By Karen Fredericks
"In Mabo the High Court finally removed terra nullius [the premise that Australia was uninhabited at the time of its "settlement"] from Australian common law. I don't want to be part of a 1993 terra nullius, and I'm far from
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Controversial daily launched in PNG
By David Robie
A controversial new daily newspaper, published by an associate company of the Malaysian logging corporation which dominates Papua New Guinea's timber industry, appeared on November 11 —
By Nicole Ernst
BRISBANE — Environmental activists protested in the early hours of the morning at the Hamilton wharves on November 22. The aim of the protest was to raise awareness about destructive logging operations in Malaysia.
The Wedding Banquet
Directed by Ang Lee
Brighton Bay, Kino cinemas, Melbourne
Reviewed by Wendy Robertson
The Wedding Banquet deals with a mixture of issues, including the everyday pressures of family and tradition that are faced by gay
Too much power
Canadian publisher Conrad Black's need to feed his enormous ego by revealing personal and political exploits (exploitations) in his self-important autobiography has lifted the lid once more on the shady dealings between leading
MELBOURNE — The Australia Cuba Friendship Society organised a well-attended barbecue on November 21 to mark the completion of its latest project, which raised $4000 to pay for an electric power generator for a medical clinic in Cuba. The 80 people
By Superna Aggarwal
When the Berlin Wall came tumbling down in 1989, it marked the end of a Cold War which began with the Bolshevik revolution in 1917. The age of certainty had passed. The Soviet threat was gone and with it much of the
The Naked and the Dead
By Norman MailerWith an Introduction by John PilgerFlamingo 1993. 717 pp., $19.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon
In 1948, Norman Mailer published one of the best novels to come out of World War II. This 1993 reissue of
Radio Skid Row-Koori Radio 2RSR-FM radiothon — Continuing until December 4, Sydney's inner city public radio station 2RSR-FM is holding its annual radiothon. Radiothon week will feature extra special programming, give-aways and prizes for new
Greenpeace and the Ningaloo Preservation Association on Exmouth on November 26 staged a protest against an oil company which is about to start exploration drilling next to a marine park of world significance off the WA coast.
Two Greenpeace
By John Pilger
When the United Nations leaves Cambodia, it will dismantle the only national organisation clearing landmines. Training of Cambodians to clear mines has stopped and vital equipment has been removed, leaving people isolated in
VIVIENNE PORZSOLT spoke recently to HA'IFA BARAMKI, director of continuing education at Bir Zeit University. Mrs Baramki was born in Gaza and stayed there until she went to study at the Beirut College for Women. She returned to Gaza and taught
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