On Stage VietnamWritten by Mona Brand and Pat BarnettDirected by Adam Lawrence GriggsAt the Organ Factory, Clifton Hill, MelbourneUntil September 27 Review by Bridget Riggs
This play begins with the sound of choppers, dim lighting and a lone
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Charity or justice
By Dave Holmes
At Princess Diana's funeral, representatives of some 100 charities she had worked with walked in the cortege. Charities are such an all-pervasive feature of modern society that we tend to take them for
Native title conference tells it how it is
By Martin Iltis
CANBERRA — More than 150 people attended a conference here on September 13 titled "Native Title: Whose Title?" organised by Reconciliation in the ACT. Mary Lou Buck, a participant
SA government expands uranium mining
By Rob Graham
ADELAIDE — Plans are afoot for a major increase in uranium mining in South Australia, involving new mines at Beverley and Honeymoon, and the expansion of Roxby Downs to over twice its
The Bottom LineTo be launched at the Rose, Shamrock and Thistle, Evans St, RozelleSaturday, October 18, 8pm. $6 and $4Purchase an album at the door and get in free. For nearly 10 years Peter Hicks has been entertaining Sydney audiences with his songs
By Sonny Melencio
A longer version of this article was written in July, a week after the much publicised devaluation of the Philippine peso. It was circulated among members of the progressive trade union organisation Bukluran ng Manggagawang
Privacy and NSW prisons
In the last year, the [NSW] Government has permitted the introduction of an unnecessary, expensive and intrusive biometric identification system for all people visiting prisons, in which visitors must submit to being
Behind the white male hero
Black MaryBy Julie JansonDirected by Angela ChaplinCompany B in association with the Olympic Arts FestivalsWilson Street Carriage Works 229 Wilson Street, Newtown, SydneyUntil October 12
Review by Helen
By James Vassilopoulos
In a stunning victory for the Maritime Union of Australia, the US-owned company, International Purveyors, which had sacked its unionised workers at its Cairns port a week earlier, agreed on September 19 to allow them to
By Ian Jamieson
ROSEBERY — Under the whip of a declining health budget, rural and regional hospitals in Tasmania are facing closure or a severe curtailing of services. The latest casualty is a 70-year-old hospital in St Marys on the east
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