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By Rupen Savoulian SYDNEY — The Labor Party's national conference in Hobart has approved plans to build an airport at Badgerys Creek in Sydney's western suburbs. No debate or discussion on the proposed airport preceded the conference decision.
Peter Montague A new peer-reviewed study in England shows that children have an increased danger of getting cancer if they live within three to five kilometres of certain kinds of industrial facilities. The study, by E.G. Knox and E.A. Gilman,
By Justine Kamprad The federal government is contemplating the introduction of a voucher system for secondary schools, along the lines of the one it has set up for universities. The proposal is contained in the "Schools Funding: Consultation
By Alison Delit NEWCASTLE — Workers at Rio Tinto's Mt Thorley mine went on strike on January 21 in response to a proposed new enterprise bargaining agreement which breaks award conditions. The main change in the proposed agreement is a move from
By Jon Land In 1978, former PM Malcolm Fraser granted approval for uranium mining at Nabarlek in the Northern Territory. Situated in Arnhem land, 20 kilometres north-east of Gunnbalanya, Nabarlek is adjacent to an Aboriginal sacred site and within
Where have all the taxes gone? By John Tomlinson The controversy about the federal government's last budget and the current political shenanigans over introducing a consumption tax demonstrate the unrest changes to the tax system evoke. As the
By Dave Riley After 40 years of almost unbroken government in Queensland, the ALP entered the political wilderness in 1957 after a crippling split. In 1989 it regained office under the leadership of Wayne Goss. Now, despite his determination last
By Reihana Mohideen MANILA — Around 300 delegates representing some 10,900 members launched Akbayan (Citizen's Action Party) on January 17. The Philippines left is gearing up for national elections in May. Well-known Filipino Marxist academic and
Paramilitarism and popular resistance in Colombia By Peter Sullivan On November 21, a paramilitary group assassinated 15 campesinos in the municipality of Viota in the province of Cundinamarca in Colombia. The people of Viota were considered
Pacific UnionBy Alex BuzoDirected by Aarne NeemeNew Theatre, Newtown, SydneyUntil 7 February Review by Brendan Doyle Pacific Union tells part of the story of Australia's involvement in the first conference of the United Nations, held in San
By Feizal Samath KANDY, Sri Lanka — Devi and Ramani left their one- roomed homes in the tea estates at a very young age to work as maids in Colombo. They returned in coffins. They worked for many years with two families. Both were routinely
Commission fails to protect tuna By Lisa Macdonald The future of the critically endangered southern bluefin tuna is now even bleaker after the international body charged with its protection failed yet again to take action to save it. The