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... and ain't i a woman?: Surrogacy

Surrogacy The danger of exploitation of women and children through surrogacy — in which a woman bears a child in order to give it away to be raised by others — has caused many to recoil call for its suppression. The famous "Baby M" case in the

Qantas blunders threaten 5000 jobs

By Steve Painter As many as 5000 jobs may be under threat at Qantas as a result of mismanagement of the national airline over the past decade. The latest figure, which amounts to almost a third of the company's 17,000-strong workforce, is the

The jubilance of jit

The Bhundu Boys Tues, April 9, Old Lion Hotel, Adelaide Wed April 10, Fly By Night Club, Fremantle Thurs, April 11, Ozone Bar, Perth Fri, April 12, The Club, Melbourne Sat, April 13, Central Club, Melbourne Sun, April 14, Darling Harbour,

Technology for outback

Technology for outback By Angela Matheson The Remote Area Developments Group, from Murdoch University's Institute for Environmental Science, is installing technologically innovative laundry, toilet and hot water facilities in Aboriginal camps in

Management, aggression and gender

Management, aggression and gender Kerry Parnell Women's increased participation in the workforce and in management is not reflected in management styles. Women are forced to conform to a male management tradition in spite of the fact that it is

Political prisoners magazine

Political prisoners magazine By Mike Heaney MELBOURNE — A new magazine, Voices of Political Prisoners, was launched here last month at a benefit dinner for the International Coalition for the Defence of Political Prisoners. Activists from

Tongan passport row stirs unrest

By David Robie AUCKLAND — Tonga's hasty legal juggling act to grant citizenship to more than 400 foreigners has done little to quell unrest in the South Pacific kingdom over the passport scandal. Although commoner parliamentarian and

Rainforest, pigs and PhDs

Man Without Pigs A film by Chris Owen AFI Cinema, Paddington (Sydney) Reviewed by David Brazil After 12 years away university, John Waiko, a member of the Binandere clan, returns to Tabara, a tiny village in the dense tropical rainforest on the

'The only good Indian ...?'

The March 5 issue of Green Left carried a review of Dances With Wolves which called it "a refreshing alternative to the usual Hollywood stereotyping of indigenous Americans". In the United States — where the film has now collected a bagful of

The battle for Tasmanian Aboriginal heritage

By Greg Lehman "But while actual warfare and convicts' brutality were the direct means toward the extermination of the Aborigines, there were other equally powerful forces at work in wiping them off the face of the earth." — H. Ling Roth, 1899

The week that was

By Kevin Healy A week when the country was gripped with the excitement of constitutional reform, and especially the prospect that governments would serve four-year terms. And if that wasn't enough, there was the ongoing soapy about the governing

Berkeley in the Sixties

Berkeley in the Sixties Directed and produced by Mark Kitchell Kitchell Films in association with POV Theatrical Films. Colour and black and white, 16mm, 117 minutes. Rating PG. State Film Theatre, East Melbourne. Valhalla, Sydney. Reviewed by