Up in smoke
When lawyer Francis Scott Key, then moonlighting as a lyricist, wrote "The Star Spangled Banner", from the deck of a ship, surely he was inspired by sights and sounds of a new America's revolutionary struggle. The "red glare" of
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The right to murder
Cutting Edge: Impunidad
SBS Television
Tuesday, August 10, 8.30 p.m. (8 in Adelaide)
Reviewed by Neville Spencer
This documentary from Australian film maker Helen Gaynor examines a key issue behind the horrific
Every sperm still sacred
The opposition of the Catholic Church to "artificial" forms of contraception first reached crusade proportions when churchmen became concerned at the "sexual licentiousness" made possible by improved contraceptive
By Sue Bolton
MELBOURNE — Members of the Australian Services Union (ASU) employed by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV) in the La Trobe Valley went on strike for 24 hours at midnight on July 28. This followed a period of
By Peter Boyle
MELBOURNE — The Australian Chemical Industry Council released a code of practice on "Community Right To Know" on July 13. In the wake of major chemical disasters, community groups here have been demanding legislation to
By Sean Malloy
Up to half a million civilian refugees have been created by a week of Israeli bombing and shelling of southern Lebanon. More than 8000 Israeli artillery shells have indiscriminately pounded towns and villages. One hundred
By Liam Mitchell
ADELAIDE — Yet another report on the collapse of the State Bank has come and gone — again with neither concrete proposals for action nor suggestions on how to avoid future disasters.
The auditor general's report,
By Cipto R.
JAKARTA — Since the middle of the year, strikes have been increasing. Recently the Ministry of Manpower raised the Jakarta minimum wage to Rp3100 (A$2), and companies should have been paying this amount by July.
There have
Shadow over Cambodia
Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge are on the verge of another international victory. The propaganda campaign by the US, the UK and the UN Security Council has by and large been taken up by the media. The UN peacekeeping
By Greg Ogle
ADELAIDE — On July 15 the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald (and page 3 of the Melbourne Age) announced a "US plan to abandon Australian bases". The story was based on a recently declassified Pentagon document. It said
The warm inner glow
em = By Denis Kevans
I've worked at Lucas Heights for years,
Though tell me any want to know,
And when I leave, I'll take with me
A permanent warm inner glow.
And politicians scoffed their best
At people
Campaign to save professional centre
By Nikki Ulasowski
BRISBANE — Thirty people attended a rally on July 30 against the sale of Bardon Professional Development Centre. The centre is the latest victim in a range of cutbacks by the state
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