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Robocop 3 Starring Robert Burke and Nancy Allen Reviewed by Arun Pradhan It's Fred Nile's dream come true: clean, safe, crime-free "Delta city". The advert for Delta city rings joyfully across the cinema with images of Mummy and Daddy, their
Louis O'Carroll is a freelance journalist specialising in travel writing. He is 64 years old and partially disabled from injuries sustained in a road accident. In a statement to the media, O'Carroll says that in December 1992, he decided to
Education Department targeted protesters By Alex Cooper MELBOURNE — The senselessly violent tactics used by police against protesters at Richmond Secondary College on December 13 now appear to have an explanation. In the week before the
Earthforce!: An Earth Warrior's Guide to Strategy By Captain Paul Watson Reviewed by Jon Sumby Books about direct action are rare, and when ecodefence author and Earthfirst!er Dave Foreman describes the author as a "strategic genius of
Greenslopes picket By John Nebauer BRISBANE — About 40 people attended a picket outside the Greenslopes Repatriation Hospital on April 16 to protest against plans to close parts of the facility and privatise the remainder. The picket
By John Pilger For Australians, the genocide in East Timor, one of the century's great crimes, is especially disturbing. In the Sydney street where I grew up in the years following the second world war were several "diggers" who had fought the
By Norm Dixon DURBAN — Mbongeni Ngema's latest musical extravaganza, Magic at 4am, packed the Natal Playhouse here night after night for weeks until the final matinee performance on April 10. By the time the young cast had swarmed on to the
By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — The difficulties of life as a performing artist will be highlighted in a South Australia campaign by the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA). In a submission to the state government's Arts Taskforce, it
Martin Hayes Martin Hayes Green Linnet Records through GLD Music Reviewed by Gail Lord Its superb clarity makes this self-titled CD easy on the ears, but after albums and concerts of robust Irish music I had to listen to it three times to
Squatters resist eviction By Bill Mason BRISBANE — A group of young unemployed and homeless squatters have barricaded themselves inside an abandoned West End Housing Commission house to prevent the state government evicting them.
By Victor Amaya SAN SALVADOR — With some reluctance, the right-wing ARENA party has been forced to concede there will be a second round in the election. The technical fraud denounced by the FMLN has been recognised by the world. The two
By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — The state Liberal government is undertaking an audit of the public sector which promises more cutbacks in jobs and community services. Rumours abound that another 1000 staff are to be cut from the State Bank in