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Which way to a democratic South Africa?

Following bilateral discussions between the African National Congress and the National Party government in February, a multiparty preparatory conference was held on the weekend of March 6-7. The 26 political organisations present agreed to open

Women in prison

Women in prison Convicted SBS documentary in the Cutting Edge series Tuesday, March 23, 8.30 p.m. (8 p.m. in Adelaide) Reviewed by Kath Tucker "When you imprison a woman, you imprison her children." Eighty per cent of women in

Nuclear reactor plan under fire

Nuclear reactor plan under fire By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Conservationists have condemned a proposal by mining giant MIM to build a nuclear reactor at Mount Isa, capable not only of conducting research but of generating 20 to 50

Youth report 'misses the mark'

Youth report 'misses the mark' By Sean Malloy A recent report titled A Living Wage by the Australian Youth Policy and Action Coalition and State and Territory Youth Affairs Councils and Networks (STYACN) has angered young people in its

Loose cannons

Genuine "He is the duly elected president of Russia and a genuine democrat." — US President Bill Clinton, explaining why he will support Boris Yeltsin if the latter dissolves the Russian parliament and institutes emergency rule. In all

Students arrested as Suharto accepts Try

Students arrested as Suharto accepts Try Forty students demonstrated outside the Indonesian parliament on March 10 to protest against the nomination and election of ex-general Suharto as president. The demonstrators, carrying placards

How Cambodian 'news' is created

By Nick Johnson PHNOM PENH — The United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) recently made public the presence in Cambodia of three former Vietnamese soldiers. One is an ethnic Khmer from southern Vietnam now in the Cambodian

Rubbery figures

Rubbery figures LONDON — It has been revealed in an internal British Labour Party document, leaked to the media, that financial membership, contrary to public pronouncements of 280,000, really stands at less than 90,000. Further, there has

Where is Jimmy Hoffa?

Hoffa Written by David Mamet Directed by Danny DeVito With Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante Showing in Hoyts city and suburban cinemas Reviewed by Max Lane Hoffa is a disappointing film — annoyingly so, given the

Cabaret and its cousins in Oz

By Dave Riley The youth radicalisation that swept the world in the '60s bore with it a confidence and an experimental imagination that invigorated all areas of creativity. This was especially true of theatre. The staid old forms were found

Open and hidden unemployment both rising

By Sean Malloy The release of February labour force figures on March 11 showed unemployment still rising. The Australian Bureau of Statistics put the seasonally adjusted figure at 11.1%. This was a rise of .1% on the January figure, which the

Food irradiation is back

By Dave Riley Food irradiation is back on the menu. Australia's three-year moratorium on it expired on December 12. The National Food Authority will soon develop "standards on the process of treating food with ionising radiation to increase