Postal workers to vote By Barry Healy SYDNEY — Postal workers around Australia will decide this month whether to accept an enterprise agreement recommended by the Communication Workers Union Federal Executive and Australia Post. The
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By Norm Dixon South Africans in their millions have shown beyond doubt that the African National Congress and its allies continue to command the support of the overwhelming majority. Their enthusiastic participation in last week's two-day
The sins of the fathers By Pat Brewer The Vatican isn't known for progressive views on sexuality, but one keeps hoping that it will, at last, get beyond a view which identifies sexuality with the snake in the garden of Eden and which allots
MELBOURNE — While the Victorian Trades Hall Council executive has decided to campaign for Labor in the coming state election, spending about $50,000 and appointing a full-time campaign coordinator, left-wing union officials from the "Pledge"
Bosnia and the New World Order Under the pretext of safeguarding the supply of humanitarian aid to the besieged people of Sarajevo, the US government is preparing to use military force to "resolve" the conflict in Bosnia. The outcry by US
By Frank Noakes Hanna Suchocka, Poland's prime minister, has been granted extraordinary powers to deal with the many problems besetting the government as it attempts to force the pace toward a market economy. Poland's experiment with
Wildlife threatened by poison By Leonie Cameron BONANG, Vic — A poison used against feral animals, known as 1080, is posing a threat to wildlife in East Gippsland public forests. The poison causes cardiac arrest and/or collapse of the
WA Aboriginal act draws protests By Leon Harrison PERTH — Objections have been pouring in to the WA government since Aboriginal communities were given 30 days to consider the newly rewritten Aboriginal Heritage Act, due to come before
By Hans Norebrink LA PAZ — The so-called cosmic religions of America are undergoing a resurgence, encouraged by the campaign, "500 years of native, black and popular resistance". American natives are rediscovering national and cultural roots
By Stephen Robson An agreement by China with the US-based Crestone Energy Company to explore some 25,000 square kilometres of seabed around the Spratly Islands has intensified the dispute over ownership of the archipelago. China passed a
By Sean Lennon MELBOURNE — The Victorian Police force has misrepresented the extent of crime in an effort to gain more money and powers, according to a report released on August 4 by the Federation of Community Legal Centres. The report
By Tracy Sorensen SYDNEY — Paul Keating's appointment of Dr Anne Summers as his adviser on women's issues earlier this year was seen as a smart move by the more cynical observers watching the two main parties "woo the ladies' vote" (to use
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