By Anne O'Callaghan
SYDNEY - "Over 200 years of oppression, racism, dispossession and incarceration have created the state of the mental health of Aboriginal people today. The psychiatric profession does not own the mental health of our people.
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The release of the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics employment figures was greeted with enthusiasm by the federal government and big business alike. "Sensational", exclaims Chris Caton, chief economist for the Bankers Trust Australia. "At last:
By Joe Vialls
The 450 metre tall Omega mast at Darriman, Victoria, is perhaps the largest US top secret military project hidden in the open, carefully disguised as a vaguely inaccurate navigation transmitter dedicated to the worthy cause of
NAFTA was overwhelmingly ratified by the Mexican parliament last month, following the close vote in the US Congress. From San Francisco, SEAN HEALY reports on the changes it will bring.
The North American Free Trade Agreement is ostensibly about
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,
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.
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 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
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
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