Jana D.K.
JAKARTA — There have been comments recently on President Soeharto's apparently poor health during public appearances. According to a journalist from the Indonesian Observer, prior to his trip to India in December, Soeharto was
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By Andrew Watson
HOBART — Pasminco Metals-EZ has been given the go-ahead by the federal government to continue dumping the toxic waste product jarosite into the sea until 1997.
Federal environment minister Ros Kelly has extended the
Let Bosnia defend itself
"What has changed in Yugoslavia above all is that the Bosnians have refused to play their assigned role as victims. From the very beginning, western and particularly British policy has been driven by the view that the
By Liam Mitchell
The federal government's promised tax on leaded petrol (super) came into effect on February 1. Launched with a lot of rhetoric about reducing lead levels in the atmosphere, the tax raises the prices of leaded fuel by 2 cents per
Opa: A Sexual Odyssey
Written and directed by Patricia Cornelius
Musical director Irine Vela
Actors: Anna Butera, Eugenia Fragos, Helen Trenos, Laura Lattuada, Maryann Sam
Musicians: Carolyn Connors, Christella Demetriou, Irine Vela, Rachael
Greenpeace calls for greening of GATT
THE HAGUE — As representatives from the US and the European Union met here to begin a round table on environment and trade, Greenpeace on January 27 called on delegates to green the Global Agreement on
Prince rescued from Bosnian reality
By Muris C.
SYDNEY — On January 26, as a representative of a Bosnian organisation, I was invited to the lunch given in honour of Prince Charles in the Old Parliament Building, Parramatta Park.
April 27 will be a historic day for all those concerned with justice and human rights: the day of the first non-racial elections in South Africa's history. It is almost certain that the African National Congress will win the election, perhaps with
By Frank Enright
and Max Watts
The Gibraltar-registered grain carrier Gopali, bound for Papua New Guinea with a load of Australian grain, was delayed from sailing from the Grain Handling Terminal in Wollongong on February 1 by trade
SYDNEY — The New South Wales Labor Council decided on January 27 to ban maritime, dredging and transport work associated with a proposal to mine sand from the seabed offshore from Botany Bay, Cronulla and the Royal National Park. The proposal has
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