By Trevor Stace
PERTH — On November 11 the West Australian published an article by David Marr concerning the secret life of former Supreme Court judge David Yeldham, who committed suicide after receiving a subpoena to appear before the Wood royal
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By Sarah Harris and Alistair Dickinson
PENRITH — For the last six years, residents have campaigned against the proposed large-scale development of housing and industry on the federal government's Australian Defence Industries (ADI) site at St
Science, Nonscience and Nonsense: Approaching Environmental LiteracyBy Michael ZimmermanJohns Hopkins University Press, 1995. 217pp., $45 (hb)Reviewed by Dot Tumney Like lots of other material with this subtitle, this book discusses greenhouse, CFCs,
Campaign against changes in Workcover
By Michael Bull
MELBOURNE — A rally of about 500 workers demonstrated in front of Parliament House on December 3 over the state government's proposed Workcover changes. The Victorian Trades Hall Council
By Tim E. Stewart
DARWIN — Responding to a native title claim lodged by Larrakia people on crown land around Darwin and the satellite city of Palmerston, warning shots have been fired by the Northern Territory establishment. The NT News labelled
Patient No More: The Politics of Breast CancerBy Sharon BattAustralia & New Zealand EditionSpinifex Press, 1996. 431 pp., $24.95Reviewed by Dot Tumney Nothing delights a reviewer like a juicy quote explaining the reason for a book in a dozen lines.
By Cate Weate
HOBART — The Tarkine wilderness, a 350,000-hectare area in north-west Tasmania, is the largest tract of cool temperate rainforest left in Australia and home to many endangered species, wild and scenic rivers, ancient cultural
Indonesian activists face possible death sentence
Indonesian democracy activists will shortly go on trial for their lives. The chief judge of the Central Jakarta court has announced that the trials of the People's Democratic Party (PRD)
WorotanOumou SangaréWorld Circuit through FestivalReviewed by Norm Dixon The West African country of Mali has become something of a music hot spot in recent years. Artists such as Ali Farka Touré, Salif Keita and Mory Kanté have
Doctors strike over Medicare cuts
By Tuntuni Bhattacharyya and Kamala Emanuel
Hospital doctors struck across NSW, and up to 1000 rallied in Sydney on December 3 to protest the federal government's proposal to restrict Medicare provider numbers
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