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By Nick Sudakov The Whitsunday branch of the Queensland Greens has called on the federal government and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) to take immediate action to protect the reefs fringing the Whitsunday Islands.
Paving over Pyrmont? Concrete City, a documentary film about Pyrmont, the small urban Sydney community which is to host the world's largest gambling casino as part of a huge urban consolidation, will be launched at the Mandolin Cinema on June
You may be surprised to learn that over one in 10 of Green Left Weekly subscribers are from rural areas. On the whole, these are areas where Green Left is not sold on the street. Subscribing to Green Left in these towns involves a very conscious
By Jose Ramos Horta Ninoy Aquino was gunned down on the tarmac of the airport now honouring his name. I first met Ninoy in the early 80s when he addressed a human rights meeting at Colombia University in New York. I was most impressed and
Youth workers 'evil': cop By Sean Healy PERTH — Retiring Police Superintendent Kevin Moran has called for a royal commission to investigate youth workers and their "evil" impact on society and young people. "The youth industry in
By Pip Hunter Having lost the "unlosable" 1993 federal election, the Liberal Party was bound to make the traditional leadership change sometime. Opinion polls show a surge of support since the election last month of the new leader Alexander
Breast cancer has received a great deal of publicity of late. The federal government's considerable funding allocations to the disease in the last budget were touted as marking both its recognition of the importance of the disease as a public health
By Jon Land The first Asia Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET), held in Manila, brought together representatives of human rights and solidarity organisations from across the world to speak out against the continued illegal occupation of
By John Nebauer For the benefit of those who have contrived somehow to leave the planet for a while, June 6 marked the 50th anniversary of the landing of the western allies on the beaches of Normandy. It has been hailed as "the decisive
Bridge moratorium extended By Anthony Thirlwall ADELAIDE — On World Environment Day, June 6, a rally at Goolwa drew together about 500 Aboriginal people and their supporters from across the state. They were provided with entertainment and

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