By Kamini Junankar and Eva Schmid
CANBERRA — More than 2000 people took part in Forest Embassy protests against the destruction of high conservation value forests and called for the end of export woodchipping. The embassy, organised by
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BRISBANE — A suburban train guard has started private legal action to force the state branch of the Public Transport Union to hold its first annual general meeting in at least 20 years. Gary Dale has asked the court for an order requiring the
By Zanny Begg
Before the last sitting of federal parliament this year, 10 woodchipping licences come up for renewal. These licences threaten 764 areas of high conservation value, including 485 areas of old growth forest and 11 wilderness areas.
If you can't wait for a shock
Electro Convulsive Therapy
Rollins Band
Imago through BMG
Reviewed by Nick Fredman
Henry Rollins, the Nietzschean superman of rock and roll, and his band have released a live album recorded in 1992. It's
When the yuppies move in, they try to move everyone else out. ANGELA MATHESON reports on the gentrification of inner suburban Sydney.
When Stephen Goddard bought a combined house and legal practice in Surry Hills two years ago, he thought he'd
The sins are the advertisers'
Real Gorgeous: the truth about body and beauty
By Kaz Cooke
Allen and Unwin, 1994. 260 pp., $19.95
Reviewed by Kylie Budge
"According to diet lore, 'indulging' or 'giving in to temptation' is a 'sin'.
Mary
Starring Lucy Bell, Linden Wilkinson and Brendan Higgins
Writer/director Kay Pavlou
Reviewed by Catherine Brown
The beatification of Mary MacKillop, to take place in Sydney in January by Pope John Paul II, has probably not escaped the
First CD from Chain of Hearts
Come On In
Chain of Hearts
Reviewed by Kylie Budge
Chain Of Hearts' debut CD catches you by surprise. The photograph on the cover of band members thrashing around in a pool complete with a big orange
By Robyn Marshall
BRISBANE — A meeting of 29 members of the Steel-Line garage factory on November 22 decided to reject the recommendations of their union lawyer in a reconciliation process and stay on strike. The Latin American, mostly
Goss under fire over Hinchinbrook fiasco
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Conservationists have criticised the use of taxpayers' money to fund full-page advertisements attempting to justify the Queensland government's actions over the
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