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Sea of Hands A Sea of Hands, organised by Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation, was held at Sydney's Bondi Beach on March 20-21 before moving on to Wollongong. Photo by Carla Gorton.
WA Parliament debates abortion laws By Angela Luvera and Sarah Stephen The public galleries of both houses of the WA parliament were packed during the opening of debate on abortion law reform on March 18. Pro-choice advocate Hazel Hawke and Right
Loose cannons And private hands "Monopolies are acceptable if they are in the public interest." — Suharto crony "Bob" Hasan, head of the plywood cartel. Chile's Howard "Chile's General Augusto Pinochet ... kicked off the first mass
Adelaide women debate way forward Comment by Kathy Newnam ADELAIDE — On International Women's Day, more than 800 women vibrantly demanded native title and justice. The platform of the rally included a range of women speaking on the way forward
Green thumbs up Low-Waste Gardens leaflet seriesFriends of the Earth (Sydney) Review by Jon Land Gardening has become a more popular pastime in recent years, as evidenced the popularity of radio and TV shows such as Burke's Backyard. The
Giving slime the soft sell Primary ColorsDirected by Mike NicholsWith Adrian Lester, John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Kathy Bates and Billy Bob Thornton By Norm Dixon If you can manage it, avoid seeing Wag the Dog until you've seen Primary Colors.
By Vannessa Hearman The Brunswick Music Festival has done it again, this time with a fantastic night of women's music featuring Faith Petric, an 82-year-old folk singer from the US, and the recently formed Three Sheilas, composed of Judy Small,
Hidden in the wind By Carmela Baranowska "There's history remaining in the grass, or hidden in the wind, or tossing behind the waves" — from Eyewitness: Protest Stories from Indonesia by Seno Gumira Ajidarma. In March 1995, I returned to
Editorial: What conflict of interest? What conflict of interest? Rejecting Labor claims that his minister for resources and energy, Senator Warwick Parer's, ownership of $2 million worth of shares in a coal mine amounts to a conflict of interest,
Adam Hanieh RAMALLAH — Tension in the West Bank has increased dramatically in the last two weeks following the shooting of three Palestinian workers at a roadblock into the West Bank on March 10. As Palestinians working in Israel were returning
By Michael Karadjis The slaughter unleashed by Slobodan Milosevic's Serbian regime in the occupied region of Kosovo, killing 80 innocent villagers in the region of Drenica, has provoked western condemnation. However, this has little to do with
By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Power workers at Queensland's four major electricity stations have threatened to sue Liberal deputy premier Joan Sheldon over remarks she made blaming possible union "sabotage" for the power breakdowns which caused