By Jill Hickson Nuclear power is a dying industry in the US. The costs and the environmental problems are too great, while the price of natural gas and other fossil fuels has fallen thanks to the Gulf War. More than 100 planned reactors have been
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FunkensteinTim HopkinsABC MusicReviewed by Jenny Long This album — Hopkins' second — takes the mantle of both acid jazz and funk. Its motivating force is Hopkins' unbridled saxophone, combining with Mike Nock's sometimes flying, sometimes solid
Wild TargetCommences in Sydney Oct 19Verona Cinema, Paddington & Cremorne OrpheumReviewed by Margaret Allan A film has to be pretty funny to make me laugh out loud rather than quietly chuckle, and Wild Target has what it takes. It is equally unusual
US exports banned pesticides At least 26 million kilograms of "dirty dozen" pesticides were exported from the US between 1991 and 1994, according to information released by the Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education (FASE). The
By Sean Healy MELBOURNE — The dispute between the Victorian government and the Ambulance Employees Association (AEA) has escalated over the last week with the former threatening to use its emergency powers legislation and privatise the service if
By Maureen Baker and Sean Magill The 1991 Royal Commission into Black Deaths in Custody made 339 recommendations to reduce the rate of Aboriginal imprisonment and the federal government allocated $400 million over five years to implement them. Four
By Stan Lee The small, usually sedate coastal town of Victor Harbor on the Fleurieu Peninsula 80 kms south of Adelaide was this year's venue for South Australia's annual Folk and Music Festival between September 29 and October 2. Despite the wind and
By Glenn Elliott-Rudder WYONG, NSW — In the state election campaign in March, both major parties attempted to outdo each other on law and order. Each claimed to be tougher on crime than the other. Within this political climate, the 1994 Children
By Karl Miller MELBOURNE — The $1.7 billion CityLink project, a road privatisation scheme to connect several existing traffic-logged roads with electronic tollways, is on hold. Transurban won the contract some months ago. However, last week the
For almost a week, thousands of East Timorese youths have taken to the streets of Dili, East Timor in a series of violent clashes with Indonesian security forces.
By Sarah Stephen CANBERRA — Student Underground, an anti-nuclear magazine produced by and for students, was launched outside Narrabundah College on October 13. ACT education minister Bill Stefaniak said on local television news that he was
Sustainable Energy Systems: Pathways for Australian Energy ReformEdited by Stephen DoversCambridge University Press, 224 pp., $29.95 (pb)Reviewed by Graham Matthews Energy is crucial to an ecologically sustainable technological society. With fossil
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