By Richard Frank Chiffings
The author Jack London is remembered — if he is remembered at all — for his wildlife adventure stories. But there is another dimension to Jack London. I can remember that my mother was greatly affected by his book The
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By Kathy Newnam
BRISBANE — With election fever high at the University of Queensland, there have been a number of discussions about the way forward for the campaign against the Liberals' attacks on education. It is important to unite to fight
Night exams for students
By Kylie Moon
HOBART — Students at the University of Tasmania have been avidly collecting signatures on a petition against a proposal to shorten the exam period from three weeks to two, forcing students to take some
Costing too much
"usury n.,pl.-ries. 1.The act or practice of lending money at excessive interest rates. 2. An exorbitant or illegal [or inhumane] rate of interest." — Webster's II New Riverside Dictionary
Be especially mindful of those who
By Boris Kagarlitsky
MOSCOW — The dramatic worsening of President Boris Yeltsin's health has caused the crisis of power to intensify. When an autocrat is sick, sharp struggles break out in the ruler's entourage. Every grouping tries to seize and
Anger over racism
By Kathy Newnam
BRISBANE — Racist comments made last week by Queensland Liberal Party backbencher Ted Radke have caused anger among students at MacGregor State High School. Radke told school cleaners in his electorate that
By Anthony Benbow
PERTH — On the afternoon of September 6 Mark Allen, an organiser with the WA Builders Labourers, Painters and Plasterers' Union (WABLPPU), fell to his death on a demolition site in East Perth. Mark was 23 years old. The grief
The right to choose to terminate an unwanted pregnancy is under heavy attack again from conservative forces.
On September 11 the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference and Australian Catholic Health Care Association were admitted as "friends of
By Lisa Kent
Pedro Lay arrived in Australia at the end of 1994 as an asylum seeker from East Timor. He was just 12 years old when the Indonesian army invaded East Timor in 1975 and, like other students at his high school, he joined Unetin, a
GeekGirl (http://www.geekgirl.com.au/geekgirl/007tent/index.html) — Self-described as: "A fair dinkum attempt at engaging the reader/spectator to think about issues of media ownership, control and autonomy. We have a blast with: Jayne Loader
In August 1983, Soviet fighter planes shot down a South Korean civilian airliner which, on a flight from Alaska to Seoul, went hundreds of kilometres off course and passed over restricted Siberian territory. The event was portrayed by the US Reagan
EAG contesting elections
CANBERRA — The main tickets running in this year's Students Association elections at the Australian National University include Labor and Liberal Party tickets and the Education Action Group (EAG). The EAG consists of
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