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Punishing the victims
On May 1, doctors in the public hospitals and one of the two private abortion clinics in WA stopped performing abortions.
These doctors do not oppose women's right to choose abortion. On the contrary, their vocal support
17th Doll at New Theatre
Ray Lawler's Australian classic, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, has opened at the New Theatre in Newtown. The story of two Queensland cane cutters and their seasonal romance with two Melbourne bar maids is directed by
By Cam Walker
The federal Coalition has already clocked up an atrocious track record on the environment. Consequently, any announcement, even of something as routine as a review of environmental legislation, is yet another reason to get nervous.
Editorial: Big Brother is watching
How times change. Eleven years ago, John Howard and the Liberal Party were
leading big demonstrations against the Hawke Labor government's attempt
to introduce an ID card, called the Australia Card. Howard
By Peter Montague
Cancers diagnosed in children younger than 15 are increasing at about 1% per year in the US. (Charles W. Schmidt, "Childhood Cancer: A Growing Problem", Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 106, No. 1, January 1998, pp.
By Sam King
Activists at Flinders University have formed a "Broad Left" ticket to contest the May 19-22 elections for the Student Association Coordinating Group (COG) and National Union of Students (NUS) delegates. The Broad Left's platform
Indonesia in revolt
By James Balowski
Just six months ago, publicly burning a photograph of the Indonesian dictator Suharto would have meant tempting arrest and a lengthy jail sentence. But over the last week, such scenes have occurred almost
Mum Shirl: fighter for Aboriginal rights
"Mum Shirl" was born Colleen Shirley Perry on November 22, 1924, at Cowra, into what many whites accepted as preordained penury. Even the two surnames she bore were borrowed from an alien culture —
Racism in sentencing confirmed
By Sarah Peart
SYDNEY — Young Aborigines and Pacific Islanders are subjected to harsher sentences in NSW courts than young white people, a study just released has found. This confirms the direct experience of
MUA alleges sabotage
BRISBANE — Waterside workers who triumphantly returned to work at Patrick's
wharves at Hamilton and Fisherman Island on May 8 have alleged that the
non-union work force damaged facilities, including the boom of a
By Marina Carman
SYDNEY — On May 1, Luke Whitington from the Labor left was declared the new president of the University of Sydney Students Representative Council. An electoral appeal had previously removed the conservative Adair Durie, elected
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