Landcare: Communities shaping the land and the future
By Andrew Campbell
Allen & Unwin. 344 pp.
Reviewed by Chris Spindler
Landcare the book provides a valuable insight into the success, restrictions and problems of Landcare
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Drop the Charges!
By Defend the Richmond 8 Committee
On December 12, eight people are going on trial for their part in the picket at Richmond Secondary College in Melbourne last year.
In a bloody police baton charge
By Ana Kailis
BRISBANE — The recent furore in Queensland over the practice of second trimester abortions being performed by Dr David Grundmann has again highlighted the inadequacy of women's access to abortion in Australia.
In
Seventy days into the IRA cease-fire, and with the clock ticking to the 90-day deadline set by Britain for discussion with Sinn Fein, ZANNY BEGG talks to MARY NILUS, a Sinn Fein councillor for Derry and a delegate to the Irish Forum on Peace and
New Money for Healthy Communities
By Thomas H. Greco, Jr.
1994. 201 pp. US$15.95 + $5 postage & handling
PO Box 42663, Tucson AZ 85733, USA
Reviewed by Brian Martin
Considering that money is absolutely central to
By Norm Dixon
AUCKLAND — Citing personal reasons and the "corrosive" effects of parliamentary politics, Jim Anderton, leader of the NewLabour Party and the five-party Alliance, announced on November 10 that he was immediately standing
Looking out: Naming names
By Brandon Astor Jones
"Love demands infinitely less than friendship." — George Jean Nathan.
Imagine being successful and expanding in business and highly respected in the community. You
Straight Left
By Tom Uren
Random House, 1994. 500 pp., $39.95 (hb)
Reviewed by Frank Noakes
It was the hottest Sydney October day in 100 years. In the humidity, squeezed between potted palms and the odd federal government
Open Learning — Writing the Nation: Australian Literature to 1950 — Coonardoo, a novel by Katharine Susannah Prichard, a feminist and communist, shocked readers in the 1930s with its central theme of sexual relationships between black and white
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — The Court Liberal government is attempting to dismantle the infrastructure that has been built up in the last decade to resolve occupational health and safety issues. The aim of the changes will be to shift more
By Lyndall Barnett
MELBOURNE — Australia's largest community circus, the Women's circus, has been presented by the Footscray Community Arts Centre to Melbourne audiences for the past four years. Last year, the circus attracted a total
By Peter Montague
The New York Times recently described a dark trend. In the US, and overseas, the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer, and the people in the middle are becoming less and less secure about their future. And
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