Cave's dark love
Let Love In
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Reviewed by Nick Fredman
Nick Cave, the dark preacher of rock and roll, and his loyal disciples the Bad Seeds have released a new work. Musically and lyrically it breaks little
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World music from Adelaide
Mystical Traveller
Dya Singh
On cassette and CD
Reviewed by Vikki Langton and Andrew Hall
Anyone interested in world music should take note of Dya Singh, a band that incorporates a unique blend of sounds, in
NZ government spending less on health
By Ian Powell
WELLINGTON — Since the 1991 budget the National Party government has overturned New Zealand's health service by converting area health boards into profit-oriented companies (crown health
By Steve Rogers and June McKay
CANBERRA — Despite union claims, an agreement before public servants in the Department of Employment, Education and Training provides no guarantees of job security. The Public Sector Union national leadership had
In April and May, SOA Watch and Witness for Peace sponsored a 40-day fast in Washington to call attention to the School of the Americas and to mobilise support for closing it down.
The US Army School of the Americas was established in Panama in
By Stephen Marks
MANAGUA — The FSLN congress held here May 20-22 made important advances in strengthening the largest party in Nicaragua and one of the largest left-wing organisations in Latin America. Called last year with the agenda of
Transforming Labor: Labour Tradition and the Labor Decade in Australia
By Peter Beilharz
Cambridge University Press, 1994. 245 pp., $29.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
After 11 years of federal ALP government, it is not hard to weigh the
By Petra Roith
[The Nicaraguan Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Marena) launched a campaign in 1993 to protect the sea turtle, an endangered species. The program's actions are focused on the dry tropical forests of Chacocente,
By Angela Walker
While islands have long conjured up images of "paradise", they have been treated as exploitable colonies, toxic waste dumping grounds, nuclear testing grounds and strategic sites for military bases.
Henry Kissinger
By Anthony Brown
Seventeen Filipina women and four children have died violently in Australia since 1980. In most cases, their Australian partners were implicated.
A national Filipina women's organisation, the Centre for Philippine Concerns