According to the January 12 Financial Review, the insurance industry, a major beneficiary of the services of firefighters, is considering proposals to relieve itself of a levy that provides about three quarters of total NSW fire brigade funding.
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By Roger Raven
PERTH - The biotechnology park at Coogee here is part of a larger development (Port Catherine) which is going ahead nicely. However, the core of the biotechnology aspect of the park is the large abattoir currently operated by the
By Paul Oboohov
Resources used in fighting the NSW bushfires were distorted by economic and political concerns. Initially, the Department of Bush Fire Services swung thousands of volunteers into action across the state. However, Greg Lofthouse,
Mau Mau - a revolution betrayed
By Maina wa Kinyatti
Mau Mau Research Centre, New York. $10
Reviewed by Ndungi wa Mungai
Maina wa Kinyatti is the foremost researcher on the Mau Mau in Kenya. In this small book he summarises the most recent
"Dear Jesus, my baby is dead. God knows they didn't have to kill my baby boy!"
Those words echoed throughout the tiny chapel. When Evette uttered them, her body went limp and fell into the stoic grips of her deacon, as they held her upright by
By Dallas Rodgers
MELBOURNE - The year-long struggle over Richmond Secondary College appears to have entered its most critical phase. Despite its public agreement to re-establish a coeducational facility in the area, the Kennett government has
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE - Supreme Court Judge John Dowsett has said he is "heartily sick" of government agencies' applications to install secret listening devices in Queensland.
Speaking on January 12 during a Criminal Justice Commission
By Frank Enright
Port Kembla grain terminal workers voted unanimously on January 13 to ban exports to Papua New Guinea. The ban will prevent a scheduled shipment of grain from leaving Port Kembla on January 28.
Announcing the ban, South
Daens
Directed by Stijn Coninx
Academy Twin, Sydney
Reviewed by Frank Enright
Nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Foreign Film", Daens is a powerful film built on a solid story. There's no Hollywood glitter sprinkled all over this
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE - Meetings of members of the Public Sector Union in the Department of Social Security here have voted to impose additional half-day office closures as an expression of "deep concern" over funding cuts to salary budgets and
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