As It Happened: USSR
SBS-TV, Thursday, March 17, 8:30pm (8 Adelaide)
Reviewed by Paul Oboohov
The events in Russia of recent years have led to the growing availability and exposure of never-seen-before archival film footage, and this series
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By Justin Arnold
SYDNEY — Deep down in the basement of the State Theatre, it was dark except for candlelight and empty except for the tables, which outnumbered the chairs by two to one. After a tedious search, I found a place to park my body.
Australia opposes peace envoy
The Australian government has moved to sink an African-sponsored resolution at the UN Human Rights Commission calling for a UN special representative to investigate the situation on Bougainville, announced the
Comment by Jenny Goldie
I refer to your editorial "Population: no simplistic solutions" of February 16. I was the representative of Australians for an Ecologically Sustainable Population (AESP) speaking on Triple J recently with Paul Ehrlich.
Nurses strike against cutbacks
By Nikki Ulasowski
Brisbane — More than 4000 nurses at 21 public hospitals statewide struck on March 10 against plans of state health minister Ken Hayward to cut 220 nursing administration jobs, in a bid to
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
BRISBANE — One hundred people attended a public meeting on March 6 organised by the Biala and Wacol support group to express disgust at the state government's slashing of services at the Biala alcohol and drug detoxification centre. Speakers
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
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
SAM WATSON is the president of the Aboriginal Legal Service in Brisbane. He was interviewed for Green Left Weekly by SUJATHA FERNANDES.
What forms of discrimination do Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders face in the Australian legal system?
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