By Pat Brewer
"There is an increase in organised violence against women, internationally and nationally, carried out by political and religious groups for political gain." Marie-Jose Ragab, director of the international division of the
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Twenty years ago, on January 22, 1973, supporters of women's reproductive rights in the United States rejoiced at the surprise Supreme Court decision to legalise abortion. Yet abortion in the US today is anything but a guaranteed right. Claudette
Young women's sexual health festival
By Carla Gorton
SYDNEY — Information for young women about HIV and AIDS issues will be the main focus of a national festival at Bondi Pavilion on February 19-20.
"Australian studies warn that
By Norm Dixon
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, one of Africa's most popular, courageous and politically outspoken musicians, may finally be silenced, much to the relief of Nigeria's corrupt political and military elite. Having suffered decades of
Queensland health services face cuts
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Queensland public hospital services face a cutbacks crisis as administrations attempt to confront a $52 million shortfall in the state health budget.
Over the next few
By Peter Boyle
Following the development last spring of the deepest and widest ozone hole ever recorded over Antarctica, the governments of 93 countries agreed in November to speed up the phasing out of ozone-destroying chemicals. However,
The Guilt Industry
em = By John Tomlinson
Don't talk to me of guilt or want,
Don't tell me where I'm in default.
Your country now is mine by right
of English law and oversight.
Blackburn did terra nullius decree
for mines and
A jealously guarded right
The right to safe, legal abortion is now being subtly threatened by, of all groups, the Family Planning Association of NSW. An education campaign conducted under the newly devised "Family Planning Choice's
By Ray Fulcher
MELBOURNE — Williamstown residents and users of the Williamstown train line are campaigning to prevent closure of the much used line in Melbourne's west. The Kennett government intends closing the line from Newport to
Questions on national parks funding
By Darin Huddy
ADELAIDE — Following serious concerns about funding levels to national parks, a federal parliamentary committee has projected that $200 million will be spent nationally on acquiring
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