Garbos oppose redundancy deal
By Maurice Sibelle
BRISBANE — Three hundred garbos rallied at King George Square on September 22 to protest against a redundancy deal being offered by the Brisbane City Council. Eighty out of three hundred
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By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW, the "White House", September 24 — As the rouble crashed and opposition newspapers were shut down, Russians on the fourth day after President Boris Yeltsin's coup d'etat were pondering a future of shattered links
Three generations of Chinese women
Wild Swans
By Jung Chang
Flamingo. $16.95
Reviewed by Alex Cooper
Having read Wild Swans once, I found myself wanting to read it again straightaway. This is a fascinating account of three generations
In contrast to the Australian government aid, there are many non-government and community groups trying to help the poor within poor countries achieve real and lasting change.
International Women's Development Agency
The IWDA is an
By Joe Vialls
Staff at the secret US Omega facility in East Gippsland are worried about job security after a sudden Australian government decision to close the station by February unless alternate funding can be found.
Omega started
By Zanny Begg
In the Bihar region of India, the village of Mangardaha teeters 60 metres from the edge of an open pit coal mine. The houses groan and shake from the blasting of the mine, which operates 24 hours a day. Malaria, dysentery and
Olivier Olivier
Written and directed by Agnieszka Holland
Exclusive Melbourne Season at Cinema Nova
Reviewed by Elle Morrell
Inspired by a report in a newspaper, Agnieszka Holland has provided a powerful portrayal of an intriguing story
Comment by Sean Malloy
The right of nations to self-determination is not a universal, abstract concept applicable to every nation. It is a formula for overcoming the oppression of one nation by another in a concrete historical context.
Sex discrimination in Tasmania
The success of a case brought earlier this year against the Hobart City Council by a 21-year-old woman who suffered sexual harassment and rape by her co-workers stirred up a storm over the lack of sexual harassment
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — "The Russian government's economic program cannot be implemented by democratic means", a speaker argued bluntly at an international conference held by the Russian trade unions on September 16.
The same day,
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