Close to Eden (Urga)
A film by Nikita Mikhalkov
At the Kino, Melbourne, from September 17
Reviewed by Peter Boyle
Nikita Mikhalkov says that he is an unashamedly sentimental Russian. Something about Mongolia, he explains, stirred his
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For three weeks in late June and early July, Ecological Enterprises, a Papua New Guinea and United States-based rainforest preservation group, worked in East New Britain, home an incredibly diverse ecosystem. However, East New Britain is also one of
WA Greens Senator CHRISTABEL CHAMARETTE recently visited Aboriginal communities in the state's north to consult with them on land rights and the government's Mabo legislation. She was interviewed in Perth for Green Left Weekly by MICHELLE HOVANE.
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Green Left Weekly is taking a one-week spring break. The next issue will be dated October 13.
By Bernie Brian
WOLLONGONG — In 1991 Joy Williams (her Aboriginal name is Janaka Wiradjuri) published a collection of poems in the book Blackberry's Child. In one of her poems, Joy writes of the inspiration she gained from the poems of the
Phhew!
"Queen: I will accept republic." — Headline in Sydney Morning Herald after King Paul's meeting with Queen Liz.
Name two, please
"I did build many, many things, and people forget to mention them." — Bankrupt entrepreneur Alan Bond,
By Ana Kailis
A report commissioned by treasurer John Dawkins has called on the Federal Government to abolish the award system and to end trade union monopoly rights in enterprise bargaining. Written by the Industry Commission (the federal
Quarantine sackings despite anthrax outbreak
By Steve Rogers
CANBERRA — Federal budget plans to slash quarantine staff are to go ahead despite the outbreak of anthrax in Queensland. The cuts mean that some 30% of the Australian Quarantine
By Ignatius Kim
I recall being thunderstruck upon first hearing Kev Carmody's debut single, "Pillars of Society", in the summer of 1990. In fact, I could tell you exactly where I was and what I was doing. With a moving power, it expressed
A fierce rave around the world
BRISBANE — "The People will be Seen, The People Will Be Heard" were the words that greeted more than 300 people at FIERCE at Boulder Lodge on Friday night, September 24.
The cross-arts extravaganza attracted
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