By Wendy Robertson
The thousands-strong protests in Dili and the 29 East Timorese students occupying the US Embassy in Jakarta have again focused international attention on the plight of the East Timorese under Indonesian occupation. This
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Green Left is not only a newspaper. We do not choose what we cover in the same way that the establishment press does. We do not seek to sensationalise, or to exploit subjects. For Green Left, reporting is an act of solidarity.
So it is with the
Parliament locks out MPs
By Ray Smith
HOBART — The speaker of state parliament, Graeme Page, will introduce legislation in the new year to protect members of parliament from their constituents.
This follows an embarrassing incident
By Diana Rickard
DARWIN — At the beginning of November, I spent two and a half days supporting a friend in court who had sustained a wound on the back of his head while being pursued by an overzealous young policeman carrying a regulation
The following speech was given by the Cuban foreign minister, ROBERTO ROBAINA, to the 49th session of the United Nations General Assembly, on October 3, 1994.
While we are here making speeches, the military occupation of a small and impoverished
Pacific women in struggle
Daughters of the Pacific
By Zohl de Ishtar
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Zohl de Ishtar first became involved with the Pacific in 1971, when as a student she participated in a camp on
International Playhouse — The House by the River — By Barbara Sapergia. It's a custom at funerals not to say anything bad about the departed, publicly at least. But afterwards? Allison Ransome takes her chances and turns up at her own wake. A
By Jim McIlroy
BRISBANE — Revelations that Queensland authorities had ignored the total failure of the state's anti-pollution laws for many years underlined the urgent need for establishment of an independent environmental authority,
By Stephen Robson
Meeting in Melbourne on November 2 and 3, representatives of 25 Aboriginal organisations declared the federal government's funding for land acquisition inadequate. Aaron Ross, the publicity officer for the New South Wales
Better than an inquiry
"Almost two years after the NFPS [National Forest Policy Statement] was signed by all States, except Tasmania, not one area of forest has been protected, but many important areas of forests have been logged." — Letter from
Representatives of some of South Africa's most powerful trade unions and civic organisations have called for an immediate and total ban on the importation of toxic waste.
The Department of Environment Affairs — controlled by the National Party
Perth workers rally against safety changes
By Anthony Benbow
PERTH — More than 1500 workers rallied on the steps of Parliament House on November 16. The WA Trades and Labour Council organised the rally in opposition to the Court
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