A short story by Maria Lee
I arrive about forty-five minutes early, and park next to the theatre gardens. I walk up to the street and find the building I'm supposed to go to. Along the way, my eyes check for possible parking places for the next
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By Dave Andrews
ROSEBERY — After many years of campaigning by residents, the new Rosebery Community Hospital was officially opened on March 1. The hospital replaces the dilapidated structure that had served the mining communities on Tasmania's
During the first years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the general view was that Kazakhstan — a large Asian republic that stretches from the Volga river to China — represented one of the more fortunate parts of the former USSR, writes Boris Kagarlitsky.
US pesticide study sounds alarm
Washington, D.C. — A study published on February 27 in the American Journal of Public Health, which finds elevated rates of cancer in children exposed to pesticides, raises yet again the serious and overdue need
Actively Radical TV — This week's program looks at the controversy surrounding Sydney's third runway. Activists Ian Fraser, Aline Smith and Col Hesse discuss Labor's legacy in inner Sydney. CTS (UHF 31), Friday, March 10, 10.30pm (Repeated
NSW Labor hides its agenda for women
By Amanda Mitchell
Sixty-five women from the Bligh electorate attended a public meeting on February 18 in the Woolloomooloo public housing estate to hear Pam Allen, NSW shadow spokesperson on women's
Poem: Hercegovina
em = By Andelko Vuletic
Translated by Amila Buturovic
Now,
over this very stone,
where the pollen smells,
where the karst is white and the juniper tree is black
where the wolf howls and the snake rattles and
Straight sex: the politics of pleasure
By Lynne Segal
Virago Press 1994
Reviewed by Tyrion Perkins
Male power "authentically originates in the penis", claims Andrea Dworkin in her book Pornography: men possessing women. Such views,
At the upcoming UN Environment Program (UNEP) Governing Council in Nairobi in May, it is likely that delegates will vote to start the process to change the current voluntary Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedures for chemicals and pesticides into a
ADELAIDE — Flinders University students gathered at the plaza on February 28 for a "Hunt for Chubb". Students were anxious to hear the new vice chancellor, Ian Chubb's attitude towards the fees issue. He was encouraged to publicly field questions
Pen friends wanted
[We have received the following requests from prisoners in the United States seeking pen friends.]
When all attempts fail, empty loneliness demands me to try harder. Attractive, caring, compassionate gentleman, w/m on
Sunshine Coast students walk out
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Students at Nambour High School in the Sunshine Coast hinterland walked out of school in late February in support of Honey Marich, a 15-year-old classmate excluded for wearing a
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