GLW issue 177, published 1995-03-01.

Youth rights attacked in NSW law

Youth rights attacked in NSW law By Nick Soudakoff SYDNEY — The state government's juvenile crime legislation is facing intense opposition from youth and welfare groups. The legislation allows police to detain people under 16 on

Radio highlights

Burn Witch Burn — A comedy. John is entering a spectacular float in the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. He is keeping it secret from flatmate Matthew, who has gone all right wing and paranoid. Rani discovers the giant float in the bathroom, disguised

PNG campaigners warn of rainforest crisis

BRISBANE — The destruction of Papua New Guinea's rainforests through industrial-scale logging has reached crisis point, according to a group of four PNG forest campaigners who launched an Australian tour here on February 22. Launching the "Big

The life of Riley: The protest meeting

The protest meeting Chairperson: Fellow environmentalists! As you may all be aware, the plight of the forests is at a critical stage. These facts will reverberate, if anywhere, then in the hearts of us all. Yes indeed, reverberate. We respond to

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Australian News

Steel Line Doors strikers tour Melbourne

Steel Line Doors strikers tour Melbourne By Ray Fulcher MELBOURNE — Three workers from Steel Line Doors in Brisbane, who are among 17 unionists on strike against racial and trade union discrimination since November, toured Melbourne

Building workers strike over pay claim

Building workers strike over pay claim By John Nebauer BRISBANE — More than 3000 CFMEU and BLF members voted to strike at a mass meeting in Brisbane on February 22. The strike, which is scheduled to last until midnight on February 26, is

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International News

Young people harassed in six counties

Young people harassed in six counties Twenty-six per cent of 18-year-olds in the occupied six counties of Ireland say they have been harassed by British crown forces. This information was contained in a report published in Northern Ireland

Sri Lankan students in eight-year campaign

Sri Lankan students in eight-year campaign Students at the Institute of Aesthetic Studies in Colombo have been struggling for eight years to win hostel accommodation, better facilities and increased funding. For the last two years, they have

Further International News

Editorial

Labor swaps media barons

Labor swaps media barons What lies behind Prime Minister Keating's recent outburst against Labor's former favourite media magnate, Kerry Packer? In describing the rejected Optus-Packer plan for a regional pay TV duopoly (with Murdoch-Telecom) as

Cultural Dissent

The Playwright's Audience

The Playwright's Audience The other day I met my audience In a dusty street He gripped a pneumatic drill in his fists. For a second he looked up. Rapidly I set up my theatre Between the houses. He Looked expectant. In the pub I met

Growing up alienated

Only the brave Directed by Anna Kokkinos Starring Elena Mandalis and Dora Kaskanis Reviewed by Jenny Long This film won best film in the Dendy Awards for Australian short films during the 1994 Sydney Film Festival, and I went to it with

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