Timor vigil
MELBOURNE — Supporters of East Timor are holding weekly vigils outside the Garuda Airlines office to protest against the imprisonment of Xanana Gusmao and other leaders of the East Timorese struggle for independence.
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Environment seminar planned
By David Lasscock
ADELAIDE — The Better Environment for West Torrens (BEWT) group is celebrating its third birthday with a major seminar, "Inventing the future — Tandanya Bioregion".
BEWT operates
Benny's Video
Directed by Michael Haneke (Austria, 1992)
With Arno Frisch, Angela Winkler
Premiered in Australia at the 42nd Melbourne International Film Festival
Reviewed by Margarita Windisch
Benny's Video is the second part of a
Leolo
A film by Jean-Claude Lauzon
From late June at Kino, Melbourne
Reviewed by Mario Giorgetti
Canadian writer-director Jean-Claude Lauzon, whose first film, Night Zoo (1987), was well awarded but left many critics unconvinced,
Indian villagers evicted for dam
Police have begun evicting villagers opposed to the giant dam on the Narmada River in central India. More than 22,000 villagers have vowed to drown in the rising waters rather than leave their homes.
On
33 Revolutions Per Minute
Marxman
Phonogram records
Reviewed by Zanny Begg
Emerging out of the Bristol rap scene, Marxman are cool in style and uncompromising in politics. Their debut album is called 33 Revolutions Per Minute, and by
Big-hearted baboon
Untamed Heart
Directed by Tony Bill
Starring Christian Slater, Marisa Tomei, Rosie Perez
Rated M. At Village and Hoyts
Reviewed by Ulrike Erhardt
A love story in the old-fashioned sense of devotion — a
Crisis point for universities
By Anthony Thirlwall
and John Addison
ADELAIDE — In early June, 300 tertiary students marched on state Parliament House in protest against attacks on tertiary education.
The march was sparked by the
Since the end of the Cold War, a new confusion has crept into world politics. Imperialism, once clearly recognised as such, has sheltered behind the United Nations. Campaigning journalist JOHN PILGER explains his views on imperialism, Australia
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — A document produced by the state Education Ministry proposes to devolve education to the local school level. Titled "Devolution:the next phase", the paper created a furore when it was leaked to the West Australian
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