East Timor exhibition visits Ipswich
By Nick Everett
BRISBANE — Community Aid Abroad's "East Timor 1942-1992" photo exhibition opened in Ipswich on December 3. The exhibition, on the Queensland leg of its tour, contains more than 100
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Smelter closure to cost 1000 jobs
By Liam Mitchell
WOLLONGONG — Southern Copper Ltd (SCL) has announced that it will cease operations at its Wollongong smelter in January, laying off 400 workers from its own work force and possibly
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Even in a city which now has a reputation as one of the world's crime capitals, it can be easy at times to forget that crime exists. Newspapers might carry lists of the week's murder victims, but a reassuring piece
Representations of the Intellectual: The 1993 Reith Lectures
By Edward W. Said
Vintage, 1994. 90 pp., $12.95 (pb)
Styles of Radical Will
By Susan Sontag
Vintage, 1994. 274 pp., $12.95 (pb)
Revolutionaries: Contemporary Essays
By
It will come as no surprise to anyone that Christmas is on its way again. Every shop, it seems, is advertising the fact that there are only so many shopping days until Christmas, almost as hard as they're advertising the presents you can buy.
Manyu Wana — A unique Aboriginal children's program incorporating music, magic and stories. SBS, 10.30am, Saturday, December 10.
The Comic Strip Presents — Bringing together the best of British comedians. In this week's episode, Jennifer
The good, the bad and the gorgeous: Popular culture's romance with lesbianism
Edited by Diane Hamer and Belinda Budge
Harper Collins, 1994. 253 pp., $24.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Kath Gelber
With all the fuss about lesbians in popular culture
By Rebecca Collerson
SYDNEY — A new bill, and proposed changes to others, as part of the NSW Liberal government's law and order campaign have been diluted following pressure from the public. However, police powers regarding young people and
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Nativity in Black: A tribute to Black Sabbath
Various artists
Columbia Records
Reviewed by Nick Fredman
Before Metallica, before Soundgarden, before Spinal Tap even, there was Black Sabbath. With the insipid and
By Pip Hinman
SYDNEY — "Australians can be made to understand the problem with trading with Indonesia's genocidal generals", renowned author and film maker John Pilger told a 450-strong meeting here on December 2. "Trade is not the holy grail,
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