By Francesca Davis
The Great Barrier Reef is considered one of the most preserved reefs in the world. But for how long? Loopholes in legislation and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority's "multiple use" management approach mean its survival
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US military drive against growing insurgency in Colombia
By Barry Sheppard
The Pentagon, worried about recent left-wing guerilla victories, is stepping up the flow of arms and training to Colombia's military, under cover of the "war on
By Allan Nairn
This is part two of Allan Nairn's account of the US intelligence forces' complicity in the repression of the Indonesian democracy movement. Part one was published in Green Left Weekly issue number 320. As the Suharto dictatorship
Baffled by the shift
Blinded by the SunBy Stephen PoliakoffDirected by Sandra BatesWith Peter Kowitz, Lorraine Bayly, Andrew McFarlane, Tammy MacIntosh, Norman Kaye, Tina Bursill, Kate Fischer, Ron GrahamEnsemble TheatreThe Playhouse, Sydney Opera
How the Coalition revived Hanson
By Peter Boyle
What's behind the revival of the racist Pauline Hanson's One Nation party? Hanson and One Nation never went away; they just "dropped off the front pages" for a few months. One Nation got back in the
Worse than death row
By Brandon Astor Jones
This is what counts â not this other kind of stuff about Linda Tripp,
[Monica Lewinsky and Paula Jones ]. Who cares? â Ann Landers
I have been asked by my editor to, on
By Francesca Davis
From space, big coral reefs like the Great Barrier Reef are the only visible evidence of life on earth besides human cities and structures. Hundreds of different coral species create reefs, in which a quarter of all marine plants
The battle for the health vote
By James Vassilopoulos
As the next federal election looms, a Taverner poll published by
the Sydney Sun-Herald on May 17 found that 70% said that health
would be an important federal election issue for
By Kylie Moon
MELBOURNE — Plans are under way for a Victoria-wide day of action by university, TAFE and high school students on August 18, to coincide with the Australian Education Union's industrial action. The day of action is part of an
ANU no-cuts campaign continues
By Will Williams
CANBERRA — Professor Paul Thom, dean of the faculty of arts at the Australian National University, announced a new restructuring plan on June 9. Thom says the plan — which includes "voluntary"
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