By Tony Iltis Two million people are at risk of famine in Ethiopia and Eritrea, reports David Armstrong of Community Aid Abroad, who recently returned from Ethiopia. The overthrow on May 28 of dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam, ending a 17-year
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By John Tognolini SYDNEY — Lucas Heights, on the southern edge of Sydney, has become a national dumping ground for radioactive waste. More than 10,000 drums of radioactive soil were transported there from Victoria, and there is a proposal for
By Rebecca Meckelburg ADELAIDE — About 3000 students rallied on the steps of parliament house on September 11 to oppose the state government's budget decision to charge students full fares for travel on public transport. The only students who
Jo Vallentine resigns from Senate By Frank Noakes PERTH — Jo Vallentine has announced her intention to leave federal parliament as of January 31, 1992. A replacement for the Greens (WA) senator will be chosen by a ballot of its members, and
Story and photo by Col Hesse SYDNEY — More than 2000 residents of packed the Marrickville Town Hall on the night of September 18 and heard nurse Sue Larkings condemn the state government's decision to close Marrickville Hospital without any
Self-what? "Mr Hawke has restated his support for limited government intervention to assist self-sustaining industries." — Financial Review, September 20. Why don't they go away? "I believe the economy and the country would benefit by a change
By John Hallam The most radioactive real estate in the world is located near Chelyabinsk in the southern Urals. Five plutonium production reactors there were closed down last year. During the early phases of Soviet warhead production from 1948
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Within weeks of the defeat of the August coup, important sections of the Russian democratic movement have come out in public opposition to actions of President Boris Yeltsin and his associates. In the second week of
By Pat Brewer Are all the activities of a pregnant woman to be scrutinised for potential damage to the foetus? Is a woman to be held legally responsible for foetal damage through contact with infection, substances consumed, dangers in her living
By Liz Phelps The future of Beecroft Peninsula, the spectacular northern arm of Jervis Bay, remains far from certain despite federal environment minister Ros Kelly's recent announcement of plans to establish a Jervis Bay National Park. While
Feminist campaign for reproductive freedom By Adrienne Barrett MELBOURNE — An ambitious project has been launched here by the Campaign for Women's Reproductive Rights. The group aims to hold a host of activities, large and small, to publicise
By Kevin Healy Isn't it exciting that Georgie Bashed has sent the boys back to the Gulf to show that Hussein-is-Hitler-raq mob what the Brave New World Order is all about? And what a generous man that Georgie Bashed is. He sent them there to uphold
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