By Jorge Andres
Another three Aboriginal people have died within three days in prisons set up on their land. One wonders if this counts as "un-Australian". On Wednesday, October 23, an Aboriginal woman died at the Townsville Women's Jail, aged 31.
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By Marina Cameron
University administrations are already planning, and in some cases implementing, measures to make up funding that was cut in the federal budget. This coincides with a new round of enterprise bargaining being undertaken by the
Emergency appeal for Cuba
On October 17, Cuba was hit by the worst hurricane in 50 years. Hurricane Lilli ripped through the island destroying houses, crops, roads, schools, hospitals and electrical supplies. Many provinces are isolated and without
Two days of action by labour unions and community activists, supported by hundreds of thousands of people, temporally re-took Toronto from the right-wing political forces that have controlled Ontario since the election of the Conservative government
By Maurice Sibelle
MELBOURNE — Students at Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE won a partial victory in their campaign to restore funding to their Student Union at an Institute Council meeting on October 28. The council, the governing body at
Dating the EnemyWritten and directed by Megan Simpson HubermanReviewed by Afrodity Giannakis Dating the Enemy is a gender-swap comedy in the tradition of many popular movies of the '80s. In this one, the change happens in two ways, with a woman and a
By Brendan O'Reilly
The Cup sucks. This year I just couldn't get happy about it, being the anniversary of someone's suicide. The most unread, underrated Frank Hardy novel has got to be The Four Legged Lottery. It dealt with what he called
By Stephen Marks
MANAGUA — The validity of the Nicaraguan elections held on October 20 is in even more doubt. As a result of the recount process, seven parties — the Renovation Action Movement, Bread and Force, National Conservative Action,
Jenny Dodd
7/10/50 — 4/10/96
Jenny Dodd died at home on October 4 after a long fight with cancer.
Jenny's life was devoted to working with and helping others. Within a week of escaping to a women's refuge out of a difficult marriage many
AUCKLAND — Greenpeace has released photographs of sea dumping of waste from previous French military operations in French Polynesia, giving credence to reports that waste from France's "clean up" at the Moruroa test site will be dumped at sea. The
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