For many years there has been a public misconception that rainforest in NSW is "safe" from forestry activities such as roading and logging. However, State Forests (formerly the Forestry Commission) continue to allow roading and
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BRISBANE — One hundred people attended a public meeting on March 6 organised by the Biala and Wacol support group to express disgust at the state government's slashing of services at the Biala alcohol and drug detoxification centre. Speakers
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That's History — Elsie: A Refuge Away From Home — It's 20 years this month since Australia's first women's refuge was opened in inner Sydney. "Elsie" refuge for women and children went on to spawn many others. The program hears from one of the
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Kennett's party votes him 'innocent'Melbourne — Eighteen months ago, Victorians voted the Liberal Party, led by Jeff Kennett, into state government. Labor's disastrous record allowed the Liberals to win merely by claiming
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That's not rain"The middle class is always a firm champion of equality when it concerns a class above it; but it is its inveterate foe when it concerns elevating a class below it." — Orestes A. Brownson
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JOCK COLLINS is a lecturer in economics at the University of Technology, Sydney, and author of Migrant Hands in a Distant Land. He was interviewed for Green Left Weekly by SUJUTHA FERNANDES. What have been the stages of the government's attitude
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SAM WATSON is the president of the Aboriginal Legal Service in Brisbane. He was interviewed for Green Left Weekly by SUJATHA FERNANDES. What forms of discrimination do Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders face in the Australian legal system?
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International Women's Day Last Saturday thousands of women around Australia and internationally marched to mark International Women's Day. It is a tradition which began with a strike by women garment workers in 1908 for better pay and working
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Unbalancing act It could be the start of a science fiction story; record floods in Europe, massive forest fires in America and Australia, unheard of drought in the North American prairies (over now), prolonged drought in Australia. Measurable
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I refer to your editorial "Population: no simplistic solutions" of February 16. I was the representative of Australians for an Ecologically Sustainable Population (AESP) speaking on Triple J recently with Paul Ehrlich.
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Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. ASIO
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A reply by Allen Myers The article to which Jenny Goldie refers was not an editorial, but a Viewpoint by Marina Carman, a member of the Environmental Youth Alliance. However, Jenny Goldie's arguments obviously concern more than that one article,
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One of the strongest, most publicised messages from AIDS education campaigns has been that if IV drug users do not have their own clean fits, needles and syringes can be cleaned using the 2*water 2*bleach 2*water method.
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Before the damming of the Franklin River became a national issue in the early '80s, Comalco would boast that its aluminium smelter at Bell Bay in northern Tasmania consumed as much power as the city of Adelaide. Although the
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Regular readers will be aware of the running advertisement for Feminism and Socialism: Putting the Pieces Together. What you may not know, however, is that this is the most popular of Green Left's ads, based on the mail order response of readers.
News
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Normal relations "[There is] a full resumption of normal relations. I have not spoken to him since." — Former Liberal leader John Howard, on the "end" of a dispute with current leader John Hewson. Spoilsport "The [NSW] Police Commissioner,
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Thousands of feminists took to the streets around the country on March 12 to mark International Women's Day. The biggest rally, 5000, was held in Sydney, and large numbers of women gathered in other capital cities as well as
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Cooper slammed on 'dole threat'BRISBANE — In a joint statement, Democratic Socialist candidates for the March 26 Brisbane City Council election Ana Kailis and Susan Price have slammed a proposal by state opposition
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Les Taylor MELBOURNE — Les Taylor died from AIDS peacefully at home on March 8. Les, a long-time member of the Democratic Socialist Party (then the Socialist Workers Party), was an activist in the Hospital Employees Federation and Central
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"The ALP has stolen most of our industrial relations policies — so why don't they take the rest of the package?", asked John Howard, opposition industrial relations spokesperson, on March 10. Howard was commenting on the Labor
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Vasili ManikakisFamily, friends the Greek community and the entire progressive movement suffered a tragic loss on February 28 with the death of Vasili Manikakis in Athens, where he had been living
