GLW issue 216, published 1996-01-24.

Koori land claim to fight wetlands destruction

By Tony Iltis WOLLONGONG — A proposed luxury marina at Shellharbour is being opposed by local Kooris because of the area's historical and cultural significance. The $750 million development would also destroy the Bass Point site's unique wetlands

Deaths in custody increase: interview with Ray Jackson

Deaths in custody increase: interview with Ray JacksonDespite the 339 recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, handed down during 1991, Aboriginal people are dying in prison at an increasing rate. In 1996 already

... and ain't i a woman?: Female students' success provokes backlash

As year 12 results for 1995 are released across the country, there has been an improvement for female students in comparison to male students. In every state and territory more young women than young men stay on to the end of school, more young women

News briefs

International bisexual conference The Australian Bisexual Network (ABN) is looking for financial support to send bisexual activists to the International Bisexual Symposium '96 in Berlin in late May. The ABN hope that three activists will be able to

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Australian News

Conference discusses way forward for left

By Jennifer Thompson SYDNEY — A successful Socialist Activist and Education Conference, held here in early January, examined the experience of left and progressive movements, especially socialist parties, in a series of feature talks supported by

Campaign to stop RZM sand mining at Tomago

By Jane Beckmann NEWCASTLE — Five activists were arrested and others removed on January 4 while protesting against RZM's sand mining at Tomago. Protesters had blockaded the site after RZM attempted to bulldoze the remaining 22 hectares under the

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International News

McLibel case enters a new year

By Norman Taylor The McDonald's libel case is the longest in British history. It started in July '94, when young unemployed people Dave Morris and Helen Steele issued a leaflet which said the corporation was responsible for acts of environmental

Radical philosophy conference

US organisers have issued a call for papers for the Radical Philosophy Association's Second National/International conference, to be held November 14-17 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The theme of the conference is "Globalisation

Further International News

Editorial

A disastrous policy

The findings of Queensland mining warden and coroner Frank Windridge's inquiry into the explosion at Moura No. 2 coal mine on August 7, 1994, highlight BHP's culpability for the 11 miners' deaths. More than that, they indicate that the "accident" was

Cultural Dissent

Speaking with too many tongues

PentecostBy David EdgarDirected by Rodney FisherSydney Theatre CompanyWharf Theatre until February 24Reviewed by Helen Jarvis Ambitious in theme and plot, Pentecost fails to realise its potential, leaving at least this reviewer with a sense of

Unwilling participants in war

Beirut BluesBy Hanan al-ShaykhAllen and Unwin, 1995279 pp., $19.95 (pb)Reviewed by Jennifer Thompson This well-written book, published originally in Arabic in 1992, is an insightful novel about the war that engulfed Lebanon between 1975 and its

Further Cultural Dissent

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