GLW issue 289, published 1997-09-10.

Action against racism in WA

Action against racism in WA By Anne O'Callaghan PERTH — Action Against Racism organised a picket on August 29 outside a One Nation supporters' meeting at Warwick community hall. Despite only five days' notice, AAR mobilised more than 50

Boy meets girl

Boy meets girl ... who used to be a boy Different for GirlsDirected by Richard SpenceStarring Rupert Graves and Steven MacintoshScreening at the Luna Cinema in Perth and selected cinemas nationwide Review by Corrine Glenn This is a tale of

Mass media — a voice for whom?

Despite the stymieing of Kerry Packer's most recent bid to extend his grip on the Australian media, media ownership in this country is one of the most concentrated in the world. The vast majority of television and radio stations, and print media, are

Loose cannons

Precedent "The Indonesian government used to complain about the Australian media like this. I just never thought I would hear it from an Australian foreign minister." — Indonesian journalist Ratih Hardjono on Alexander Downer's complaint that

Further

Australian News

Protest against One Nation in Robertson

Protest against One Nation in Robertson By Simon Frew ROBERTSON — At the second One Nation meeting in the NSW southern highlands, protesters outnumbered supporters by about four to one. Despite the violence by Hanson supporters at a

Correction

Correction In the article on Campaign Against Racism in Adelaide in last week's GLW, it was incorrectly reported that National Action has an office in Woodville and that the Vietnamese community was planning to march past it on September 6. In

Further Australian News

International News

Russian anti-nuclear campaigners score advances

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Anti-nuclear campaigners may be on the road to victory in a battle to prevent the completion of the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant, under construction in southern Russia. Local authorities in six administrative districts

Palestinian Legislative Council reveals widespread corruption

By Adam Hanieh While most international media have focused on the aftermath of the July suicide bombings and the effects on Palestinian/Israeli negotiations, a damning report by the Palestinian Legislative Council has escaped the attention of

Further International News

Editorial

Environment before profits

Environment before profits "Australia has the opportunity to lead the world as a clean and green nation, an objective which is not only environmentally responsible but will produce major economic benefits and job opportunities for the

Cultural Dissent

Young people and crime

Any which way you can: Youth livelihoods, community resources and crimeBy Rob White, with Megan Aumair, Anita Harris and Liz McConnellAustralian Youth Foundation Review by Marina Cameron This study by Rob White, professor of Criminology at the

Cars, chaos and death — but no princess

Cars, chaos and death — but no princess AutogeddonBy Heathcote Williams and Nightshift Theatre AsylumSt Stephens Church, Newtown, Sydney Review by Brendan Doyle The timing was brilliant, but not, alas, the publicity. Here's a group

Further Cultural Dissent

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