Council calls for reactor closure during Olympics
By Jim Green
SYDNEY — The mayor of Sutherland Shire Council, Ken McDonell, has called on the federal government to shut down the nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights during the Sydney Olympic Games.
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Free bus rides will reduce car use
By Coral Wynter
A national survey of car drivers has shown that the private use of cars is increasing at an alarming rate. At the same time, drivers are even less inclined to use public transport, and general
By Ruth Ratcliffe
Six-year-old Elian Gonzalez was plucked from the sea after his mother drowned in an attempt to get from Cuba to the United States. The vast majority of people in both Cuba and the US believe Elian should be returned to his father
ACI reneges on agreement
By Chris Slee
MELBOURNE — Management at the ACI glass mould manufacturing plant has reneged on concessions made in negotiations with the union. Members of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union have been locked out
By Eva Cheng
Indian workers have launched a wave of strikes against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling 24-party national coalition. The actions are in protest against the BJP's Hindu fundamentalism and its neo-liberal,
By Kurt Lhotzky
VIENNA — The general elections in October brought a dramatic change to traditional politics in Austria. Support for the Social Democrats (SPOe), who polled 38.1% of the vote in 1995, dropped to 33.15%. The conservative bourgeois
Austria's Pauline Hanson
Comment by Margaret Allum
Despite enjoying one of the highest standards of living in the world, 27% of Austrians voted for Jorg Haider's far-right Freedom Party in October. On February 4, eight members of the Freedom
By Simon Tayler and Eva Boland
CANBERRA — In March, the NSW Labor government plans to sign the regional forest agreement (RFA) it put forward last year for the Eden management area. Eden has very little old-growth forest remaining, and the RFA
Darwin's International Women's Day plans
By Angela Hassan and Sibylle Kaczorek
DARWIN — The International Women's Day (IWD) 2000 collective here is building on the gains made over the last few years. As the collective has broadened its
By Marg Perrott
WOLLONGONG — The Port Kembla Copper (PKC) smelter started operating here secretly on February 4. Local residents began smelling sulphur fumes at 3pm. Some people began coughing, others had difficulty breathing. At a public meeting
Helen and David v McGoliath
Review by Jim Green
McLibel: Two Worlds CollideSBS, Tuesday February 22, 8.30pm This documentary recounts the McLibel story — the David and Goliath court battle between two London-based environmental activists and
The water here
By Brandon Astor Jones
"Penology ... has become torture and foolishness, a waste of money and a cause of crime ... a blotting out of sight and a heightening of social anxiety." — Paul Goodman This will be the first in a
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