Shell pollutes Sydney HarbourSYDNEY — While more than 10 tonnes of crude oil was spilled in a routine transfer between tankers at the Shell terminal at Gore Cove on July 19, to date, Shell has not been prosecuted.
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With unemployment at its highest levels in Australia since the 1930s the question of jobs creation is naturally high on the current political agenda. But one solution has been studiously ignored — a shorter working week, without loss of pay.
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Vegetarianism Fortunately for those wishing to become vegetarians the path is nowhere near as difficult and confusing as Dave Riley's article "Does meat make the meal?" (Green Left 11/8/93). In fact the most difficult part about becoming a
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"The primary objective of this budget is jobs", said federal treasurer John Dawkins in his budget speech on August 17. However, the budget did little to tackle the problem beyond a modest stimulus to the economy, a few more
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The first private prison opened in Australia in 1990. In just three years, Australia now has the highest percentage of prisoners in private prisons in the world. Private security is one of the fastest growing industries in
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Healthy, wealthy and perplexed "If the health system is being run by males, and death rates are an important measure of health outcomes, then surely males would be expected to have better (that is, lower) death rates than females", claimed
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A two-month long oil spill in the south-eastern part of the Niger delta in Nigeria is wrecking havoc on the local population and ecology. To date, the operating company, Royal Dutch Shell, has done nothing to stop the flow.
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CANBERRA — On August 14 about 100 people rallied in response to a call by the Coalition Against Racism. Speakers highlighted the racism that has been stirred up since the Mabo case and the need for people to oppose it. Many people passing
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Until the modern era, bread was the symbol and the source of sustenance in many cultures, and was referred to in the bible as the "staff of life". Now, most commercial bread is fluffy, tasteless, and nutritionless, and bread
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Students and the budgetWhile tertiary students knew that the 1993 federal budget would offer few gifts, many have been shocked that a Labor government could introduce measures that mean the end of any notion of free
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Australian Greens hold first conferenceCANBERRA — The first national conference of the Australian Greens, held over the weekend of August 13-15, set as its aim winning increased representation at all levels of
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250 days of Richmond school occupationMELBOURNE — The Richmond Secondary College Occupation released an Occupiers' Handbook on August 19 to mark the 250th day of the occupation. Richmond Secondary College (RSC)
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SYDNEY — The People to People Conference held here over the weekend of August 14-15 to discuss issues of common concern to people in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, West Papua, East Timor and Bougainville was
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Animal Lib billboards censorsedSYDNEY — Animal Liberation posters publicising the plight of battery hens and factory pigs have been removed from Sydney railway stations by the advertising company paid to place them
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Getting the message out There are a range of ways to network to other progressive organisations and people with Green Left Weekly. Obviously you can write copy on a political happening, place an entry in "Meetings, Parties, Anything..." or
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At least 136,000 young people will be affected by changes to Austudy payments introduced by the ALP government in its August 17 budget. The government will legislate that "Austudy payments to at home students aged 17 now will
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Fake clemency for Gusmao condemnedSYDNEY — Spokespersons for the East Timorese liberation movement in Sydney attending the August 14-15 People to People Conference condemned the fake clemency given to resistance leader
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The tax on petrol in last week's federal budget received a mixed response from environmentalists. Hailed by the Australian Conservation Foundation as a long-overdue environmental and health reform, Greenpeace and the
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Keating caves in to mining companies on MaboThe Keating government has pulled the rug from under Aboriginal people in the post-Mabo negotiations by agreeing to help state governments validate all land titles granted since
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Keating's creeping GST Even ACTU president Martin Ferguson felt the need to make a pretence of attacking the 1993 federal budget. We cannot "defend the undefendable", he said. He failed, of course, to use the opportunity to announce the
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On August 19, so-called "international negotiators" Lord Owen and Thorvald Stoltenberg were able to announce agreement over the status of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo. Disagreement on this issue was acting as an obstacle to the
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By Cipto R. JAKARTA — The United States has threatened to withdraw from Indonesia the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), a system of tariff concessions, if the Suharto government does not improve workers' conditions. Among the GSP
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HAVANA — The Latin American left is presented with historic opportunities which could dramatically change the face of the continent in the next 18 months. According to Brazilian Workers Party leader Luiz Inácio
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Tories target single parentsLONDON — With the British economy failing to show any consistent signs of recovery, the quest for scapegoats continues: the accusing finger of blame having stabbed at immigrants, the
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Fourteen members of a caravan carrying humanitarian aid for Cuba are close to a month of hunger striking which began after their little yellow school bus was detained on the Texas-Mexico border by US authorities in late July.
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Protest against murder by policeLONDON — Chanting "No justice, no peace" and "British police, racist police", 2000 people marched through the north London suburb of Hornsey on August 7 to protest the killing of Joy
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Students protest university regiment harassmentOn 19 August on the Wali Songo State University of Islamic Studies in the major central Java city of Semarang, over 200 students demonstrated against the arrest and beatings of
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MOSCOW — Since the end of July, the Russian government has been challenged by the largest wave of strikes since the coal industry struggles of 19891991. Even more impressive than the size of the actions has been the range
Culture
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The Mabo Song A dialogue between a Political Leader and a Captain of Industry By Dermot Dorgan Mr Tim: "Oh Mr Hugh, oh Mr Hugh, o really mean to you? d one day? ds away? dole queue, Mr Hugh?" Mr Hugh: "Oh Mr Tim, oh Mr Tim,
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Pacific peepshow Pacifica: Tales from the South Seas13-part series commencing Thursday, September 2, 7.30p.m. (7.00p.m. Adelaide) SBS Television Reviewed by Ignatius Kim From musicals (South Pacific, Blue Hawaii) to TV shows
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Mabo: A Symbol of Sharing Mabo: A Symbol of Sharing By Sean Flood Published by Fink Consultancy, 13/169 Liverpool St Sydney 2000 31pp $15 Reviewed by Barry Healy Sean Flood, the New South Wales public defender, has self-published
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On August 28, Melbourne's oldest arts festival will leap into its second decade, with organisers predicting a bigger and more diverse festival than ever. The Melbourne Fringe Festival has become a showcase for alternative
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Compulsory viewing for judges Below the Belt A play by Daniel Scott Starring Imogen Annesley and Duncan Piney Crossroads Theatre, Sydney until September 12, then Universal Theatre in Melbourne, September 1425 Reviewed by Barry Healy