By Peter Boyle The attempt of the embattled Victorian Labor government to scare voters with accounts of the consequences of the New Zealand economic experiment has raised a dispute: How bad (or good?) are conditions in New Zealand really?
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Environment groups boycott talks National environment groups discussing greenhouse strategy with the federal government pulled out of talks in Canberra on August 6. They said that despite nearly two years of talks, the government had still not
Roots reggae with a difference Hallelujah Larry Maluma and Kalimba Reviewed by Loretta Asquini and Katrina Newton If you like African roots reggae with a bit of funk and soul influence, Larry Maluma and Kalimba is the band to see. On July
Third runway above the law SYDNEY — "On July 29, the federal government moved quietly, one might say stealthily, to exempt the Federal Airports Corporation from all NSW state environmental and planning laws", says NSW Democrat MP Richard
The Cockroach Opera By Nano Riantiarno Directed by Mark Gaal Belvoir Theatre, Sydney Reviewed by Lenore Tardif Indonesian playwright Nano Riantiarno captures the poverty and oppression of street living in Jakarta, and the corruption of the
By Val Plumwood The ANU provided a pleasantly legitimating academic atmosphere for the Centre for International and Public Law's conference from July 15 to 17 entitled "Australia and Human Rights: Where to from Here?". The conference
Britain 'shoots messenger' on death squads By Catherine Brown LONDON — Channel 4 television has been heavily fined in an attempt by the Royal Ulster Constabulary to force disclosure of the source for an expose on an "inner force" in the RUC
By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — According to Palz Vaughan, director of the Fringe Network, the Melbourne Fringe Arts Festival has an unusual history — it is the first fringe festival to precede the mainstream one. The Fringe Network was
I'm British But ... Directed by Gurinder Chadha Reviewed by Reihana Mohideen "I describe myself as a Scottish Pakistani", says a Scotland-born young woman from Glasgow, her strong Scots accent rolling off her tongue. She talks about trying to
By Aidan Rickets LISMORE — Forest protesters have again set up camp in northern NSW, this time at Mummel Gulf. The protesters are organised by the North-East Forest Alliance, responsible for last year's Chaelundi blockade and another protest
By Moira Finucane "Hope exists after participating in this group. I never even knew how to converse, but with other women you learn. When I first came here, I knew I would learn. I was very happy. My sons used to call me 'donkey'. And so my
PALLO JORDAN is a member of the African National Congress National Executive Committee. He is also an elected member of that body's executive, the National Working Committee. Born in 1942, and a graduate of the University of Sussex, he for many
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