By Angela Matheson SYDNEY — What kind of a choir do you get when the singers have as much say in musical arrangement as the director, and when the repertoire is exclusively about liberation struggles, feminism and ecology? The simple
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Ecopolitics VI Planning is under way for the sixth ecopolitics conference, to be held in Melbourne on September 25-27. The aims of Ecopolitics VI are to promote interaction between participants from a range of community groups, discuss research
NUS Arnaud Gallois' letter (GLW March 11) ignores the main point about NUS and student movement strategy. Of course it is welcome that through NUS a national campaign has been initiated, and all the left should help build it. But NUS has not
Women discuss trade unions By Leslie Warne WOLLONGONG — Women are still under-represented in trade unions, though the situation has improved because of affirmative action programs, Victorian Trades Hall Council representative Martina
New law to exile Indonesian critics By Norm Dixon The Indonesian parliament has unanimously passed a new law that will allow the military-dominated government to revoke the right to return home of Indonesians overseas it considers
WOW — Women on women SYDNEY — More than 20 short films by some of Australia's up and coming film makers will be shown at the AFI cinema in Paddington soon. Titles that have been seen only once will mix with classics that have drawn
Why Hawke got away with it Business mates: The power and politics of the Hawke era. By Doug McEachern Prentice Hall Australia, 1991. 168 pp. $16.50 Reviewed by Jeff Richards This an examination of the relationships between big business,
The Good Woman of Bangkok By Dennis O'Rourke Reviewed by Helen Jarvis Having spent the last few months in South-east Asia, I was unaware of the debate that preceded the opening of the commercial season for this film. Looking through the
Timber bill threatens wilderness SYDNEY — An estimated 50,000 hectares of native forest will be logged without any environmental impact statement as a result of the NSW government's new Timber Industry Protection Bill, says Jeff Angel of the
Aunt Julia and the scriptwriter Music by Wynton Marsalis Screenplay by William Boyd, based on a novel by Mario Vargas Llosa Directed by Jon Amiel Starring Peter Falk, Barbara Hershey, Keanu Reeves Reviewed by Ulrike Erhardt Peter Falk has
By Steve Painter Trouble is brewing over a government ban on national collective employment contracts in the New Zealand health service. National Party Labour Minister Bill Birch outlined the ban in a March 26 address to area health board
Duck slaughter By Margaret El-Chami GRIFFITH, NSW — Only 250 shooters attended the opening of the NSW duck hunting season at Barrenbox Swamp near here on March 21, many fewer than in previous years. Celia Jarvis, a voluntary duck rescuer
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