Sisters in suits
Australia is famous for its femocrats — feminists who work for structures like women's advisory boards, women's units and equal opportunity offices. We have more such pinstriped sisters per head of population than any
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Light Sleeper
A film by Paul Schrader
Reviewed by Mario Giorgetti
A student of French film-maker Robert Bresson's work, whose favourite subject was the lone outsider, US writer-director Paul Schrader develops and redefines in Light
Rush to build reactors in central and eastern Europe
WASHINGTON — More than twice as much government-backed money from the West has been directed at expanding nuclear power in central and eastern Europe as has been spent on either making
The Sharp End
ABC TV, 8.30 p.m. Tuesdays
Reviewed by Tony Smith
During the great depression of the '30s, according to my grandfather, it was common to see families evicted from their homes by the "bailiffs". During the supposedly lesser
By Peter Boyle
It wasn't very long ago that we listened with horror to reports on the so-called "New Zealand experiment". The Australian equivalent could turn out to be worse. Jeff Kennett's "radical" program of labour market deregulation and
LONDON — It is technically and economically feasible, even using conservative assumptions, to halve current global oil use within 40 years, according to a report released on January 19 by Greenpeace.
The use of oil and other fossil fuels
By Andrew Honey
This year, designated Indigenous People's Year by the UN, is the 205th anniversary of the resistance to the invasion of Australia. Just what is Australia's record on indigenous rights 25 years after the 1967 referendum to
Summer forest campaign
By Natasha Simons
HOBART — The slogan "Yes to EIS" (environmental impact statement) was chalked on every corner pavement in Hobart on January 18, as the Wilderness Society launched its "long hot summer" campaign
New world music mag
The first issue of Culture (formerly Isis) has hit the streets. Culture describes itself as a "roots music magazine" and concentrates on African music and reggae.
Judging from the depth of information, range of
EYA launches high school tour
By Elle Morrell
Young environmentalists are gearing up to start the Environmental Youth Alliance's new high school tour for 1993. EYA aims to reach up to 200 high schools around the country, equipped with the
By Sean Malloy
"There is a huge contradiction between the action being taken by the government and the contents of Wanted: Our Future. The Carmichael report, Keating's youth jobs schemes and the income levels set by the government fly in the
The Stolen Children
Directed by Gianni Amelio
With Enrico Lo Verso, Valentina Scalici and Giuseppe Ieracitano
Reviewed by Bronwen Beechey
Vittorio de Sica's famous 1947 film The Bicycle Thieves told a story of the humiliation of a poor
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