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A survey by the Australian Youth Institute, a private think-tank funded by Pepsi Cola and Arthur Andersen & Co, hit the headlines last week with claims that young people support some type of work for the dole. While the
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Nurses strike against cutbacksBrisbane — More than 4000 nurses at 21 public hospitals statewide struck on March 10 against plans of state health minister Ken Hayward to cut 220 nursing administration jobs, in a bid to
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Nazi thugs chased out of BrunswickMELBOURNE — Some 30 neo-nazi toughs trying to hold a "white power" demonstration in multicultural, inner-city Brunswick on March 12 got more than they bargained for. For hours they were
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Woodside sacks 429PERTH — Woodside Offshore Petroleum sacked 429 workers on February 28. One hundred and forty were from the work force of 500 at Karratha and the rest from the Perth-based staff. Sixty-five of
Analysis
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Mugger sues victim Less than one month after the decision by the Clinton administration to lift its trade embargo against Vietnam, the US State Department announced on March 1 that it is seeking compensation from Cambodia and Vietnam for
World
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PRETORIA, March 12 — "Bop breaks down — Judgment Day", "There is no government in Bop", "Mangope, beware the ides of March!". These were just some of the homemade signs carried by 20,000 angry Bophuthatswana residents and
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"My eyes turned toward Panguna on the right. I was almost shocked by the size of the crater; it was kilometers wide! Entire villages and gardens, mountains, traditions and memories had been dug out and replaced by an enormous
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With South Africa's first democratic election less than two months away, solidarity with the people of South Africa is urgent. MARC NEWHOUSE and ANGIE HARTWIG, two long-time activists in the Australian anti-apartheid movement, have just completed a
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Since the February 25 massacre of worshippers at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron by Israeli settler Barukh Goldstein, ongoing Palestinian demonstrations have been viciously put down by the Israeli military. The entire occupied
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Australia opposes peace envoy The Australian government has moved to sink an African-sponsored resolution at the UN Human Rights Commission calling for a UN special representative to investigate the situation on Bougainville, announced the
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MOSCOW — In one of the largest labour protest actions in Russia for years, an estimated 600,000 coal industry workers struck on March 1 to demand payment of back wages and the allocation of new government subsidies. Reports
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In mid-April, trade and commerce ministers from more than 100 countries will sign the Final Act of the Uruguay Round in a glittering ceremony at Marrakesh in Morocco. They will be putting the seal on a seven-year-long
Culture
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The Wobblies at War: A History of the IWW and the Great War in Australia By Frank Cain Spectrum Publications, 1993. 300 pp., $19.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon Every radical lefty's heart has a soft spot for the Wobblies (the Industrial
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Dead Heart By Nicholas Parsons Directed by Neil Armfield Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney Reviewed by Helen Jarvis Acres of red dust trucked in from the outback set the stage for a gripping account of the clash of cultures and laws —
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A Winning Day By Kevin Nemeth Directed by Helmut Bakaitis Q Theatre, Penrith, until March 27 Reviewed by Gail Lord Since moving west of Sydney in 1977, the Q Theatre has established an enviable reputation presenting classic and
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Bloodwood: the art of the didjeridu Alan Dargin with Michael Atherton Natural Symphonies Reviewed by Jill Hickson This is a collection of 10 of the most unusual musical pieces I have ever heard featuring the didjeridu. The title Bloodwood
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As It Happened: USSR SBS-TV, Thursday, March 17, 8:30pm (8 Adelaide) Reviewed by Paul Oboohov The events in Russia of recent years have led to the growing availability and exposure of never-seen-before archival film footage, and this series
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SYDNEY — Deep down in the basement of the State Theatre, it was dark except for candlelight and empty except for the tables, which outnumbered the chairs by two to one. After a tedious search, I found a place to park my body.
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Folk for instruments Fiddling Around Kilmarnock Produced by Henk de Weerd Recorded by Ian Coulls Hard Yacka Records and 5EBI-FM Reviewed by Gail Lord Larrikin has announced a new distribution agreement for the Adelaide-based Hard
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SYDNEY — Death of a Nation, John Pilger's new film on East Timor, was launched with showings at the Mandolin and Valhalla cinemas here on March 10. A party following the launch raised funds to support the East Timorese people's