By Pip Hinman
Two of the biggest companies in the woodchipping industry, Boral and Harris-Daishowa (Australia), are pushing for the federal Coalition government to lift 1996 woodchip export quotas. The export volumes for 1996, set by the former
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ErmoDirected by Zhou XiaowenFeaturing Alia, Ge Zhijun and Liu PeiqiValhalla, Sydney, from May 9Reviewed by Eva Cheng Ermo is an attempt to portray an unconventional woman from an oppressive culture and social setting. Ermo (Alia), with a strong
Story and photos by Ian MacNeill
I have been taking holidays in the Solomons for 20 years. I am very fond of the place — the warm, interested people, the sea, the almost laughable perfection of the south sea idyll it presents. One looks around,
Centre-left win masks Italian social crisis
By Franco Turigliatto and Dick Nichols
TURIN — At the end of a long election campaign, the Olive Tree, the centre-left alliance led by former state industry boss Romano Prodi with the Democratic Party
Red Pepper (http://www.rednet.co.uk/redp epper) — Describing itself as a forum for the libertarian left, the electronic version of the British left magazine Red Pepper sets out to challenge "the monetarist New Right and the complacent liberal
By Fernando Gonçalves
Residents of the small southern Mozambican town of Namaacha, on the border with Swaziland, are now accustomed to the daily explosions that scare off visitors. A team of 50 land mines clearance personnel are busy searching
Workers in the phosphate mines in Western Sahara, occupied by Moroccan armed forces, went on strike on April 1 to protest against their bad working conditions. They are also demanding that Morocco stop plundering the wealth of their country. Their
By Sue Bolton
MELBOURNE — One thousand members of the Lebanese community and their supporters took to the streets on April 25 to call for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon and for an end to the bombing of Lebanon. Speakers at the
Two students have been reported killed during demonstrations against public transport fare increases in the city of Makassar on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Students from the Muslim University of Indonesia in Makassar began a demonstration on
By Jorge Jorquera
On May Day we recall past victories and foreshadow future battles. This day we join with our comrades around the world to demonstrate our conviction that one day society will belong to all. We should remember the class-struggle
The Fall and Fall of Jeromy HawthornWritten and directed by Adam ZwarMetro Arts Theatre, Brisbane CityNightly at 8pm until May 4Reviewed by Lisa Young The Fall and Fall of Jeromy Hawthorn is an honest, yet comical view of an actor's life and the
By Pip Hinman
SYDNEY — Friends of the Earth has warned the federal government against disbanding the Commonwealth Environment Protection Agency, arguing that it would make environmental impact assessments of uranium and other projects under
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