ERA, operator of the Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu, announced on March 20 that it was abandoning for the present its plans to release radioactively contaminated water into Magela Creek. The week before, Aboriginal traditional owners of land likely to
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Bhaji on the Beach
Written by Meera Syal
Directed by Gurinder Chada
Starring Kim Vithana, Lalita Ahmed, Zohra Segal
At Mandolin Cinema, Sydney
Reviewed by Pip Hinman and Peter Boyle
Bhaji on the Beach is Gurinder Chada's first film
In the German elections in October, the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) nearly doubled its vote and won 30 seats in the Bundestag (parliament). Earlier this year, Sarah Stephen and Chow Wei-Cheng spoke to Dr Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, deputy
Envirospasm — A new youth environment program has begun on Melbourne community radio, 3CR (855 AM). It airs every Thursday at 1pm. Envirospasm's producers are asking environmental groups and others to let them know about news, actions and events.
By Rebecca Meckelburg
HOBART — The state attorney general, Ron Cornish, has banned 12 films that were due to be screened as part of Tasmania's inaugural Queer Film and Video Festival. The films have the go-ahead of the federal attorney general
By Jon Sumby
Scientists are pessimistic about the survival of the albatross. The general belief is that population extinctions will occur within a decade and that whole species will be gone in 30 to 40 years, unless immediate action is taken.
Feeding the backlash beast
There's a lot of feminist-bashing going on these days. You expect it from the usual quarters — the religious right, the establishment media. But some of the most strident newcomers to backlash rhetoric are women who
By Eva Cheng
China is plagued by high inflation, an overheated economy, growing budget deficits, a crippling debt service burden, a destabilised rural population and dwindling food production. The just-concluded National People's Congress (NPC)
Brisbane rally against woodchipping
By Nicole Kamp
BRISBANE — More than 400 people braved 30 degree temperatures on March 25 to rally in King George Square against woodchipping. The rally was organised by Resistance, HEMP, Brisbane
By Gini Stanley
In the debate over export woodchipping, the argument promoted by the loggers seems to be one of either jobs or forests. Most reporting on the issue has been highly emotive, and few facts have been available to the general public.
Waste disposal 'out of control'
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Queensland's natural environment is being degraded at an accelerating rate despite all attempts to halt the damage, senior Environment Department officials told a Local Government
"Australia is becoming more and more a part of Jakarta's war effort in East Timor", Max Lane, national coordinator of Indonesia Solidarity Action, told Green Left Weekly at a demonstration protesting against Australian military ties with Indonesia in
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