Opposition to Mt Wellington plan
By Sarah Stephen
HOBART — A proposal to construct a cable car, revolving restaurant and artificial ski field on Mt Wellington — the beautiful, largely untouched, backdrop to the city — has state
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By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — Public sector workers have been the first victims of the state Labor government's attempts to solve its economic problems. The government announced in its April economic statement that 3000 jobs would be cut
Comment by Michael Karadjis
Two million Bosnians have been driven from their homes, and hundreds of thousands are dead. Ninety per cent of Bosnia is under occupation by militias sponsored by Serbia and Croatia which openly aim to split the
Institute of Criminology
I refer to your column headed "Another reason to ditch the G-G" (Green Left, June 23).
In this column Karen Fredericks made the following claims — "The Institute of Criminology is bitterly regretting its
By Nick Fredman
LONDON — Key recommendations of the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice are not only inadequate, but positively harmful to the rights of the accused, according to supporters of civil liberties here.
The royal
Rally for peace in Bosnia
Story and photo
by Jon Lamb
SYDNEY — More than 800 people rallied and marched here on July 17 to protest against the continuing acts of violence and aggression towards women and children in
Seeing Voices
Seeing Voices: A journey into the world of the deaf
By Oliver Sacks
Picador. 181 pp. $13.00
Reviewed by Dave Riley
This book is not as esoteric as the subject may seem, nor is it a voyeuristic peak at the disabled.
"Booney" comes from Cherbourg. He did schooling to grade 10, but decided that was enough and didn't want to do any more. After rows with his family came to a head in 1991, he left home for the bright lights of Brisbane. He was 16. He slept where
Changing the world?
By Lieszel Plumbe
A small, conservative country town. A young woman viciously raped at gunpoint. The headline "RAPE HUNT!" screaming out on the front page of the local paper. And so begins what may be the last will
Matt McCarten is president of the New Zealand NewLabour Party and chair of the Alliance (involving NewLabour, the Greens, the Maori party Mana Motuhake, the Liberals and the Democrats). In April, he visited the United States, speaking on the
The Fertile Prison — Fidel Castro in Batista's Jails
By Mario Mencía
Melbourne: Ocean Press. 241 pp. $22.95
Reviewed by Sean Malloy
Honesty is the vigour with which one defends one's beliefs. — José Martí
La
Community protests killing of Somalis
By Sue Bolton
MELBOURNE — "We are demonstrating to show Australian people and the international community how angry and upset we are with the continual killings of Somalians by the UN troops in
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