What is the difference between a racist's house and a porcupine? A porcupine has the pricks on the outside. Triple J, as part of the Human Rights Commission's Different Colours, One People campaign, has announced a special award for Australia's
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The Fire Next Time By Mark Davis SYDNEY — Popping in for a quiet drink at Max's Petersham Inn to hear popular folk singer Peter Hicks' new band The Fire Next Time proved a very rewarding experience. At last, some overtly political music
Forum discusses censorship By Emma Webb ADELAIDE — Almost 100 people attended a Democratic Socialist Party forum on censorship and pornography on November 4. Speakers were Melanie Sjoberg of the DSP and Helen Vicqua, the secretary of the
By Karen Fredericks The first National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Music Festival, With Open Eyes, will be held in Sydney from November 30 to December 5. The festival comes at a time when Yothu Yindi, Kev Carmody and other
By Norm Dixon A meeting of traditional leaders from central Bougainville has condemned the attack on the area by Papua New Guinea Defence Force troops and called for their immediate withdrawal. The chiefs vowed not to cooperate with the PNG
Thousands of women around Australia rallied, marched and demonstrated last month to Reclaim the Night. Like International Women's Day in March, Reclaim the Night every October attracts feminists, women involved in various women's services (often
By Debbie Brennan The survivors of an industrial disaster are now fighting for compensation and medical treatment for diseases contracted over decades. The Baryulgil catastrophe was a creation of asbestos mining companies, which needed
Anderton banned from Tonga The leader of New Zealand's NewLabour Party, Jim Anderton, has been banned from delivering a keynote address to a pro-democracy conference in Tonga after intervention by the rulers of the Pacific kingdom. In a
Urban activism Phil McManus' discussion on issues facing urban activists, while containing positive elements, also contains many errors. On the positive side unlike so many advocates of urban reform, such as eco-cities, he at least attempts to
By Tracy Sorensen In August, Tim Cornwell received the 1992 National Energy Award from resources minister Alan Griffiths. In September, he got the sack for pursuing the energy efficiency initiatives that won him the award. For five years,
Police hassle Canberra squatters By James Basle Canberra — Young squatters in the disused Fortune Theatre have been harassed by police and accused of stealing or damaging hundreds of cars. In what appears to be a media and police
By Tamara Desiatov MELBOURNE — There have been squatters for as long as there has been the concept of owning land. At certain times it has been condoned, but not today. Last century, Australian land was settled by the "squattocracy", the
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