GLW issue 175, published 1995-02-15.

Mercury spill at hospitals covered up by unions

Mercury spill at hospitals covered up by unions By Paul Jones BRISBANE — Reports last year in Green Left Weekly of mercury hazards to workers at the Royal Brisbane Hospital, are confirmed by a state government report submitted to the

Catholic university bars gay group

Catholic university bars gay group A gay and lesbian student group at the University of Notre Dame in the US state of Indiana has been told by administrators that it can no longer meet at the school. University officials confirmed that Gays

Corporate sponsorship of schools growing

Corporate sponsorship of schools growing By Heidi Pegrem SYDNEY — A report presented to the national conference of the Australian Education Union on January 20 revealed that corporate sponsorship of schools is expanding in all states,

Looking out: Setting the record 'straight'

Looking out: Setting the record 'straight' By Brandon Astor Jones "The bombardment of negative imagery is not only having a devastating effect on blacks', especially black youths', view of themselves, but also on how others see them." —

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Australian News

Agency bargaining scrapes through

Agency bargaining scrapes through By Phil Shannon CANBERRA — An agency bargaining agreement has been narrowly accepted by members of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) in the federal Department of Human Services and Health. With

Hobart anti-woodchipping meeting

Hobart anti-woodchipping meeting By Rebecca Meckelburg HOBART — A "Stand up for the Forests" public meeting called by the Wilderness Society on February 7 attracted more than 900 people. While only 400 could squeeze into the hall, another

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International News

Fishing threatens Galapagos Islands

Reprinted here are parts of a faxed letter to Matthew J. James, associate professor and chair of the Department of Geology at Sonoma State University in California. It was sent by Macarena Green, a biologist now in the Galapagos Islands. The islands,

Workers force funding for Moscow metro

By Boris Kagarlitsky and Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — During the Gorbachev years, the popular Russian journalist Alexander Kabakov published a science fiction story entitled The Non-Returnee, in which he described the horrors of life after

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Editorial

A tax by any other name

A tax by any other name The federal government's current hyperbole promoting a carbon tax is gradually being revealed as nothing but a cynical exercise in revenue raising. The Labor government is seeking to exploit the perfectly sensible

Cultural Dissent

The last dance

The last dance The Last Supper Canada, 1994 Directed by Cynthia Roberts Starring Ken McDougall Reviewed by Jennifer Thompson The Last Supper promises to be one of the highlights of the 1995 Mardi Gras Film Festival. It takes the

The Hilton bombing revisited

Conspiracy Directed by Daryl Dellora Written by Daryl Dellora and Ian Wansbrough Produced by Sue Maslin Film Art Doco (1994) Screening on ABC TV, Sunday, February 19, 8.30pm Reviewed by Norm Dixon February 13 was the 17th anniversary

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