NSW government fiddles as rivers die
By Frances Kelly
NSW's inland rivers are in crisis. Ask anyone in country NSW to describe their local river, and at best they will say in it was in a better state years ago. At worst they will
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Sexism in student media
By Amanda Lawrence
CANBERRA — When the September 11 issue of ANU's student newspaper Woroni was released, it caused disgust. On the cover was a photograph of a woman sitting on a car with the words "No Fat Chicks"
Tigers
By Brandon Astor Jones
"The identity crisis ... occurs in that period of the life cycle when each youth must forge ... some central perspective and direction, some working unity, out of the effective remnants of ... childhood and the
Clean production
The most effective way of dealing with hazardous liquid waste is not to generate it in the first place. There are many ways to cut the generation of hazardous waste.
One program is the US state of Massachusetts' Toxics Use
In Africa
World Bank protests veterans' victory
The World Bank is withholding a US$62 million loan to Zimbabwe in protest at the Mugabe government's compensation package for liberation war veterans. Following a determined campaign of
By Adam Hanieh
RAMALLAH — On September 15, the Israeli government announced the lifting of the internal closure on Palestinian towns in the West Bank. This decision means Palestinians can now travel between towns but are still prohibited from
Students fight to hold elections
By Nick Middleton
CANBERRA — A general student meeting (GSM) has been called to sack the current University of Canberra Student Association executive and replace it with an executive that would hold office
By Michael Karadjis
Athens — The second Anti-Racist Festival was held here over the weekend of September 12-14, gathering thousands of people together in discussions about how to confront rising racism in Greece and in Europe and to fight for
CSDA workers campaign for new agreement
By Bill Mason
Workers in the Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency, now renamed Centrelink, are meeting on September 22-23 to discuss the next move in their campaign for a new agency agreement. They
Howard bullies Pacific nations on greenhouse
By Norm Dixon
Prime Minister John Howard, leading the Australian delegation to the South Pacific Forum meeting in the Cook Islands, found himself completely isolated over his government's
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