By Geoff Spencer
PERTH — Some 1200 people attended a Save the Westrail Midland Workshops march and public meeting on May 6. Loudspeakers were set up outside the Midland Town Hall to cater for the large crowd which could not be accommodated
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By Max Lane
Indonesian minister of defence Edi Sudrajat announced on May 5 that he would be relinquishing his position of armed forces (ABRI) commander in chief. General Feisal Tanjung, deputy chief of staff of the army, would be appointed
Four-week reprieve for Jackeys Marsh
Residents of Jackeys Marsh, Tasmania, have succeeded in staving off forestry operations in the dry sclerophyll eucalypt forests of Warners Sugarloaf.
Under recently enacted "resource security"
ACTUP rally against censorship
By Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE — A noisy protest was held outside the offices of TV Week on May 8, following the magazine's refusal to carry a series of AIDS awareness advertisements aimed at young gay and
To the Eyes of Creation
Courtney Pine
Island through Phonogram
Available on CD and cassette
Hush and Listen
London Community Gospel Choir
Permanent Records through Festival
Available on CD and cassette
Reviewed by Norm Dixon
SYDNEY — Seventy people attended a public meeting on the situation in Cuba held here on May 5. The meeting was addressed by a representative of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), Basilio Gutierrez. Gutierrez is visiting
Pilger on SBS
SBS Television this week will be screening John Pilger's new film on Cambodia, Return to Year Zero.
Pilger, who portrayed for the world the horrors Cambodia had experienced in his 1979 film Year Zero, warns that the Khmer
Xanana testimony
According to ABC Jakarta correspondent Ian MacIntosh, reports have reached the Indonesian capital saying that Fretilin leader Xanana Gusmao announced during his trial that he would give evidence only in Portuguese because he
By Jason Cheng
MELBOURNE — While most economists and economic commentators are still singing the tune of "economic rationalism", Age economics editor Kenneth Davidson remains an outspoken "Keynesian". Davidson delivered the May Day
Beatings in the bush
98.5% of domestic violence offenders are male.
Research identifies lack of financial independence, support services and options as traps for women in violent situations.
US women are successfully suing