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By Sean Malloy At least 65% of Palestinians in the occupied territories support the Palestinian-Israeli accords, according to the Centre for Palestinian Research and Studies. The figures are based on a survey carried out by the centre in
By Lara Pullin CANBERRA — ACT chief medical officer Dr Cathy Mead told a gathering of concerned parents and health care practitioners at a forum held here on October 23 that modern immunisation practices were in effect a giant human
By Anthony Brown A debate on traditional Aboriginal hunting and gathering in national parks is hotting up in Queensland. One of the state's oldest conservation groups, the National Parks Association of Queensland, and a North Queensland
Comment by Doug Everingham Hume's Pasteur Exposed is faulty if Rob McKinnon-Lower quotes it rightly (GLW, October 20). Pasteur did not plagiarise from Bechamp's . Partridge's Origins derives microbe from mikros small bios life, and the
Blacks demand more time on legislation By Maurice Sibelle BRISBANE — Three hundred people attended a meeting to discuss the Mabo situation on November 5. The meeting, organised by the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research
By James Basle CANBERRA — Secondary Students Against Cuts (SSAC) is organising a strike on November 16 to protest against the ACT Labor government's education cuts. The radical youth movement Resistance is supporting and helping to organise
By Chris Spindler ADELAIDE — The South Australian Institute of Teachers (SAIT) has endorsed the union's president, Clare McCarty, as an "Education Independent" for the state elections on December 11. Green Left Weekly spoke to McCarty about
By Frank Noakes SAN FRANCISCO — John May and Steve McGriff were in town in late September to raise funds for the 17,000 striking members of the United Mine Workers of America across seven states. Already 160 days on the grass, none expect to
By Sarah Harris WOLLONGONG — The South Coast Labour Council on November 2 imposed a ban on goods being shipped from Port Kembla to Papua New Guinea. The ban will not be lifted until the PNG government lifts the blockade against
Lament Various artists Real World, distributed by Larrikin Where Angels Fly Jan CarterLarrikin Reviewed by Bernie Brian Lament was recorded with the express intention of connecting with the people of Derry, and through its music
Code of silence On October 28 Keith Wright, ex-honourable member for Capricornia (ALP), was convicted of rape and indecent dealing with a girl under the age of 14, and sentenced to eight years in jail. Now that the verdict is final, and there
'A plunge into horror' That is how the caption read in the Atlanta Journal Constitution's September 23 issue. Most Australians have heard of the tragic loss of 47 lives aboard the infamous US rail system's death train, the Sunset Limited.