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24-hour stoppage by media workers

24-hour stoppage by media workers By Anthony Thirwall and Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — Workers from three unions involved in the production of the Advertiser, Adelaide's only daily, went out on a 24-hour stoppage on June 4 in response

Business plans Woomera take-off

By Damien Lawson Peace activists' fears have been confirmed by a leaked submission outlining plans to launch rockets from the Woomera Prohibited Area in South Australia. The submission, by the state government on behalf of the aerospace

Philippines indigenous groups oppose geothermal plant

By Judith A. Pasimio Apo Sandawa is the ancestral home of more than 100,000 Lumad (the indigenous people of the island of Mindanao in the Philippines). It is one of the ASEAN Heritage Sites and is also on the United Nations List of National

Unemployment 'solutions'

Unemployment 'solutions' One third of the official 1 million unemployed, or 371,000 people, are now classified as long-term unemployed. Prime Minister Paul Keating's announcement of a new committee to look at "policy options" for responding

Gillespie charges dropped

By Norm Dixon Charges against Bougainville human rights campaigner Rosemarie Gillespie have been dropped after the uproar following her arrest for possession of "restricted substances" — prescription drugs destined for Bougainville. The

Salaam Mississippi

Mississippi Masala Directed and produced by Mira Nair Written by Sooni Taraporevala Starring Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Ranjit Chodhry, Tico Wells, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore, Natalie Oliver Commences at KINO early July

Keating proposal to minimise Mabo

By Peter Boyle The Keating government's June 3 release of a cabinet discussion paper on legislation to deal with the Mabo case confirmed the bad impression created a week earlier by the government's support for Northern Territory legislation

The planet on screen

By Karen Fredericks Anima Mundi, the latest work from Godfrey Reggio, writer, director and producer of the unforgettable films Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi, will screen at the Sydney Film Festival's special "Green Screen" event on June 25.

WA workers begin a fight back

By Andrew Watson PERTH — Angry workers under attack from the Court Liberal-National government have forced the WA Trades and Labor Council to call a 24-hour strike for June 17, the opening day of the WA parliament. About 1000

Right wing feared Hani would be president

Right wing feared Hani would be president By Norm Dixon South African Communist Party general secretary Chris Hani, assassinated on April 10, was targeted because the right wing believed he was Nelson Mandela's most likely successor,

Gay and lesbian lobby debates 'queer politics'

The expulsion of "queer" activist, Norrie May Welby, from the management committee of Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL) on March 25 has brought the increasingly heated question of a "queer" agenda, to replace the current "gay and

SA crisis under musical microscope

SA crisis under musical microscope Hello down there! Writing coordinated by P.P. Cranney Junction Theatre Company, Adelaide Reviewed by Liam Mitchell Hello down there! is one of those rare pieces of theatre which speak about