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The following speech was presented by world renowned playwright HAROLD PINTER at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on April 18.  I am deeply honoured to receive this degree from Aristotle University. I have always felt a strong
Peanut butter and pineapple rings Did ya see it? I certainly did. You wouldn't catch me missing an event like that. Not in a million years. Came right up the main street, it did. In cooee of our front gate. The kids were so THRILLED. Their
Springsteen upsets cops with Diallo song By Norm Dixon "Standing on the stage at Madison Square Garden momentarily shrouded in darkness, Bruce Springsteen sang the words '41 shots' nine times last night. The words begin his new song deploring the
BY SEAN HEALY A mass break-out by 700 asylum seekers imprisoned in three separate detention centres in South Australia and Western Australia has left federal immigration minister Philip Ruddock desperate to salvage his government's widely
By Sibylle Kaczorek DARWIN — On June 2, artist Dadang Christanto's exhibition titled “Reconciliation” was opened with a powerful performance and installation. Christanto, who was born in Indonesia in the late 1950s, uses simple
Honeymoon mine assessment begins BY JIM GREEN Canadian company Southern Cross Resources has released its environment impact statement for the proposed Honeymoon uranium mine in north-east South Australia. The operation involves
Abandoned Kakadu mines are still radioactive BY BRIAN TUPP A memo from the Office of the Supervising Scientist, leaked to environmentalists on June 6, has confirmed that abandoned South Alligator uranium mines are posing a radiation
Student union refuses affiliation to political clubs BY RUTH RATCLIFFE CANBERRA — Citing its policy of refusing to affiliate any club deemed “political”, the University of Canberra Union n(UCU) has rejected an application for
Fikile Majola, general secretary of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU), on June 7 called on university workers and students around the world to offer urgent solidarity to the workers of the University of the
D-Day for Dairy farmers BY SUE BOLAND July 1 is D-day for dairy farmers around Australia — not only is that the start-date for the GST but it's also the date scheduled for the final deregulation of the dairy industry. Overnight,
Making a difference? On June 8, Australian Democrat Senator Natasha Stott Despoja described her experiences of being a woman politician. She was addressing the launch of the New York-based Women's Environment and Development
Caught greed, bowled Satan “In a moment of stupidity and weakness I allowed Satan and the world to dictate terms to me.” — Hansie Cronje, sacked as South African cricket captain after admitting to taking money from a bookmaker.