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Woodside sacks 429

Woodside sacks 429 By Stephen Robson PERTH — Woodside Offshore Petroleum sacked 429 workers on February 28. One hundred and forty were from the work force of 500 at Karratha and the rest from the Perth-based staff. Sixty-five of

How NSW permits rainforest destruction

By Gus Elands For many years there has been a public misconception that rainforest in NSW is "safe" from forestry activities such as roading and logging. However, State Forests (formerly the Forestry Commission) continue to allow roading and

Radio highlights

That's History — Elsie: A Refuge Away From Home — It's 20 years this month since Australia's first women's refuge was opened in inner Sydney. "Elsie" refuge for women and children went on to spawn many others. The program hears from one of the

A winning play

A Winning Day By Kevin Nemeth Directed by Helmut Bakaitis Q Theatre, Penrith, until March 27 Reviewed by Gail Lord Since moving west of Sydney in 1977, the Q Theatre has established an enviable reputation presenting classic and

PNG officer confirms Bougainville abuses

By Frank Enright "My eyes turned toward Panguna on the right. I was almost shocked by the size of the crater; it was kilometers wide! Entire villages and gardens, mountains, traditions and memories had been dug out and replaced by an enormous

Migration, racism and environment

JOCK COLLINS is a lecturer in economics at the University of Technology, Sydney, and author of Migrant Hands in a Distant Land. He was interviewed for Green Left Weekly by SUJUTHA FERNANDES. What have been the stages of the government's attitude

'A continuous massacre'

By Vivienne Porzsolt Since the February 25 massacre of worshippers at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron by Israeli settler Barukh Goldstein, ongoing Palestinian demonstrations have been viciously put down by the Israeli military. The entire occupied

Training plan 'a dressed up dole scheme'

By Pip Hinman "The ALP has stolen most of our industrial relations policies — so why don't they take the rest of the package?", asked John Howard, opposition industrial relations spokesperson, on March 10. Howard was commenting on the Labor

Youth reject work for dole proposals

By Maree Sutton A survey by the Australian Youth Institute, a private think-tank funded by Pepsi Cola and Arthur Andersen & Co, hit the headlines last week with claims that young people support some type of work for the dole. While the

People are not the problem

A reply by Allen Myers The article to which Jenny Goldie refers was not an editorial, but a Viewpoint by Marina Carman, a member of the Environmental Youth Alliance. However, Jenny Goldie's arguments obviously concern more than that one article,

Nazi thugs chased out of Brunswick

Nazi thugs chased out of Brunswick By Dave Holmes MELBOURNE — Some 30 neo-nazi toughs trying to hold a "white power" demonstration in multicultural, inner-city Brunswick on March 12 got more than they bargained for. For hours they were

Theatre on the grand scale

Dead Heart By Nicholas Parsons Directed by Neil Armfield Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney Reviewed by Helen Jarvis Acres of red dust trucked in from the outback set the stage for a gripping account of the clash of cultures and laws —