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FIJI: Democratic Socialists support sanctions

"The Australian government should immediately impose the comprehensive sanctions on trade, shipping, travel, mail, banking and sporting links on Fiji called for by the Fiji Trades Union Congress. They should be maintained until the 1997 constitution

Dale McKinley: It's time to be offensive

It's time to be offensive COMMENT BY DALE T. MCKINLEY "If you're not angry, you're not paying attention" — anonymous It's disgustingly consistent. Open the newspaper, turn on the television or radio, access the internet and you are more than

Members First result shows desire for an alternative

BY MELANIE SJOBERG "The results in the Community and Public Sector Union national election show that a large number of members oppose the policies of the leadership and are willing to back a team of progressive activists", Jim McIlroy, Members

Anti-nuke cycle to raise awareness

Anti-nuke cycle to raise awareness BY DAVE MURPHY DARWIN — The second "Cycle Against the Nuclear Cycle" left the Jabiluka uranium mine in Kakadu National Park on June 5 to ride the 6300 kilometres to Perth. The first cycle, from Melbourne,

Loose cannons

Getting to the point "The young people who used to hang around now move off when police are around. One person was searched 38 times without finding a knife on him so it was getting to a point of harassment." — NSW Police commander Richard

Protests demand action on Fiji by Australian government

BY JAMES VASSILOPOULOS & BILL MASON "What do we want? Democracy! When do we want it? Now!", chanted 250 Indian-Fijians and their supporters at a rally outside Parliament House in Canberra on May 31. The protest, organised by the Movement for

Police stop students entering campus

Police stop students entering campus BY CHRIS LATHAM WOLLONGONG — Fifteen police and security guards blocked 20 students' access to the opening of the University of Wollongong's new Shoalhaven campus on June 2. The students had been attempting

Tasmanians demand a GE-free zone

Tasmanians demand a GE-free zone BY BEA BREAR HOBART — Three hundred people at a meeting here on June 1 voted almost unanimously to demand that the state government make Tasmania a genetic engineering-free zone. Those present called on state

Mosh with a message

Mosh with a message Mark MarkHeiferAvailable from <http://surf.to/heifer>GlisterGlister4-track CDAvailable from <http://fly.to/glister> Review by Barry Healy Triple J listeners will be familiar with western Sydney mosh masters

NSW teachers win

BY JOHN GAUCI SYDNEY — On June 2, NSW teachers overwhelmingly endorsed an agreement on salaries and status recommended by the NSW Teachers Federation (NSWTF) executive, ending a long and bitter industrial dispute with the state Labor government

FIJI: Pacific Journalism Online shut-down

Pacific Journalism Online shut-down SUVA — The Pacific Journalism Online web site at the University of the South Pacific (<http://www.usp.ac.fj/journ/>) has been closed by the USP administration. Vice-chancellor Esekia Solofa said the

Technological parenthood: secrets and lies

COMMENT BY HELEN RILEY I would like to take up some of the issues raised by Margaret Allum in her article "Biological parenthood" (GLW, May 17). I am extremely concerned by the argument that we ought to support all technological advances that