid Spindler of the DONT coordinating committee, singer
IWD live to air on 2SER-FM
SYDNEY — As women take to the streets of Sydney on Saturday, March 7 — International Women's Day — community radio 2SER-FM (107.3) will take to the airwaves between 11am and 5pm to present a unique day of
Allies
Should or shouldn't men be encouraged to actively participate in the feminist movement? What business is it of theirs anyway? How would it affect women's role in their own movement?
These questions have been hotly debated for decades,
Ambassadors for peace
PEACE ACTIVIST Dean Jeffries took part in an international peace camp with activists from 15 countries on the border between Saudi Arabia and Iraq in early 1991. He is coordinating a new initiative for a brigade of
On February 16, members of the Maritime Union of Australia ended their 18-day strike at Webb Dock, Port Melbourne, following an Australian Industrial Relations Commission order to return to work. At the same meeting, it was decided to launch a
By Francesca Davis
"White people have four seasons, but we have only two: the wet and the dry, the high and the low of the river. The land rules the seasons for us. In the dry, we know the pools where the big fish have stayed. In the floods we know
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