Mining industry lobbyists are trying to frighten the public over the Aboriginal land rights issue by alleging that Aborigines have already got back much of the land in Australia. They say that Aborigines already have or are
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Abolish ANSTO, says Friends of the Earth The environment group Friends of the Earth has written to the prime minister and minister for science and small business Chris Schacht, calling for the abolition of the Australian Nuclear Science and
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They're our cities too The connection between street crimes against women and the urban environment was examined by the Women and (Town) Planning Conference in Melbourne on July 9. A fear of crime often made women feel trapped and
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Around the world with Mitsubishi Brazil: Extensive logging of Peruvian-Colombian border for plywood and hardwood panelling (i.e. mahogany). Also involved in paper mills producing cardboard boxes and other containers. Bolivia: Hoxan Wood
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Just a year ago, on July 22, the federal government convened the Youth Jobs Summit. Media hype around the summit sought to create the impression that its aim was to create jobs, particularly for young people. However, the real
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The following address was delivered by Cuban foreign minister Roberto Robaina to the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna on June 16. All eyes are on the historic city of Vienna today. The hopes of hundreds of millions of men, women and
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SYDNEY — Just over one year ago, two parks at the corner of Albert St and Erskineville Road were put up for sale. Local residents have campaigned to save them ever since. The Roads and Traffic Authority purchased the
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A decision by Britain to feed the world's hungry 50-year-old biscuits stockpiled from World War II raises questions about the real benefits of international food aid. Dr KEVIN DANAHER, co-author of Betraying the National Interest, which examines
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Mabo It's sickening to see the way certain politicians, prominent people and mining interests are performing over the Mabo decision. They just hate to see the Aboriginal people getting anything. Most Australians would be the most selfish
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As national governments and international institutions prove unwilling or unable to mount an effective response to the deforestation crisis, rainforest activists around the world are beginning to focus their attentions on those perpetrating and
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It's about money It goes without saying that the charlatans who pass themselves off as defence lawyers in capital cases get a piece of the money pie when their buddies on the bench appoint them to represent defendants. They are little more
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US top arms traderThe United States remained the biggest arms supplier to the third world in 1992, increasing its share of the market to 56.8% from 48.9% in 1991, according to a US Congressional study. The study,
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Marion Studdert The games we shouldn't play Sydney's bid for the Olympic Games is inextricably bound up with the development of Homebush Bay — 760 hectares in the demographic heart of Sydney. Much of this is degraded land once used for
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The racist violence of the extreme right in Europe is prominent in international consciousness. But, reports Green Left Weekly's FRANK NOAKES, this violence rests on an insidious state racism. Official racism is encapsulated in new
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Pro-choice picketBRISBANE — A group of noisy, energetic protesters formed a powerful picket here on July 12 in King George Square under the eye of the recently installed "security camera". The group called for
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Victorian police face murder chargesMELBOURNE — Years of campaigning by the families of two of the 11 men shot by police between 1987 and 1989 have been partially successful. The director of public prosecutions, Bernard
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Maybe "Maybe if the Liberal Party were a little less tense about the public examination of its sense of direction and some of its policy positions, then we might do a little better in the future." — Liberal front-bencher John Howard, claiming
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.OJ OFF .RM 106 .PL 49 .CW 13 DARWIN — Local band Kerygma performing at this year's very successful Community Aid Abroad dry season feast on Sunday, July 18. CAA has just opened an office in Darwin and can be contacted by ringing Jenny
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Abortion Rights under attack in ACTCANBERRA — In August 1992, following six months of intense pro-choice agitation, the ACT Legislative Assembly voted to repeal the 1978 act which prohibited abortion in all but limited
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BRISBANE — The government of Premier Wayne Goss has provoked an explosion of popular anger over harsh cuts to rail, education and health services, announced over the past couple of weeks. Rail workers have threatened
