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Aboriginal health I read with interest the issues article "Rough justice for Port Keats" by Sam McQuillan (GLW #306). I am a registered nurse who has worked in remote area communities and also undertaken research on this subject for a period of
Green Left Weekly's RUSSELL PICKERING spoke to STEVE ROACH, secretary of the Shearers and Rural Workers Union, about the struggle to get rural workers covered by a union which will defend their interests. Question: How did the SRWU get coverage at
TwoBy Jim CartwrightDirected by Crispin TaylorWith Julie Hudspeth and Daniel MitchellEnsemble Theatre, Kirribilli, Sydney, until March 28. Review by Allen Myers The "two" of Jim Cartwright's play are the couples whose stories can be viewed in a
Rally in solidarity with Pivot workers By Andrew Hall WOLLONGONG — A picket at the Pivot fertiliser plant in Port Kembla, demanding the reinstatement of sacked workers, has entered its sixth week. A solidarity rally and march are to held on
The chickens are coming home Today I want to talk about the family. Your family, my family, little Johnny's family down the road — and, in a roundabout way, the family of man. The family: what would we do without it? Who feeds or clothes
The Myth of FingerprintsDirected by Bart FreundlichStars Noah Wyle, Roy Scheider, Blythe Danner and Julianne MooreReleased on March 19. Review by Margaret Allan "It's about identity and how it's not a constant the way a fingerprint is. People
Reinterpreting Malinche Malinche's FireWritten by Beatriz Copello and developed by the Malinche Project's Artistic TeamShowing at the Fairfield School of Arts, March 14-15. Ph 9559 2973. Review by Francesca Davis Malinche's Fire is a magic
By Marina Carman SYDNEY — A decision by the appeals committee at Sydney University has ruled that the Student Representative Council's current president, right-winger Adair "the Bear" Durie, be removed from office. The ruling follows an appeal by
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — In Russia, anyone who blows the whistle on the mishandling of radioactive waste can expect at least passing attention from the security forces. If the waste comes from naval reactors, and the whistle-blower is a serving
National Indigenous Working Group OLGA HAVNEN is the executive officer for the National Indigenous Working Group, which represents Aboriginal land councils, ATSIC and the Indigenous Land Corporation. She spoke to Green Left Weeklys JENNIFER
Budiman Sujatmiko, chairperson of the banned People's Democratic Party (PRD), was sentenced to 13 years' jail in April 1997 for "subversion". Budiman was interviewed last month from his cell in Cipinang prison by Resistance and ASIET activist KYLIE
By Francesca Davis The Coalition government is taking steps to remove any remaining limits on industry's ability to pollute and dispose of hazardous wastes, both in and out of Australia. Plans to lower pollution standards, the lack of public access