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Greenpeace exposes Shell's pollution record

By Pip Hinman A two-month long oil spill in the south-eastern part of the Niger delta in Nigeria is wrecking havoc on the local population and ecology. To date, the operating company, Royal Dutch Shell, has done nothing to stop the flow.

Keating caves in to mining companies on Mabo

Keating caves in to mining companies on Mabo By Peter Boyle The Keating government has pulled the rug from under Aboriginal people in the post-Mabo negotiations by agreeing to help state governments validate all land titles granted since

Animal Lib billboards censorsed

Animal Lib billboards censorsed By Karen Fredericks SYDNEY — Animal Liberation posters publicising the plight of battery hens and factory pigs have been removed from Sydney railway stations by the advertising company paid to place them

Sarajevo to join UN city colonies

By Max Lane On August 19, so-called "international negotiators" Lord Owen and Thorvald Stoltenberg were able to announce agreement over the status of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo. Disagreement on this issue was acting as an obstacle to the

250 days of Richmond school occupation

250 days of Richmond school occupation By Alex Bainbridge MELBOURNE — The Richmond Secondary College Occupation released an Occupiers' Handbook on August 19 to mark the 250th day of the occupation. Richmond Secondary College (RSC)

Lead levy penalises the consumer

By Pip Hinman The tax on petrol in last week's federal budget received a mixed response from environmentalists. Hailed by the Australian Conservation Foundation as a long-overdue environmental and health reform, Greenpeace and the

Write on

Vegetarianism Fortunately for those wishing to become vegetarians the path is nowhere near as difficult and confusing as Dave Riley's article "Does meat make the meal?" (Green Left 11/8/93). In fact the most difficult part about becoming a

Healthy, wealthy and perplexed

Healthy, wealthy and perplexed "If the health system is being run by males, and death rates are an important measure of health outcomes, then surely males would be expected to have better (that is, lower) death rates than females", claimed

Australian Greens hold first conference

Australian Greens hold first conference By James Basle CANBERRA — The first national conference of the Australian Greens, held over the weekend of August 13-15, set as its aim winning increased representation at all levels of

Industrial cuisine

By Gyorgy Scrinis Until the modern era, bread was the symbol and the source of sustenance in many cultures, and was referred to in the bible as the "staff of life". Now, most commercial bread is fluffy, tasteless, and nutritionless, and bread

Unions and the shorter working week

With unemployment at its highest levels in Australia since the 1930s the question of jobs creation is naturally high on the current political agenda. But one solution has been studiously ignored — a shorter working week, without loss of pay.

Students and the budget

Students and the budget By Rebecca Meckelberg While tertiary students knew that the 1993 federal budget would offer few gifts, many have been shocked that a Labor government could introduce measures that mean the end of any notion of free