By Susan Price MELBOURNE — On October 25, a new call was made for the Australian government to launch an open, independent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of six Australian journalists in East Timor, in 1975. The demand came
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By Chris Heazlewood MELBOURNE — The links between more cars, worse air pollution and poorer health are well demonstrated. Yet freeway construction plans continue to be sold as glorious new icons. However, recent court victories of anti-freeway
By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Mike Leach, who visited Mexico in March-April, and toured the Chiapas region during the military crackdown on the Zapatista movement, addressed a Democratic Socialist Party forum here on October 18. In January 1994, the
Programs of interest on Sydney Community TV (UHF 31) — Perleeka, indigenous Australians' program, nightly, 7pm. Art Experimenta, Mondays, 8pm and 11.30pm, and Tuesdays, 3am and 6.30am. Bent TV, gay and lesbian program, Thursdays, 10.30pm and
By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Unionists at the giant CRA bauxite mine at Weipa on the Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland have vowed to maintain their blockade in the face of threats of arrest. The 78 award wage workers at the mine who have
intro = ClockersDirected by Spike LeeProduced by Martin ScorseseReviewed by Michael Tardif With Clockers, Spike Lee continues in the tradition that has earned him a reputation as one of America's most significant artists. Lee's films have played an
By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The Goss government is reported to be planning to partly meet union demands that new workers' compensation legislation continue to allow lump sum pay-outs for stress claims. Police, firefighters and state public servants
Japanese oppose US bases By Eva Cheng More than 80,000 people are estimated to have taken part in an demonstration in Okinawa, Japan, on October 22 to demand the end of US military bases. This followed a wave of similar actions throughout the country
PNG denies UN access to BougainvillBy Pip Hinman The Papua New Guinea government stepped in to stop a special United Nations rapporteur on summary executions from visiting all of Bougainville, including the areas controlled by the Bougainville
The announcement by the governments of Britain, the United States and France that they will finally sign the protocols of the South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone (SPNFZ) — 10 years after its adoption by the countries of the Pacific — is a cynical
In February 1994 Australia recognised the newly independent state of Macedonia. However, when the Greek government opposed the new republic's right to call itself Macedonia, the federal Labor government succumbed to pressure from its Greek
Chilean human rights activist, DANIEL SANCHEZ SAN JUAN, is on a speaking tour of Australia. Green Left Weekly's LIAM HAZELL and TONY ILTIS spoke to him in Canberra. Sanchez is an international representative of the Chilean People's Defence
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