Los Angeles on Sydney Harbour?
By Mel Bull
SYDNEY — Could Sydney be a city where the car can take you anywhere? Where freeways dart in all directions and all you have to do is jump in your car and head for the open road? That's what
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Environmental vandalism escalates
On March 14, the federal government announced a decision to move the Coode Island chemical and fuel storage plant near Melbourne to Point Lillias. Port Lillias is protected by the international Ramsar convention
Film launches PRD solidarity campaign
A spectacular new documentary on the underground opposition to the Suharto dictatorship in Indonesia will be shown at federal Parliament House on March 18. The screening, organised by Senator Margaret
By Sean Healy
Momentum is building on universities around the country for the March 26 national day of action in defence of public education. After protests and strike action last year against federal government cuts to higher education, 1997
'McMountains' development defeated
KATOOMBA — In a victory for grassroots community action, the fast food giant McDonald's informed local activists organised in the Mountains Against McDonald's (MAM) group on March 7 that it would not
Project highlights violence against gays and lesbians
By Marina Cameron
SYDNEY — The South Sydney Council and the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project (AVP) have announced the establishment of the Mary's Place Project in February to
DITA SARI, chairperson of the Indonesian Centre for Labour Struggles and a leader of the People's Democratic Party in Indonesia, was arrested by the Suharto dictatorship in the wave of repression that began last July. She was arrested on July 8 while
A friend's trustA friend's trust
By Brandon Astor Jones
"A friend ... is someone who knows where you've been, and where you hope to go — accepts all, and encourages you to grow." — Laura Seddon (d. 1895)
BAJ: What is your
By Margaret Perrott
The media are once again focusing on the low immunisation rates of Australian children. The federal health minister, Dr Michael Wooldridge, dismisses the 2-5% of parents who actively oppose it. He has proposed "incentives" to
"Anybody has the option of buying a BMW any time they choose", according to Felicity Kennett, wife of Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett.
Felicity Kennett has recently been appointed an "ambassador" for the German luxury car giant, and one of the
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