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Kidnapping of Aboriginal youths

SAM WATSON of the Aboriginal Legal Service in Brisbane was interviewed for Green Left Weekly by John Nebauer on May 20. Can you outline what happened on the night in question? On Tuesday, May 10, between 3 and 4am, three Aboriginal

Migrant women at a disadvantage

VIVIENNE PORZSOLT of Green Left Weekly spoke with CAROLINE ALCORSO of the Association of Non English Speaking Background Women of Australia. Alcorso is one of the authors of a study, Bargained Away: Enterprise Bargaining and Non English-speaking

Constitutional crisis in Croatia

By Jolyon Campbell A constitutional crisis has been precipitated in Croatia by the growth of organised opposition to the regime of Franjo Tudjman and the desertion of parliamentary members of the ruling Croatia Democratic Forum (HDZ) to form a

Water supply workers strike

Water supply workers strike By Chris Spindler ADELAIDE — A mass meeting of more than 700 Engineering and Water Supply (E&WS) workers on May 20 voted to strike from Friday May 20 to Monday against the government's audit commission report,

A part of the dance

Doing the block Written by John Romeril Music by Irene Vela Directed by David Carlin Thursday to Saturday until May 28 George Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre, Melbourne Reviewed by Sofi Chapman The "block" in question is a Melbourne

Hopes rise for whale sanctuary

By Eileen Herbert Conservationists around the world are expecting a landmark victory this week as the 46th annual International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting convenes in Mexico from May 23 to decide on a proposed Antarctic whale sanctuary.

Producing the alternative media

By Frank Noakes Rupert Murdoch's News Limited (more accurately Limited News) is one of the biggest media empires the world has known. Its Australian chief executive, Ken Cowley, told the parliamentary inquiry into the print media: "We take the

Indonesia 'willing to talk' to East Timorese

Indonesia 'willing to talk' to East Timorese By Jon Land A new development in diplomacy concerning East Timor took place at the fourth round of UN-sponsored negotiations between the foreign ministers of Indonesia and Portugal on May 6 in

Ok Tedi: PNG and BHP run scared

Ok Tedi: PNG and BHP run scared By Frank Enright The Papua New Guinea government will attempt to legislate retrospectively to protect itself and the Australian mining company BHP from a $4 million environmental lawsuit being brought by

Radio highlights

New Music Australia — With John Crawford. David Chesworth is a composer gaining in popularity, especially since his piece Recital has been performed the world over. The ABC commissioned a new piece from Chesworth called Exotica, and this program

What Washington is aiming for in Haiti

The United Nations Security Council, at US direction, has announced an economic embargo of Haiti. President Bill Clinton has hinted broadly at military invasion if the embargo is not sufficient to force withdrawal of the military rulers who overthrew

Blacks and young the victims of WA 'justice'

By Sean Healy PERTH — Since its election in February 1993, and more particularly since the Glendalough by-election in March 1994, the Richard Court Liberal state government has heavily pushed the law and order issue. In the by-election,