By Melanie Sjoberg
The debate about whether a bridge to Hindmarsh Island should be built has focused on the spiritual beliefs of Aboriginal women in relation to the site. Green Left Weekly spoke to Katrina Power, chairperson of Tandanya
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By Jeannine Purdy
PERTH — Non-Aboriginal Western Australians commemorated the founding of the Swan River Colony on June 5. They have learned the story of the "settlement" of their state, of Perth in particular, as one in which Aboriginal
Anti-nuclear campaign broadens
By Chris Spindler
SYDNEY — As the federal Labor government begins to feel the mass opposition to its weak opposition to the Chirac government's decision to resume nuclear testing, anti-nuclear campaigners
Brisbane rally against testing
By Debbie Marshall and Nicole Kamp
BRISBANE — More than 500 angry people rallied outside the French Consulate on June 23 to protest against the decision by French President Jacques Chirac to resume nuclear
Radio highlights
A Swag of Yarns — A special program to mark National Aboriginal and Islander Day of Celebration. Some of Australia's leading storytellers, songwriters, actors and performers present the stories, yarns, legends and myths of the
Earlier this year, JOHN HALLAM was involved with Polski Klub Ecologiczny (the largest environmental organisation in Poland, and a member group of Friends of the Earth International) in a campaign to stop the European Bank for Reconstruction and
No More Hiroshimas Coalition formed
By Ray Fulcher
MELBOURNE — The French Consulate was the scene of a lively 800-strong protest on June 24. The rally, called by the newly formed No More Hiroshimas Coalition, demanded an end to French
French students reject nuclear tests
We, student representatives in our countries, want to express our deep concerns about the French decision to renew nuclear testing in the Pacific.
This testing is ecologically hazardous. Regardless of
By Melanie sjoberg
ADELAIDE — The 25-year ban on the building of a controversial bridge to Hindmarsh Island, south of Adelaide, continues to generate debate.
South Australian Liberal Premier Dean Brown announced a royal commission into
By Alison Dellit
CANBERRA — Classes at Telopea Park High were disrupted for three days last week as students organised and joined in protests sparked by France's decision to resume nuclear testing.
The controversy began on June 16, when
By Gerry Harant
Nowadays, when people borrow one of my PA systems for yet another demonstration, I sometimes point out that some of its component bits first saw service in the second Moratorium. I was neither an organiser nor yet one of the
World Federation of Democratic Youth
The defiant declaration of the French government, headed by Jacques Chirac, to renew underground nuclear tests in the Moruroa Atoll is an open challenge to peace and public opinion for nuclear disarmament.
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