'Commonwealth should save rail services'
Independent Senator Janet Powell has called on the federal government to save rail services targeted for closure by the Victorian government of Jeff Kennett.
Powell says the government should
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Colours
Colours is an exhilarating presentation of two distinct pieces by the Aboriginal Islander Dance Company. The first is traditional dance with guest artists from the Tiwi people of Bathurst Island and Murray Island in the Torres
By Mark O'Connor
The comment by Peter Boyle in the November 11 Green Left contained some serious misinformation about Paul Ehrlich's important I=PAT equation.
This equation indicates that for a given country or region — with the
By Norm Dixon
One of modern music's greatest innovators and best-loved characters, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, 75, died quietly in his sleep on January 6. Playing his trademark tilted-bell trumpet, he became one of the most influential jazz
Submarine in accident
By Ben Courtice
HOBART — The US nuclear submarine USS Topeka had its departure from Hobart delayed by an accident involving its anchor. According to the State Emergency Service, the delay was to ensure that the
By Garry Walters
and Alex Cooper
MELBOURNE — Sweeping cuts to Victoria's public transport system are being denounced as socially and environmentally irresponsible. Of 14 suburban rail lines, only four appear to have escaped severe
Comment by Norm Dixon and Lisa Macdonald
Under the guise of a "humanitarian mission" to ensure that food reaches starving people, a US-led force of almost 35,000 heavily armed combat troops have firmly entrenched themselves in Somalia.
By Vivienne Porzsolt
and Tom Jordan
About 30 boats of the Sydney Peace Squadron took to Sydney Harbour at 7 a.m. on January 9, to protest against the arrival of the giant US aircraft carrier Ranger, with its four companion ships.
Three
By Sean Malloy
More than 110 warplanes, from the United States, France and Britain, were involved in the January 14 attack which bombed at least five places in southern Iraq in half an hour.
The majority of Australian daily newspapers
By Harry Blutstein
Jean-Franois is the third generation of Ethiers producing maple syrup from around Mirabel, 50 kilometres north-east of Montreal. The farm was started by his grandfather Henri in 1920.
The family sells maple syrup from
Old structures, new conditions
The Ukraine is facing a "protracted crisis of stagnation", with drawn-out struggles both among and within the former republics of the USSR as "the old bureaucracy and the emerging bourgeoisie" wrestle for the
Future of New Left Party uncertain
By Sean Malloy
A national meeting in March may determine whether the New Left Party will continue to exist, according to several prominent members.
Rumours have been circulating in progressive
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