The dancer who survived
The Tenth Dancer
A film by Sally Ingleton
Reviewed by Bronwen Beechey
Most of us are aware of the recent history of Cambodia, and the appalling devastation wreaked on that country by the Pol Pot regime. One
107
By Anne Casey
Three years ago the Australian government put a moratorium on food irradiation and on the import of irradiated food. Today, serious and unresolved questions about the issue remain.
The government commissioned the World
Worker dried in sun
Three hundred workers in a garment factory in Jakarta protested recently after the factory management forced a worker to stand several hours in midday sun as punishment.
The worker, Muhana, a woman in her 20s, had
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
As mining companies and reactionary politicians seek to portray Aborigines as threats to the "backyards" of home owners, the sad truth is that too many of Australia's traditional owners do not even have a roof over their heads. In Brisbane's
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
"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
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — On July 1, 700 teaching staff at the elite Moscow State University held an unprecedented demonstration demanding prompt payment and indexation of salaries. Similar actions, coordinated by the Moscow Council of
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.
WA rail jobs to be cut
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — Westrail announced on July 13 that a further 460 jobs will be cut, in addition to the 750 to be lost with the planned closure of the Midland railway workshops.
The 460 jobs will be
Pages
