Issue 155

By Mairi Petersen SHELLHARBOUR — For the past ten years the right-wing Labor-controlled Council here has been promoting a plan to destroy a 780-metre popular family beach at South Shellharbour near Wollongong by building a boat harbour.

Protest at new PNG logging rules By Ana Kailis BRISBANE — On August 9, 30 people picketed the Papua New Guinea consulate in protest of the Timber Supply Agreement (TSA), soon to be ratified by the PNG government. The picket was organised

By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The 11 miners buried underground after an explosion at the Moura No 2 coal mine on August 7, along with their suffering families, are the victims of the profit drive of BHP and other corporate mining giants.

Students fight up-front fees By Sarah Stephen CANBERRA — A recommendation calling for the introduction of fees of up to $12,000 for the professional component of the Australian National University's law degree is being reconsidered after

Civil liberties under threat By Jeff Sparrow MELBOURNE — In what civil liberties campaigner Tim Anderson describes as "The most important political frame-up of the decade", the trial of the "Austudy Five" begins on August 29. The Austudy

Campaign to revoke Timor Gap Treaty launched By Alex Bainbridge MELBOURNE — A national petition campaign calling on the Australian government to revoke the Timor Gap Oil Treaty was launched here on August 9. This campaign coincides with a

Greens contest Parramatta by-election By Janet Parker SYDNEY — On August 27, voters in the state seat of Parramatta, once a piece of Labor's "heartland" and now a marginal seat, go to the polls. Some commentators estimate the outcome will

WA Democrats expel members By Stephen Robson PERTH — Thirteen members of the WA Division of the Australian Democrats were expelled at the end of July by the national executive. Those expelled included individuals on both sides of the

ADELAIDE — Major cuts to health, education and housing are set to dominate the state Liberal government's budget on August 25, its first since taking office last November. While cabinet is still in the process of discussing details around proposed

PT launches Brazilian agriculture program On July 24, the Brazil Popular Front, the coalition supporting the Workers Party (PT), launched its program for Brazilian agriculture — Land, Work and Food for Brazilians — in two regions with a

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Some 67% of Russians, a recent survey discovered, have no savings. Those who do have money saved up protect it against inflation through a variety of methods. These include depositing it in savings banks or in the

Sisulu Jnr to head SABC South Africa's public broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), which became notorious for its role as the mouthpiece of apartheid and its rigid political and moral censorship, is to be headed by

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — Twenty thousand striking car assembly workers took to streets in different parts of the country last week in support of demands for higher pay and the rapid elimination of race-based wage anomalies. Thousands of

A Fate Worse than Debt By Susan George Penguin Books 1990 300 pp., $17 Reviewed by Jack Lance In A Fate Worse than Debt George analyses the structure of global debt and its effects on all of us — the main ones being poverty,

Twinkletoes Lion Theatre, Adelaide Starring Carol Scarlan Reviewed by Stephen Spence Jennifer Johnstone's Twinkletoes is about "everything and nothing". Carol Scarlan's strong performance of this piece for the Third International

Good listening music Twelve Songs By Enda Kenny Blues for Thought By Terry Evans Larrikin Records Reviewed by Cathy Lawrence Twelve Songs is a collection of good listening music in the tradition of folk and blues. Each song

The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Briagde: Americans in the Spanish Civil War By Peter N Carroll Stanford University Press 1994, 440 pp., $35.00 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon When the Spanish Civil War began in 1936 with General Franco's

Gettysburg Written and directed by Ronald Maxwell Turner Pictures Starring Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen and Jeff Daniels Pitt Centre, Sydney for two weeks from September 8 Astor Cinema, Melbourne for two weeks from October 9 Reviewed by