Nurses impose bans
By Di Quin
MELBOURNE — Nurses at Western General have imposed bans on elective admissions and internal transfer of patients due to an increasing strain on midwifery staffing levels.
The closure of the midwifery
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By Helen Jarvis
With barely a week left before the Cambodian elections (scheduled for May 23 to 27), the Khmer Rouge are escalating their acts of terror in an attempt to disrupt the polls — if possible to have them cancelled or at least to
Poison in bore water
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — Bore water in suburban Dianella has been found to be contaminated after lawns began dying. The WA Health Department and the Environmental Protection Authority have identified the herbicide
By Anne Casey
A large part of our food today comes from multinational corporations, which are increasingly taking over all aspects of food production. They supply uniform seed varieties to growers along with the pesticide and fertiliser
Power to the people
By Michael Tardif
"Power to the people!", fists raised, sounded a crowd of 10,000 as Arrested Development led the chant which opened their second Sydney concert.
Let it rain, take my pain, I'm glad to meet you
By Max Lane
The recent struggle in Jakarta over vice-presidential, cabinet and military positions has provided a chance for liberal reformist critics of the regime also to obtain media coverage for their criticisms of authoritarianism and
Joh jury inquiry focuses on investigator
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The spotlight in the ongoing Criminal Justice Commission inquiry into the selection of the jury in the 1991 Joh Bjelke-Petersen corruption trial has now turned to legal
Passion Fish
Written and directed by John Sayles
Starring Mary McDonnell and Alfre Woodard
Reviewed by Lee Wallace
The critics' pull quotes used to promote Passion Fish, the new film from the New York-based independent writer/director
Logging destroys rare possum habitat
By Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE — Conservationists have expressed outrage over the destruction of a prime habitat of one of Victoria's rarest mammals, the Leadbeater's possum.
Two weeks ago,
President's hand in his own assassination
By S. Piyasena
Sri Lanka, where violence has become the rule rather than the exception, has created another record by assassinating the president and his principal rival within just eight days.
By Karen Fredericks
The 40th Sydney film festival was launched by George Miller on May 4. In his speech, Miller credited the festival with providing the vital inspiration for himself and the whole "first wave" of Australian film makers.
By Frank Noakes
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity ...", wrote Charles Dickens of 18th century
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