24-hour strike at Risdon refinery
By Dave Wright
Hobart — Five hundred workers went on a 24-hour strike at Pasminco Metals EZ Risdon zinc refinery on September 13. The strike was in response to imminent job cuts and the breakdown in
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Adelaide divided between rich and poor
By Sabina Nowak
ADELAIDE — The City Messenger local newspaper revealed some not so surprising news about the polarities between rich and poor in Adelaide on its front page of August 25.
A stark
SYDNEY — Members of the Wilderness Society and Sydney Rainforest Action Group held a protest outside the BHP head here on September 13, over the dumping of 150,000 tonnes of waste rock and tailings from the Ok Tedi Mine into the Ok Tedi and Fly
By Rodney Cheuk and Tamara Desiatov
PERTH — Young migrants from non-English speaking backgrounds experience an institutionalised racism second only to Aboriginal youth. A report released here confirms that migrant youth experience higher
SYDNEY — The alternative radio waves will be packed with sharp current affairs, superb specialist music and incisive talk as 2SER-FM celebrates its 14th birthday from September 25 to October 1.
The week will highlight SERvive-a-thon 93 — the
Inquiry into toxic waste scandal
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The Criminal Justice Commission is to launch a public inquiry into large-scale corruption involving illegal dumping of toxic waste in south-east Queensland.
The public
By Chris Beale
Thailand is being rocked by the worst crisis to destabilise the "pro-democracy" government since Prime Minister Chuan's coalition came to office a year ago.
The crisis forced Chuan to cut short an important trip to China by
Green Alliance to stand in SA elections
By Chris Spindler
ADELAIDE — Addressing the desperate need for alternative political forces to be standing against both the Labor and Liberal parties, Green Alliance will run a campaign in the
By Tom Flanagan
SYDNEY — Two thousand lesbians, gay men and their supporters rallied outside the NSW parliament on September 14 in protest against the move by the Coalition state government to abandon proposed anti-vilification legislation
By Pip Hinman
With the budget negotiations at a stalemate and the polls showing a rise in support for minor parties and independents, the Labor Party has stepped up its attack on the Green senators. Despite the pressure, Christabel Chamarette
Year 501: The Conquest Continues
By Noam Chomsky
London: Verso, 1993. 331 pp. $29.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
1992 was the 500th anniversary of the arrival in the "New World" by Columbus. Noam Chomsky in Year 501 once again stands
Green Is Magic
A CD by Trust
Funded by Small Change Foundation
Reviewed by Elle Morrell
What better way to get the message across? When Footscray Secondary College's school band, Trust, and the environment club got together, no-one
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