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Life of Riley: Deciding

Deciding How are youse? Still making two ends meet? — Doin' my best. There's not much else you can do, is there? — Not much else. 'Cept hold your head above water. — That's right. Makin' do. Yesiree. You can only do your

Secondary students walk out against racism

By Wendy Robertson On August 28, 8000 high school students in 14 regional centres and cities took to the streets to demand and end to the racism of Hanson and the Howard government. From Ballarat to Gympie and Darwin, young people proved again

Mandatory sentencing targets indigenous people and the poor

By Lisa Macdonald When federal parliament resumes, the Australian Greens plan to introduce a private member's bill to over-ride section 78 of the Northern Territory's Sentencing Act — the mandatory sentencing legislation. This follows the

'True blue' Australia

By Mary Merkenich MELBOURNE — On August 8, as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival, a panel debated the High Court's May ruling to allow New Zealand television programs to be included in the Australian content standard. The panel

'How many kids have you killed today?'

The Scourging of Iraq: Sanctions, Law and Natural JusticeBy Geoff SimonsMacmillan Press, 1998363 pp., $47.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon When asked in 1996 whether the death of a million children in Iraq as a result of six years of US-imposed

That sinking feeling

Chasing the DragonBy Nick EnrightWharf Theatre, SydneyNavigatingBy Katherine ThomsonOpera House Playhouse Reviewed by Mark Stoyich David Williamson and Nick Enright are Australia's most successful and prolific playwrights, and represent the

Racist powers to remove children

By Chris Latham PERTH — The Western Australian government is to consider placing children in foster care if senior family members are involved in criminal activity. This would increase the power of the state beyond its current ability to remove

US militarisation of Puerto Rico increases

By Monica Somocurcio On August 11, the United Nations' Decolonisation Committee voted in support of a resolution affirming the right of the Puerto Rican people to self-determination and independence. It was the 17th UN resolution supporting

Koalas in action

By Natalie Stevens SYDNEY — It has become a familiar sight in Sydney: a koala-suited environmentalist on street corners, entertaining and informing the public about the Wilderness Society's campaigns while asking for donations. These fundraisers

Lynne Segal: Feminism in the 1990s

While visiting England in June, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's SUJATHA FERNANDES spoke to feminist author and lecturer LYNNE SEGAL, (Is the Future Female, Sex Exposed and Straight Sex), about the state of feminism today. Question: Do you think feminism made

Loose cannons

No facts, please "I don't see what the purpose of a fact-finding study would be." — Peter Burleigh, US deputy ambassador to the UN, on an Arab League proposal that the UN investigate whether the bombed Khartoum chemical factory was producing

Russia's financial pyramid collapses

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — President Boris Yeltsin on August 23 sacked Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko and the entire government in the midst of a shattering financial crisis. From the second week of August, the country's newly restored