Every sperm still sacred
The opposition of the Catholic Church to "artificial" forms of contraception first reached crusade proportions when churchmen became concerned at the "sexual licentiousness" made possible by improved contraceptive
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By Peter Boyle
MELBOURNE — The Australian Chemical Industry Council released a code of practice on "Community Right To Know" on July 13. In the wake of major chemical disasters, community groups here have been demanding legislation to
Shadow over Cambodia
Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge are on the verge of another international victory. The propaganda campaign by the US, the UK and the UN Security Council has by and large been taken up by the media. The UN peacekeeping
By Sean Malloy
Up to half a million civilian refugees have been created by a week of Israeli bombing and shelling of southern Lebanon. More than 8000 Israeli artillery shells have indiscriminately pounded towns and villages. One hundred
By Liam Mitchell
ADELAIDE — Yet another report on the collapse of the State Bank has come and gone — again with neither concrete proposals for action nor suggestions on how to avoid future disasters.
The auditor general's report,
The right to murder
Cutting Edge: Impunidad
SBS Television
Tuesday, August 10, 8.30 p.m. (8 in Adelaide)
Reviewed by Neville Spencer
This documentary from Australian film maker Helen Gaynor examines a key issue behind the horrific
By Greg Ogle
ADELAIDE — On July 15 the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald (and page 3 of the Melbourne Age) announced a "US plan to abandon Australian bases". The story was based on a recently declassified Pentagon document. It said
By Bronwen Beechey
Despite the time that has elapsed since the names Guy Burgess, Kim Philby, Donald McLean and Anthony Blunt made headlines, they are still guaranteed to send shivers up the spines of the British establishment.
All
The warm inner glow
em = By Denis Kevans
I've worked at Lucas Heights for years,
Though tell me any want to know,
And when I leave, I'll take with me
A permanent warm inner glow.
And politicians scoffed their best
At people
Campaign to save professional centre
By Nikki Ulasowski
BRISBANE — Thirty people attended a rally on July 30 against the sale of Bardon Professional Development Centre. The centre is the latest victim in a range of cutbacks by the state
By Cipto R.
JAKARTA — Since the middle of the year, strikes have been increasing. Recently the Ministry of Manpower raised the Jakarta minimum wage to Rp3100 (A$2), and companies should have been paying this amount by July.
There have
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — The remaining confidence of many Russians in the economic strategies of their government perished over the weekend of July 24- 25, as a shock monetary reform threw retail trade into chaos and threatened to
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