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Ban on homosexual foster parents

Ban on homosexual foster parents By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Queensland Council for Civil Liberties president Ian Dearden has accused the state Coalition government of breaching the state's own anti-discrimination legislation by proposing to ban

Poem: Pauline Hanson

Pauline Hanson Ignorance profound clichés abound pitiful renown unfunny clown. Most who are as unwise as you seem clever by being mute, but that doesn't suit and so you flail against those who fail to be what it is you'd

Oslo and the Israeli left

By Roni Ben Efrat A glow has returned to the cheeks of the Labour Party and the left wing in Israel. All (almost) rage with righteous indignation over the collapse of the Oslo agreements. Front-line groups such as Yesh Gvul and Women in Black,

Meeting forms new party

By Jane Beckmann NEWCASTLE — Up to 60 people met here on November 23-24 and formed a new party of the left called the NewLabor Party. Participants and observers came from Melbourne, Sydney, Lismore, Wollongong, Canberra and Brisbane, and included

Environment movement at the crossroads

By Marina Cameron US President Bill Clinton's call while visiting Australia for binding greenhouse gas emission reduction targets highlighted yet again the bankruptcy of the Australian government's environment policies. Of course, Clinton's

Why Lady sang the blues

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & GrillA Musical Play by Lanie RobertsonPerformed by Joy YatesDirected by Crispin TaylorEnsemble Theatre, Sydney, until December 14Reviewed by Trish Corcoran Ensemble Theatre is a peculiar location for showing the life of

NSW NUS state conference meets

By Sarah Peart SYDNEY — The National Union of Students NSW state conference at the University of Sydney on November 23 heard reports from the outgoing elected office bearers, elect new officers for 1997 and amended the NUS State Policy and

Drastic honeybee decline in US

Following five consecutive years of the worst honeybee declines in US history, experts predict that pollinator scarcity could seriously limit crop yields in the US for such foods as pumpkins, apples, cranberries, almonds and squash. Insects must

Life of Riley: Divided we fall

Life of Riley: Divided we fall If it seems to you that we never had so much, that is only the slogan of those who still have more than you. Don't be taken in when they pat you paternally on the shoulder and say that we're all equal here. Because if

Seeking a politically useful post-modernism

The End of Capitalism (as we knew it)By Katherine Gibson and Julie GrahamBlackwell, 1996. 299 pp., $39.95Reviewed by Greg Ogle This book is written for political economists and activists who are interested in overthrowing, replacing or opposing

The end is nigh - publication schedule

That's right: it's almost the end of 1996 and of Green Left's publishing year. Next week's issue will be the last for 1996 — and it will be packed with useful, informative and entertaining material for your summer reading. After our summer holiday,

New bill pushes schools privatisation

By Marina Cameron Following a report by the Senate's employment, education and training committee, a bill which will drastically affect funding to public schools was passed by the Senate on November 29 with the support of the ALP. The bill received