By Peter Montague
The Birth Defects Monitoring Program (BDMP) is a US government effort to monitor birth defects using data collected when newborn infants are discharged from hospital. The BDMP was initiated by the federal Centers for Disease
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HAVANA — The World Cuba Solidarity Meeting wound up on November 25, after five days of debates, speeches and the work of different commissions. The final declaration of this unprecedented event stated:
"... we 3072 participants representing
Whose memories?
In Western Australia a man was recently acquitted after being charged with sexual abuse by his two daughters, who remembered their abuse years later during therapy. His defence rested on a supposed "false memory syndrome".
Romeo of the Underworld
By Venero Armanno
Picador Australia, 1994
Reviewed by Kylie Hunt
There's something savage and real about Romeo of the Underworld. Venero Armanno makes you take it seriously from the first word — stronzo. Or to
By Greg Ogle
While Paul Keating was holding his November 24-25 national strategies conference, there was another economic forum addressing the problems confronting Australia. This was, literally, The Other Economic Summit (TOES), a people's
Didgeridoo Concerto
Didgeridoo Concerto
Ellipsis Arts
Reviewed by Francesca Davidson
Didgeridoo Concerto is an impressive 51 minutes of solo didgeridoo playing by musician Mark Atkins — reputedly Australia's leading Aboriginal
By Janet Parker
SYDNEY — The plague of aircraft noise generated by the opening of the third runway at Kingsford Smith airport is uniting affected communities in a powerful opposition — one that has NSW Labor politicians running for cover.
By Gary Cohen
Ten years ago, on December 3, 1984, the Union Carbide Corporation leaked a poisonous gas into a slum neighbourhood beside its Bhopal, India, pesticide factory. As a result of the company's criminal negligence, more than 4000 people
By Adam Hanieh
Australian education is presently undergoing some dramatic changes that will profoundly affect the type of education we receive and its role in Australian society. They are integrally related to the direction of the Australian
Rwanda inaugurated its new parliament during the last week of November. The parliament is a broad-based legislature similar to that outlined in the Arusha Peace Accord of 1993. The government is led by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) but includes
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