Huxley: Evolution's High PriestBy Adrian DesmondMichael Joseph, 1997. 370 pp., $40 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon
Thomas Huxley was "Darwin's Bulldog", a brilliant scientist and fearless propagandist for Darwin's theory of evolution. Whereas
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WA: the most homophobic state
By Corinne Glenn
PERTH — Since the repeal of Tasmania's anti-gay legislation on May 1, WA has the less than honourable title of being the most homophobic state in Australia. The age of consent in WA for gay
By Sean Healy
Organisers of the 26th Resistance national conference have scheduled a special tribute to murdered East Timorese resistance leader David Alex as part of the conference. Alex, the second in command of the Falintil guerillas, was
On June 18, the Brazilian government connived with illegal timber traders in Brazil by voting against the inclusion of the hardwood mahogany in a list of endangered species at a meeting of the Convention on Endangered Species being held in Harare,
Since 1987, Dr HELEN JARVIS has visited Cambodia regularly and worked there for extended periods in 1991, 1992-93 and 1995. She has worked with the National Library of Cambodia in its rebuilding after the Pol Pot years and in training of librarians.
Lesbians and gay men: still fighting discrimination
By Marina Cameron
SYDNEY — On June 19, NSW independent MP Clover Moore released details of a bill aimed at extending rights to gay, lesbian and unmarried couples which she intends
By Filomena da Silva
Another Timorese freedom fighter has fallen. David Alex Daitula, 46 years old, was Falintil deputy chief of staff, regional commander in the Bacau area, and one of the earliest fighters for Timorese nationalism with the
Loyalist cease-fire?
@box text intro = There appears to be a great deal of confusion surrounding the status of the loyalist cease-fire. Loyalists insist that it is still in effect, but there is a great gap between their words and their actions.
By Tony Hastings
EAST GIPPSLAND — The chainsaw crews and bulldozers are ripping into Goolengook's rainforest again. Winter has set in, and the road is too boggy to drive log trucks in, so they are building roads — paid for by the Victorian
Privatisation comes unstuck
SYDNEY — Plans by the Carr Labor government to corporatise, then privatise, the Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme have been defeated in the NSW upper house. Peter Wright of the Australian Conservation Foundation
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