Australia's Spies and Their Secrets
ASIO after the Cold War
In his important book, Australia's Spies and Their Secrets, author David McKnight takes the lid off the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), using never before
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Paul Kelly plays Brisbane
By Lynda Hansen.
Paul Kelly played to a capacity audience at the Concert Hall at the Queensland Performing Arts Complex on July 15. Starting on time with his new band complete with double bass and keyboard, he
This Other Eden
By Ben Elton
Pocket Books, 344 pp, $13.95
Foetal Attraction
By Kathy Lette
Picador, 280 pp, $14.95
Reviewed by Dave Riley
Ben Elton, in full flight, is a gab feast. Elton, aka "motor mouth", by trade is a stand up
By Hilary Tilton
BRIBIE ISLAND — Queensland environmentalists have been alerted to a possible attempt by the Goss Labour government to fast-track legislation to replace the current Queensland Local Government (Planning and Environment) Act.
In the October 1993 issue of its World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund muses on the question, "Is the debt crisis over?" The answer is a qualified yes.
It's become a commonplace in the business press that the Third World debt
Hospital beds face the chop
By Seetal Dodd
MELBOURNE — The state minister for health, Marie Tehan, and the federal minister for veterans affairs, Con Sciacca have announced the amalgamation of three hospitals in the northern suburbs.
By Kath Gelber
How does the community react to seeing national sporting heroes on posters declaring, "Real men don't bash", or the backs of buses adorned with "Read my lips — No means No"?
These messages form part of a campaign aimed at
Toxic vapors threat
By Paul Jones
BRISBANE — Despite a legally binding notice of improvement being served on the Royal Brisbane Hospital (RBH) by the division of workplace health and safety, the spills of liquid mercury coming from
British Labour moves further right
By Phil Clarke
LONDON — Thirteen years ago the British Labour Party erupted with the most sustained and radical left-wing challenge since the 1920s. In September 1981, the leading figure of the Labour
Youth leagues support prisoners
Youth organisations have backed calls by the South African Prisoners Organisation for Human Rights for amnesty for non-violent prisoners. On July 9, representatives of the youth leagues of the ANC, IFP, PAC and
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