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NSW forest assessment challenged

NSW forest assessment challenged The North East Forest Alliance has strongly criticised the April 14 announcement that the NSW State Forests environmental impact statement program will be "upgraded". NEFA described this as a token attempt to

Telecom halts work at old brewery site

Telecom halts work at old brewery site By Anthony Benbow PERTH — Telecom has halted cable-laying at the old Swan Brewery site. The brewery, built on Aboriginal religious ground in the 1890s and virtually given to Multiplex Constructions

Where terrorists are created

A Season Inside God's Bunker: The Story of the Hebron Massacre By Micha Peled SBS TV, Tuesday, May 3, 8.30pm (8 Adelaide) Reviewed by Nikolai Haddad This documentary is a chilling look at life in the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba,

Global problems need global solutions

By Emma Webb (Continuation of a debate) Diana Evans (Green Left, April 13) says that in my earlier article I put the environment at the end of what she refers to as a wish list of human needs (health care, education etc). Contrary to this, she

DSS staffing dispute

DSS staffing dispute Robert Johnson BRISBANE — The ongoing dispute over jobs in Social Security looks set to escalate. Management has unveiled plans to axe jobs in a number of offices in Queensland. Twenty-four jobs have been

Greek CP, leftists oppose chauvinist campaign

By Michael Karadjis The impression that Greeks are unanimously behind the Greek government in its campaign against Macedonia has been widely fostered in Australia, by both the Greek media and the establishment media. The reality is vastly

45D hits Hindmarsh

45D hits Hindmarsh By Anthony Thirlwall ADELAIDE — Residents, conservationists and unionists involved in protests against the building of the Hindmarsh Island bridge will be sued for unspecified damages by property developers Tom and

Planning advances for World Environment Day

By Francesca Davidson Across the country young environmentalists have begun organising World Environment Day. On June 5 a variety of activities are planned to highlight the need for community action for environmental justice. June 5 was

GLOW backs ANC

GLOW backs ANC JOHANNESBURG — The Gay and Lesbian Organisation of the Witswatersrand (GLOW), one of South Africa's two main gay and lesbian rights groups, has endorsed the African National Congress in the elections. GLOW activist Simon Nkosi

Pray for a job

Pray for a job "It is essentially an act of faith that the Jobs Compact will improve the job prospects of the participants." — Professor Judith Sloan, of the National Institute of Labour Studies, on the government's green paper on

Hormones in US milk: no right to know

By Peter Montague The David and Goliath battle of the century is shaping up over a synthetic hormone called rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone) that was approved by federal officials in February for use in milk cows in the US. David is

Newstart agreements 'invalid'

LAUNCESTON — A decision of the state Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has rendered void hundreds of thousands of Newstart agreements entered into by unemployed people. The decision, handed down on April 18, resulted from an appeal by