East Timorese refused asylum
By Jon Lamb
Up to 700 East Timorese who have applied for asylum in Australia face deportation because they entered Australia on tourist visas. Minister for immigration Senator Bolkus stated on April 17, during
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A leaked internal World Bank memo charges that the great majority of India's dams are unsafe by present standards. Of 25 dams surveyed by an ongoing World Bank dam safety project, none had been designed to hold back the amount of water which, it is
In brief
On April 26 the German Bundestag (parliament) is to debate two bills presented by the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) which commemorate the liberation of Germany from fascism and remember Jewish victims of the Nazi regime. The
By Emma Stallard
and Arun Pradhan
PERTH — Students on Curtin University were recently treated to two very different meetings on educational issues. The first, on April 12, was organised by the Curtin Guild and featured minister for finance
Social impact of PNG logging
A less well-known impact of large scale logging in Papua New Guinea is the social impact. PETRONILA PAKE from the West New Britain Provincial Council of Women and PANGO, the Provincial Alliance of Non-Government
The campaign against woodchipping of old growth forests has given rise to a heightened public awareness and concern about environmental issues. Green Left Weekly's REBECCA MECKELBURG spoke to CHRISTINE MILNE, leader of the Tasmanian Greens, about the
Students to target the ALP on May 3
By Emma Webb
ADELAIDE - The South Australian Education Network, formed to organise South Australia's contribution to the No Fees for Degrees campaign, is planning a rally and march to target the ALP for
US speakers for Nimbin hemp fest
A Californian author and campaigner for the legalisation of hemp, Jack Herer, will be the special guest of the 1995 Mardi Grass Fiesta del Locoweed being held in Nimbin, on the NSW north coast, over the April
Award for non-traditional study
By Rosanna Barbero
SYDNEY — Hui Zheng has been awarded outstanding woman of the year in a non-traditional area of study for her achievements in the Granville TAFE preparatory course for women in industrial
Adams calls on 'marching feet and angry voices'
By Sean Magill
and Maureen Baker
As Irish Republicans around the world commemorated the Easter rising of 1916, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams sent a clear message to the British government.
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