By Richard Staples
Disputes surround proposed ocean outfalls at Coffs Harbour and Lennox Head. The authorities claim "there is no alternative". Opposition to new dam proposals is deep seated within many communities. Pacific Power has
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By Frank Noakes
LONDON — Suddenly the lights went out, the crowd stirred. The music, from Jaws, drummed menacingly as smoke filled the platform. A thin beam of light shot out, then another stabbed the darkness. The tension built as the
By Michael Rafferty
The retail giant Coles Myer is pioneering a novel recruiting technique to deal with the flood of applicants for its new chain of toy stores. Job seekers will queue via their telephones, waiting on line for a preliminary
By Freya Pinney
and Joy McEntee
BRISBANE — Organisers of this year's Network of Women Students Australia (NOWSA) conference in Brisbane expected 250 women, but 500 arrived — double the number who attended NOWSA '92 in Adelaide. Many
Rock 'n' Roll Call
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
Bluebird/BMG Records
Reviewed by Norm Dixon
The greatest myth in modern popular music folklore is that what has become known as "rock 'n' roll" was suddenly "invented" by a motley
By Jeremy Smith
MELBOURNE — Members of the AMEU at the Isuzu plant in Dandenong have gone out in protest at the company's refusal to negotiate adequate redundancy packages. Upon news of the plant's closure and Isuzu's shoddy proposals for
Land rights issue at WA TLC
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — Addressing the Western Australian Trades and Labour Council meeting on July 13, Rob Riley, the executive officer for the Aboriginal Legal Service, told the meeting it was important
Women, courts and media
In June the British Court of Appeal quashed the life sentences for murder of two sisters.
In July 1992 Michelle Taylor, 22, and her younger sister, Lisa, were convicted of murdering Michelle's former lover's wife,
South Korean workers strike
By Michael Chong
On July 8 the workers of the nine largest subsidiaries of the largest corporation in South Korea, the Hyundai Group, began to go on strike.
The strike is in protest against the company's
By Sean Malloy
On July 26, 1953, 131 young Cubans attacked the Moncada military garrison in Santiago de Cuba, while a smaller group attacked army headquarters at Bayamo. The events were the beginning of a mass movement that would end of the
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