Police refuse help to dying man
A POLICE sergeant ordered emergency crews not to take an Aboriginal man out of his burned-out cell, a coroner's inquest in Cloncurry, Queensland, was told on March 1. Two firefighters told the court that they tried
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'Choke on your blue, white and scarlet hypocrisy!'
Native North American Child: An OdysseyBuffy Sainte-Marie Vanguard 79340-2Order through CD shops that import Review by Tom Flanagan
Buffy Sainte-Marie is possibly unique among the 1960s
By Sarah Peart
MELBOURNE — Mass protests are being planned outside the Asia-Pacific Economic Summit of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to be held here on September 11 to 13. The conference is jointly sponsored by the Business Council of Australia
Living without violence
By Gail Lord
Living without Violence 2000: an exhibition by women of western SydneyCasula Powerhouse Arts Centre, until April 2; Merrylands Central Library, until March 27; Parramatta Heritage Centre, until March 26 For
Lid lifted on global spy network
By Sean Healy
A report by a committee of the European Union (EU) has revealed, in the greatest detail yet, how governments of the United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada maintain a global
Union members reject undemocratic restructure
By Paul Oboohov
CANBERRA — Union delegates here have rejected their leaders' attempt to restructure the Community and Public Sector Union. A special conference of the CPSU's ACT branch on March 9
By Jim Green
ADELAIDE — Senator Nick Minchin, federal minister for industry, science and resources, used the platform of the People's Conference on uranium-related issues here on March 4-5 to add nothing to previous government statements about
Review by Mark Stoyich
The Great ManBy David WilliamsonSydney Theatre CompanySydney Opera House from March 9 A group of friends and relations of a once great and powerful man gather to eulogise him after his death, only to realise that he was
New economy', same old principles
Stockbrokers, market analysts, finance journalists and politicians have been breathlessly singing the praises of the "new economy", supposedly based on the rapid growth of communications and information technology,
By Sue Bull
GEELONG — As Geelong enters phase two of water restrictions, 83,000 tonnes of native forest in the nearby Otways is being wood-chipped. But the four businesses involved and the Victorian state government deny any connection between
Promises on WA forests broken
By Grant Coleman
PERTH — A state government decision to hand $2 million to a private company to reopen a defunct sawmill has blown a giant hole in Liberal Premier Richard Court's claims to be a defender of WA's
By Cathy Pereira
BRISBANE — Aboriginal elders spoke out passionately against mandatory sentencing at a rally here on March 5, branding the laws an abuse of human rights. One hundred and fifty people had gathered in heavy rain to call for an end
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