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Shot with pleasure

Shot with pleasure My New Gun Directed by Stacy Cochran Starring Diane Lane, James LeGros At the Mandolin, Sydney Reviewed by Gabrielle Jean Carey Forget the futuristic fantasies of Terminator and Aliens; My New Gun shows us what

The peace movement

The peace movement In an address broadcast live on national radio and television on March 25, President F.W. de Klerk told startled MPs that South Africa developed, between 1974 and 1990, six nuclear fission devices of the capacity of the

Young people take aim at environmental emergency

By Zanny Begg "I have been a big fan of EYA since its beginning. Young people have enormous potential to influence the world ... You speak the truth from the most powerful position — it's your future at stake. I hope you will participate in

What will the armed forces do?

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW, March 25 — On the fifth day after Russian President Boris Yeltsin decreed "special rule" throughout the country, the local administrations in Russia's provinces and republics were splitting into supporters of the

Victorian family planning clinics threatened

By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — Women are fighting back against the Kennett government's decision, announced on March 5, that the state's 40 family planning clinics are to be closed. Health minister Marie Tehan stated that the clinics were

Suharto excludes army from cabinet

By Max Lane After having being forced to accept the armed forces (ABRI) vice-presidential candidate, Try Sutrisno, President Suharto has chosen a new cabinet which deliberately excludes figures close to ABRI. It comprises a select few older

No punches pulled

Broad Casting Saffire — The Uppity Blues Women Alligator Records through Festival Available on cassette and CD Reviewed by Norm Dixon With the Uppity Blues Women's third album, Broadcasting, they again strike a blow against male

Russian crisis: fact and fiction

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Among television journalists in particular, the practice is quite the norm. You fly in; you get the story; you fly out again. You talk to the people who count, get their statements, frame the interviews with a few

Women workers in the region

Women workers in the region Hard Labour: Women Workers in the Asia Pacific Region By Australia Asia Worker Links Women's Committee 33 pp. $5. Reviewed by Pip Hinman Over a two-year period, the Australia Asia Worker Links Women's

First private jail in NSW opens

First private jail in NSW opens By John Duff NSW's first privately run jail was opened at Junee on March 19. The curious could pay $100 per head for two days of opening "celebrations" that included a jail meal, a ball, a night in a cell

NEFA calls on West to resign

NEFA calls on West to resign SYDNEY — The North East Forest Alliance has call for the resignation of Garry West, state minister for Conservation and Land Management, in the light of two recent government reports seriously criticising the

Heading the hierarchy of sin

Catholics and Sex Four-part documentary on SBS Television Sundays at 7.30 p.m. (7 in Adelaide) beginning March 28 Previewed by Anne Casey Jesus Christ had very little to say on the question of sex, yet it occupies number one position on