Crackdown in Timor
The Indonesian military has unleashed a reign of terror in East Timor since the arrest of Fretilin leader Xanana Gusmao in Dili last year.
Jose Ramos-Horta, spokesperson for the East Timorese resistance, said on
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By Kevin Healy
A week when Victorian minister for private transport Alan Brownie cleared up a small confusion. "The summer timetable ceased running some time ago", Brownie explained. "We changed the name."
Alan's friend, Lou De
By Maurice Sibelle
BRISBANE — Five people were arrested on January 29 and 30 as a result of the Brisbane City Council's campaign to remove all political groups from the City Mall.
Three arrests occurred on January 29 after members of
By Sean Malloy
SYDNEY — February 13 is the 15th anniversary of the Hilton Hotel bombing. The question of who bombed the Hilton has never been satisfactorily answered.
Terry Griffiths was a police officer at the time and was seriously
Forest worker compensation?
By Ben Courtice
HOBART — In the midst of the Wilderness Society's "Long Hot Summer" campaign, there have been calls to compensate forestry workers suffering financial hardship because of the disruption to
Man of the people
US President Bill Clinton's first cabinet includes eight millionaires. George Bush's had six and Ronald Reagan's seven.
Spin
"146,000 miss out on offers for university" — headline in January 29 Australian. "They're in:
Today that chorus is considerably quieter. For the Third World, the "free market" has long been synonymous with extreme poverty. But in eastern Europe, the dreams of Western-style consumerism have vanished, and even the highly developed countries
Picket supports abortion rights
By Anne Pavy
PERTH — "Get your laws off our bodies", shouted a lively picket outside Liberal Party offices here on January 27.
The demonstration, initiated by the Democratic Socialists, highlighted
By Frank Noakes and Catherine Brown
LONDON — 1992 marked the closing of one chapter and the opening of another in European politics. The former, developing from the early '80s, reached its pinnacle in 1989 with the collapse of walls and
Screen: Charlie Chaplin — David Robertson, author of the biography of Chaplin and consultant to the film about the great left-wing comic actor, speaks to presenter Mary Colbert. The film, be released in Australia in February, is directed by
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