Uranium mining method far from 'benign'
By Gavin Mudd
The mining technique of in situ leaching (ISL), often referred to
as solution mining, is becoming an increasingly favoured method for the
extraction of uranium across the world.
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Steelworker candidate: 'Nationalise BHP'
By Stephen Marks
NEWCASTLE — Geoff Payne, a rigger at the BHP steelworks, is standing as the Democratic Socialist candidate for the federal seat of Newcastle. Payne will "challenge the racists who are
Blue stockings
From August 17 to 21, Blue Stocking Week, events will be held on campuses across Australia to focus attention on women's participation in higher education. A century ago, women who wanted a formal education were referred to by
By George J. Aditjondro
The popular demands to investigate the billions of dollars pillaged by former President Suharto from the Indonesian people and state coffers seem to have dwindled. One of the main stumbling blocks is the unwillingness of
www.ophelia/hamlet.auBy PACT Youtheatre and University of NSWDirected by Christopher RyanPACT Theatre107 Railway Parade, ErskinevilleUntil August 29 Review by Brendan Doyle
The audience, perched on hard benches, sits facing each other across an
Westpac picketed
CANBERRA — On August 14, the ACT Jabiluka Action Group held a picket at the city branch of Westpac bank. Thirty people attended the spirited and vocal action, which protested against Westpac's investment in Energy Resources of
Tell MeBy Stephen Ewart Review by Michael Cooke
Surfing the radio stations these days, one is assaulted with a bland and bewildering potpourri of golden oldies: hip hop, migraine-inducing dance music, pastiches of 70s "classics", pretty boy/girl
Immigration cuts
It is most unfortunate that any reduction to immigration levels is now regarded by some GLW supporters as racist.
Cuts to immigration are not necessarily racist, but are certainly socially inequitable. Australia's policies are
Dangerous pesticide use in Nigeria
More than 600,000 farming households in Akwa Ibom state of Nigeria may be exposed to pesticide hazards due to poor handling conditions, according to a recent study based on interviews with 180 households in
While in Indonesia last month, Green Left Weekly's JULIA PERKINS spoke with BELA, a 20-year-old women who works at one of Sungai Buaigrup's biscuit factories in Tangerang. Question: Tell us about the industrial action that has been taking place at
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One of the many reasons we need tax reform is that taxes are too complicated.
Because taxes are so complicated, millionaires have to hire expensive tax lawyers to reduce their taxes to the level you pay. Is that
By John Percy
Resistance, the socialist youth organisation in political solidarity with the Democratic Socialist Party, was the organiser of the impressive secondary school walkouts and protests against racism and One Nation that were held around
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