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WA unions support appeal to 'send Kerry home'PERTH — The WA Trades and Labour Council has voted unanimously to support a national campaign which will put pressure on states and territories to implement the
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ACTU retreats on aid to phoney union The ACTU appears to have been forced to retreat on plans for a large scale program of cooperation with the Suharto regime's puppet trade union, the SPSI. Several weeks after publication in Solidarity
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CANBERRA — "When I used to live in the USA, I was an activist against the war in Vietnam. Now I'm living in Australia, I find myself compelled to be an activist against 'Australia's Vietnam', Bougainville." Barbara
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Government funds moralistic sex bookletHOBART — A sex information booklet entitled "The Things You Do For Love" was launched here on July 16. The 12-page glossy booklet is a joint project of the Pregnancy Support
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Prime Minister Paul Keating on July 22 announced major backtracking on the income tax cuts promised in his 1992 One Nation statement. The changes had been prepared over the preceding period by a series of "leaks" to the effect
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Bougainville awareness weekSYDNEY — A picket organised by the Bougainville Freedom movement was held on July 23 outside the Australian Regional Defence building in Liverpool St. About 30 people distributed leaflets
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Teachers, public servants rallyBRISBANE — Teachers and public servants rallied outside Parliament House here on Thursday, July 15, against savage cuts to public spending by the Goss Labor government. The rally, called by
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PERTH — State government proposals to amalgamate the privately owned St John of God with the publicly owned Bunbury regional hospital have brought to the fore the issue of abortion rights and job losses. If the plan is
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Susan George for Green Left Conference SYDNEY — Susan George, famous for her writings on third world issues, has confirmed that she will be able to speak at the April 1994 International Green Left Conference. George is particularly
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People to People Conference Activists from a range of grassroots and community organisations in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia will visit Australia in August to attend a People to People Conference between Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and
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Miguel Marmol, known to his people and comrades as "the living legend", and to his enemies as "the red phantom", died of natural causes on June 24 in San Salvador at the age of 75. A dinner and video showing is being held in
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Small businesses take a stand MELBOURNE — The Alternative Small Business Association has been set up by a group of small business people who were sick of the right-wing diatribes of former Small Business Association leader Peter Boyle (not
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Groom to legislate against MaboHOBART — A campaign of fear and misinformation has begun in Tasmania, orchestrated by those hostile to the recent Mabo High Court decision. They include the Tasmanian Chamber of Mines, the
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Campaign against closure of women's prisonMELBOURNE — Women's groups, prisoners' rights activists, community legal services and welfare organisations such as Catholic Social Services have joined in condemnation of a
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BWIU deregistration There is little doubt that there is a major push under way by employers and governments to eliminate any real role for trade unions in defending workers' interests in the struggle over wages and working conditions. This
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The combined effect of the dislocation of Palestinians from their land and competition from Israeli mass production agriculture has all but destroyed the Palestinian farming industry and driven Palestinian male unemployment to
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Anti-nuclear protest at Buckingham PalaceBRISTOL — A spectacular break-in of Buckingham Palace grounds in London on July 6 brought international attention to British nuclear testing on the lands of the Western
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Malaysian appeal on Timor During President Suharto's visit to Malaysia beginning on July 16, a broad range of non-government organisations and political parties issued a statement condemning Indonesia's occupation of East Timor. While
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Scandal may end German commando unitThe shooting of suspected Red Army Faction member Wolfgang Grams by the German crack commando unit GSG9 has led to the resignation of the German interior minister and the federal
