The murder that stays with us Swoon Directed by Tom Kalin Starring Craig Chester and Dam Schlachet Valhalla Cinema, Glebe; Classic, Brisbane Reviewed by Tom Flanagan Based on the 1924 murder of a young boy by two Chicago youths, Swoon
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By Peter Boyle A national Green Party was slow to emerge in Australia because the major conservation movements were "romanced" by federal and state Labor governments, according to Peter Christoff, Victoria's assistant commissioner for the
By Frank Noakes BLACKPOOL — Tory Sir Robert Peel wrote in the 1820s: "Men (sic) who ... have no property except their manual skill and strength, ought to be allowed to confer together, if they think fit, for the purpose of determining at what
By Sean Malloy While the ALP government insists the recession is "technically" finished, hundreds of thousands of people face long-term unemployment, and there is an increasing amount of underemployment, according to two articles in the latest
Like the pound "Whatever he puts forward now in the way of economic policy won't be worth the paper it's written on." — A British economist discussing Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont's future prospects in the capitalist new world
Comment by Barry Healy Federal public servants will be voting in the next few weeks on three alternative motions framed by the National Executive of the Public Sector Union to open the way for enterprise bargaining in the Australian Public
ADELAIDE — The Environmental Youth Alliance will hold a state festival here October 24-25. The opening address, by Domingo Colicoi, will be on indigenous people's struggles to save the environment in Chile. The event will be held at the Box
By Peter Anderson On current trends, say some experts, humans could theoretically be the only species left on the planet within 50 to 100 years — an absurdity that highlights the imminence of environmental collapse under the weight of
Mining disaster By Frank Noakes LONDON — The British government will officially announce a plan, already leaked, to close 30 of the remaining deep mined coal pits here, from October 12. Twenty will close immediately, costing 20,000
Red Cross Bougainville claim queried By Norm Dixon and Tom Jordan The Solomon Islands government is prepared to help transport desperately needed medical supplies into Bougainville. The offer comes after claims by the head of the PNG Red
By Roger Raven Until the early 1970s, the system of financial regulation relied largely on controls on banks' freedom to manipulate their assets and liabilities, through regulation of interest rates, the purposes for which money was lent and
Marchers back cause of Native Americans A number of walks have been organised in the United States to raise public awareness of issues affecting Native Americans, particularly nuclear weapons testing. SHARON NAGLE, who has been participating in
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