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ACTU Congress

Last week's ACTU Congress, held at Sydney's Darling Harbour Convention Centre, was a peculiar affair. The delegates were angrier than they had been for years, but the votes still went the way of the ACTU leaders. Dick Nichols looks at two issues

Deadly export: Australian uranium to Indonesia

Secrecy surrounds the Australian government's plans to sell Australian uranium to Indonesia. But evidence gathered by Greenpeace exposes its eagerness to be a big player in Indonesia's decision to go nuclear over the next decade. PIP HINMAN reports

The dirtiest mine in the world

By Sasha Ltana and Sydney Rainforest Action Group Australia's "quiet achiever", BHP, is a major shareholder and the manager of what is probably the dirtiest mine in the world: the Ok Tedi open cut copper mine of Papua New Guinea. The mine

Feet of clay

Rethinking Camelot: JFK, the Vietnam War, and US Political Culture By Noam Chomsky London: Verso, 1993. 172 pp., $27.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon John F. Kennedy — "the only shining star that ever crossed the political sky" as the

The fire in Nina Simone

The fire in Nina Simone Nina Simone, the Legend Masterpiece, SBS Television Monday, September 13, 8.30 p.m. (8.00 Adelaide) Reviewed by Ignatius Kim "I refuse to call it jazz even though the whole world calls it jazz. It was a term

PSA accepts enterprise bargaining deal

PSA accepts enterprise bargaining deal By Trish Corcoran ADELAIDE — A mass meeting of the South Australian Public Service Association, held on August 26, voted to accept a package proposed by the state government. The package

Sixteen sacked over safety issue

Sixteen sacked over safety issue By Elle Morrell MELBOURNE — Sixteen steel fixers and carpenters have been sacked from a construction site at St Vincents Hospital for taking a stand over a safety issue. When a three-metre iron

Call to lift ban on Pramoedya's work

Call to lift ban on Pramoedya's work According to an August 23 Jakarta Post report, 70 leading Indonesian authors and artists have asked the government to lift its ban on the publication of the works of Pramoedya Ananta Toer, whose novels have

EYA in Fringe Festival

EYA in Fringe Festival By Lachlan Anderson Photo by Elle Morell Melbourne — As part of their People Against Pollution campaign, 20 EYA members participated in the opening of the Melbourne Fringe Festival street parade and party on

ACTU avoids stand on Indonesian fake union

By Max Lane SYDNEY — Indonesian and Australian activists and trade unionists failed in their efforts to put a resolution before the ACTU Congress stating support for the newly forming independent worker organisations in Indonesia and opposing

Attack on political bookshop

Attack on political bookshop SYDNEY — Swastikas and right-wing threats were spray painted across the front if the Pathfinder Bookshop in Surry Hills on the night of August 30. Supporters of the bookshop are calling on defenders of democratic

In the stars

In the stars By Lucifer Skycrawler What's in the stars? Hydrogen, mostly. Helium too, especially in the older ones. Traces of heavier elements. Oh yes: heat, lots of it. So it's certainly not surprising that the stars can determine