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A fourth political formation — the New Zealand First Party — was launched on July 18 with Winston Peters, the "nation's most preferred prime minister" and former National party MP at the helm. This follows the breakdown in
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The closer elections come, the more vital it is to have an economic program. Russia is ready for new ideas. Neo-liberal theories no longer evoke the earlier rapture, and people no longer applaud every mention of the
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Thugs attack friends of Cuba Right-wing rioters on July 17 attacked members of the US-Cuba Friendshipment as they loaded humanitarian aid destined for Cuba. The attacks occurred during a send-off event in Elizabeth, New Jersey, organised by
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BELFAST — The security forces in the north of Ireland, in an attempt to extricate themselves from further embarrassment, have dropped the murder case against five young men, known as the Beechmount Five. The five,
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The East Timorese resistance has rejected a proposal from Jakarta that it hold talks with East Timorese collaborators with the Indonesian occupation forces. Jose Ramos-Horta, an official of the National Council of
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MOSCOW — By a margin of 433 to 62, Russia's Constitutional Assembly voted on July 12 to adopt a draft of a new "basic law". The draft, which generally follows a text proposed in April by President Boris Yeltsin, will now
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Indonesian President Suharto's right-hand man in Cabinet, research and technology minister Habibie, is continuing a public flirtation with the leaders of the long-time anti-Suharto opposition group, the Petition of 50. The
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MANAGUA — "Ortega Threatens the Government" was the headline in La Prensa, the conservative daily newspaper, on July 20, the day after the celebration of the 14th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution. The
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Workers, peasants strike in India Tens of thousands of Indian industrial workers not represented by trade unions went on a day-long strike on July 14 to press for a minimum wage act and job security. The strike was spearheaded by the radical
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South African police opened fire without warning on African National Congress vice-president Walter Sisulu's motorcade as it travelled from Johannesburg to his Soweto home in the early hours of July 18. An ANC driver was killed
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NZ military exercise in Fiji The New Zealand army and air force are taking part in tropical training exercises in Fiji for the first time since the 1987 coups. New Zealand military aid programs, navy visits and maritime surveillance
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Real friends Peter's Friends Directed by Kenneth Branagh Written by Rita Rudner and Martin Bergman Starring Kenneth Branagh, Rita Rudner, Emma Thompson Reviewed by Claudine Chionh Peter's Friends has both admirers and detractors.
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Successor to a certain dog Aladdin Directed by John Musker and Ron Clements With voices of Robin Williams, Linda Larkin Reviewed by Dave Riley You know the story, of course: everyone knows the story. The tale of Aladdin's lamp was
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Franco between two stools Franco: Behind the Myth SBS Television Friday, August 6, 8.30 p.m. (8 p.m. Adelaide) Reviewed by Richard Ingram What myth? I'm guessing here, but if you asked people at random on the street, "What do you
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The Cutting Edge: Sex, Drugs and Dinner Presented by Alexei Sayle SBS TV, Tuesday, August 3, 8.30 p.m. (Adelaide 8.00) Reviewed by Ignatius Kim Throughout the modern era, in a time of unparalleled human achievements, when we have
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Mirrors Eric Bogle Larrikin Entertainment Jigsaw Days and Sunday Dinners Robert Brock Larrikin Entertainment Reviewed by Ian Jamieson Traditional Western folk has enjoyed a long and fruitful relationship with the labour
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Twist Produced and directed by Ron Mann With Hank Ballard, Chubby Checker, Joey Dee, Mama Lu Parks and the Parkettes, Dee Dee Sharp Shown at the Melbourne International Film Festival Reviewed by Bronwen Beechey Ron Mann's last film,
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Demonstration by Thugs and TerroristsWhen Cameron Muir, Joe Ferguson and Laurie Agar came together late last year to form a new rock-based punk band, they adopted the name Thugs and Terrorists. The name derives
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The Street and other stories By Gerry Adams Brandon Books, Co. Kerry. 1992. 159pp. Reviewed by Sean Healy Until now, the books of Gerry Adams, the president of the Republican party Sinn Fein, have focused on one aspect or another of
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Rolling Back the State By Jane Kelsey New Zealand: Bridget Williams Books. 1993. Reviewed by Noel Hester Just prior to the March federal elections, the Sydney Morning Herald ran a story on its front page titled "Kiwis Love GST". This