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Hindmarsh bridge victory

Hindmarsh bridge victory By Anthony Thirlwall ADELAIDE — A major victory has been won by those fighting to stop the construction of the Hindmarsh Island bridge. On July 10 the federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister Rob Tickner announced a

Protest condemns crackdown in East Timor

By Nick Everett BRISBANE — Fifty people attended a speak out in support of East Timor in the Queen Street Mall on July 15. The protest was called in response to the previous day's violent crackdown by Indonesian troops on a protest in Dili.

SA public servants seek pay rise

SA public servants seek pay rise By Anthony Thirlwall and Tully Bates ADELAIDE — The state Liberal government has rejected wage claims by public sector unions, threatening further job losses if wages rise. It has said that departments

Black deaths continue

Black deaths continue Black deaths in custody are increasing, according to a report into 1993 deaths by the Institute of Criminology. Eight Aboriginal people died in custody in 1993, a rate almost eight times the national average.

Questions over NSW police inquiry

By John Tognolini SYDNEY — Police corruption has long been a central theme in New South Wales. Ian Temby's last report, on Operation Milloo for the Independent Committee Against Corruption, delivered in February, revealed police involvement in

More Aboriginal land cleared for Skyrail

More Aboriginal land cleared for Skyrail By James Clark KURANDA — On July 5 police forcefully removed protesters opposing the skyrail and arrested two people. Sixty protesters, mostly locals from Cairns and Kuranda, have been using

Write on

Death in custody I'd like to bring to the attention some points I feel may be of significance and importance to members of the public, and also other Aboriginal organisations, concerning the recent death in custody of Anthony John Welsh at the

Khmer Rouge outlawed

By Helen Jarvis PHNOM PENH — The gloves are coming off in Cambodia in the struggle against the Khmer Rouge. It is now one year since the United Nations ushered in a coalition government of the previously governing Cambodia People's Party and

National student women's conference

National student women's conference By Jen Crothers SYDNEY — Over 400 women gathered at Macquarie University from July 11-15 for the annual Network of Women Students in Australia (NOWSA) conference, the theme of which was "Women working

British violence ignored by church, say Irish priests

DUBLIN — Four Catholic priests, members of the Clergy for Justice group, have accused Irish church leaders of deliberately ignoring the "institutional violence of the British state in Northern Ireland". "Given the way the British government

Clear-felling WA's forests.

Clear-felling WA's forests. PERTH — Western Australia has only about 125,000 hectares of old growth Karri/Marri forest left. Most of it is currently available for clear-felling. Clear-felling is a logging procedure which fells every tree; it

SA's own Dan Quayle

SA's own Dan Quayle By Penny Farrow ADELAIDE — Single women are "going around getting pregnant to rort the system", according to state Liberal backbencher Joe Rossi. He has also been quoted by a suburban newspaper as saying that single