News broke last week of the resignation of John Prescott, chief executive officer and managing director of BHP. Between his multi-million dollar package and his large shareholdings in the company, Prescott is leaving BHP even wealthier than when he
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By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — In Russia, anyone who blows the whistle on the mishandling of radioactive waste can expect at least passing attention from the security forces. If the waste comes from naval reactors, and the whistle-blower is a serving
Cajun down under
Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers kicked off their Australian tour at the Adelaide Festival's Club Squeezebox, February 27-March 1. It seems Beau Jocque and his gang are the biggest things in the south Louisiana-east Texas
The Myth of FingerprintsDirected by Bart FreundlichStars Noah Wyle, Roy Scheider, Blythe Danner and Julianne MooreReleased on March 19. Review by Margaret Allan
"It's about identity and how it's not a constant the way a fingerprint is. People
Green Left Weekly's RUSSELL PICKERING spoke to STEVE ROACH, secretary of the Shearers and Rural Workers Union, about the struggle to get rural workers covered by a union which will defend their interests. Question: How did the SRWU get coverage at
TwoBy Jim CartwrightDirected by Crispin TaylorWith Julie Hudspeth and Daniel MitchellEnsemble Theatre, Kirribilli, Sydney, until March 28. Review by Allen Myers
The "two" of Jim Cartwright's play are the couples whose stories can be viewed in a
SYDNEY — Long Wait, Short Sight: Migrants Denied Security to Settle is the title of a resource and action kit launched at a forum of community welfare organisations on February 23. Since March 4, 1997, newly arrived migrants have been subject to a
The chickens are coming home
Today I want to talk about the family. Your family, my family, little Johnny's family down the road — and, in a roundabout way, the family of man.
The family: what would we do without it? Who feeds or clothes
Budiman Sujatmiko, chairperson of the banned People's Democratic Party (PRD), was sentenced to 13 years' jail in April 1997 for "subversion". Budiman was interviewed last month from his cell in Cipinang prison by Resistance and ASIET activist KYLIE
Reinterpreting Malinche
Malinche's FireWritten by Beatriz Copello and developed by the Malinche Project's Artistic TeamShowing at the Fairfield School of Arts, March 14-15. Ph 9559 2973. Review by Francesca Davis
Malinche's Fire is a magic
By Marina Carman
SYDNEY — A decision by the appeals committee at Sydney University has ruled that the Student Representative Council's current president, right-winger Adair "the Bear" Durie, be removed from office. The ruling follows an appeal by
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"I was looking to do the story yesterday, but I found it very difficult to get anything." — Raymond Snoddy, media editor of the Murdoch-owned London Times, on why the paper hadn't covered former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten's
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