By Ivars Reinfelds and Peter Johnson
WOLLONGONG — Two hundred and fifty angry residents packed into the Warrawong Community Centre on June 1. They heard barrister Tim Robertson describe how the Carr government, on May 29, rushed legislation
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Kleenex boycott
A meeting of local residents and conservationists held in Apollo Bay on June 6-8 voted unanimously to reject an offer to meet with the multinational corporation Kimberly Clark about the current consumer boycott of Kleenex
By Norm Dixon
More than 2 million South African workers participated in a general strike on June 2 in support of demands for better conditions of employment. The strike was called by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and
Outback thriller
Kiss or KillDirected by Bill BennettWith Frances O'Connor, Matt Day, Chris Haywood, Barry OttoSydney Film Festival Review by Brendan Doyle
Slick as an inner-city haircut, this thriller road movie has a plot with as many
UN$W to charge up-front fees
By Helen Jarvis
SYDNEY — The council of the University of NSW decided on June 2 by the slimmest of margins (10 votes to eight) to accept fee-paying local undergraduates from 1998, and so to join the
IdentityIdentity
Today is the first day of the rest of my life. I mean that. I am determined to become the person I always wanted to be.
When I woke this morning from troubled dreams I decided to transform myself. I was lying on my
'Why we are protesting against Hanson'
@box text intro = 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly spoke to people at the anti-Hanson rally about why they were publicly protesting.
Sarah, 15, high school student: "I just think racism is wrong, and we need to
Campaign to defend Tasmanian forests
By Sarah Stephen and Kylie Moon
HOBART — The Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement, due to be signed in the next month, was the major focus for activities around World Environment Week this year. It is
By Nicos Yannopoulos
The Albanian insurrection is on the defensive. Since March 10, the insurrection has been waiting. Unfortunately, this is probably not a "war of position", but a significant decline in the movement. This is partly due to
By Tom Flanagan
DARWIN — The Aboriginal traditional owners of the site of the proposed Jabiluka uranium mine have taken their struggle to stop the mine to the Federal Court. The validity of the Jabiluka mineral lease is being challenged by
Good karma
Last Stop Heavenly HeightsKarma CountyTWA Records Reviewed by Iain Clacher
Last Stop Heavenly Heights is a striking debut CD for Sydney band Karma County, a strange bar-band which seems to inhabit its very own original space in
Torture by UN 'peace keepers'
By Norm Dixon
Italian television on June 6 broadcast photographs of Italian troops torturing detainees during the US-led United Nations "Operation Restore Hope" occupation of Somalia in 1993. The photographs,
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