By Max Lane
After having being forced to accept the armed forces (ABRI) vice-presidential candidate, Try Sutrisno, President Suharto has chosen a new cabinet which deliberately excludes figures close to ABRI. It comprises a select few older
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By Sean Malloy
Israel's treatment of Palestinians in the Gaza strip has reached terror proportions in the last three months. Tikva Honig-Parnass writes in the March issue of News From Within, "Since the 'left government' took over the reins,
By Peter Boyle
In a frank essay for the March 22 Time magazine, retiring industry minister Senator John Button summed up the federal election result: Labor was seen to have "stuffed it", but "in the end, a skeptical electorate decided that
First private jail in NSW opens
By John Duff
NSW's first privately run jail was opened at Junee on March 19. The curious could pay $100 per head for two days of opening "celebrations" that included a jail meal, a ball, a night in a cell
The arguments put by the advocates of public utility privatisation are strong on rhetoric but generally weak on fact, according to JOHN ERNST, associate professor of sociology at the Victoria University of Technology. Ernst, one of a panel of
Shot with pleasure
My New Gun
Directed by Stacy Cochran
Starring Diane Lane, James LeGros
At the Mandolin, Sydney
Reviewed by Gabrielle Jean Carey
Forget the futuristic fantasies of Terminator and Aliens; My New Gun shows us what
Strange and wonderful
Cloud 9
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Frank McNamara and John Rado
New Theatre, 542 King St, Newtown
Friday-Sunday until May 8
Reviewed by Betty Downie
This play about sexual politics draws a parallel
Nigerian musician in jail
By Norm Dixon
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti remains in jail, charged with murder despite being granted bail by the Lagos High Court.
Fela, as he is universally referred to in Nigeria, is one of Africa's most popular,
By Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE — Women are fighting back against the Kennett government's decision, announced on March 5, that the state's 40 family planning clinics are to be closed. Health minister Marie Tehan stated that the clinics were
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — President Boris Yeltsin's attempt to overthrow the Russian constitution was prepared in consultation with Western leaders, and went ahead with their firm support. The coup was not, as the Western media have sought
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