Future of land bill in doubt
By Stephen Robson
The federal government has got itself in a mess over the Indigenous Land Corporation and Land Acquisitions Bill.
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No matter who you are
By Kath Gelber
Poor Terry! All he wants is for people to like him. He's one of those touchy-feely kind of blokes, you know the ones. He didn't mean any harm by it. He was just trying to make his staff feel
By Yvonne Francis
CANBERRA — Jack Mundey addressed a group of conservationists at the Pensioners' Club here on October 14. The environment is the key for the radical left, he said. It is essential that all the environmental groups learn
Rwandan refugees used as pawns by old regime
By Zanny Begg
On October 24 officials of the former ruling party in Rwanda, the Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND), and its military wing the interahamwe, took
For the third consecutive year, on October 26 the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution demanding that the United States end its "embargo" (really a blockade) against Cuba. Only the US and Israel voted against the resolution. After
By Angela Matheson
In March the Australian Law Reform Commission completed a landmark interim paper into women's access to the law; the study is to be completed this month*. In up to 600 written and oral submissions from across the
By Simon Heath
Multinational logging is now creeping in to destroy the rainforests of the south-west Pacific after timber supplies elsewhere in the world are exhausted or becoming protected.
A particularly horrifying example of
User-pays water
By Kristy Koglin
ADELAIDE — The pressure to privatise any form of consumption has brought into question the free supply of water. The drought and declining water quality have also brought into question water
By Deb Sorensen
Arnhem Land: The name conjures up images of a majestic landscape, remote wilderness with special places known only by the descendants of peoples who have dwelt there for tens of thousands of years. Many of us have seen
Janus: Without Prejudice — A brilliant series questioning the Australian legal system. This week the drug trial of Steve Hennessey and Darren Mack begins. ABC, 8.30pm, Thursday, November 3.
The Big Picture: Billy Connolly's World Tour of
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