Hydro project swindle in Sumatra By Colin Pemul Dirty dealings surround a proposed Japanese-backed hydro-electric project in western Sumatra's Riau province. The project will displace 23,000 people by flooding 128 sq km of prime agricultural
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Business as usual in Panama PANAMA CITY — The principal opposition group, Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD), on April 27 severely criticised the involvement of a US army colonel in tenders submitted to the Panamanian government for the
Action updates ADELAIDE — Official unemployment in South Australia has now reached 12% — the highest in the country and the highest since the 1933 rate of 18%. More than 86,000 people are out of work, with the young hardest hit. Most other
An unprecedented biological collapse has begun worldwide, and only unprecedented effort will curtail the massive wave of extinctions. Furthermore, climate change from carbon dioxide emissions is likely to accelerate the demise of many forms of
Rush Directed by Lili Fini Zanuck Music by Eric Clapton Starring Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott, Gregg Allman Reviewed by Ulrike Erhardt Rush is heroin which kick-starts drug users into oblivion. That's why undercover
By Doug Lorimer Contrary to Graeme Merry and Arnaud Gallios' assertion, Jorge Jorquera's article on the March 26 student demonstration in Melbourne was not based on "hearsay from Sydney", but on reports from people who attended the Melbourne
By Elena Garcia In the April 8 issue of GLW, Rose McCann's column on single-sex classes raises the question whether it is desirable for women to participate more in the traditionally male-dominated job areas, and therefore to specialise in
By Monique Choy SYDNEY — Eight members of the Sydney Rainforest Action Group (SRAG) were convicted of unreasonable obstruction last week. The judge compared their peaceful protest last year to the Los Angeles riots. Their rally outside the
Looks after who? "How would you like to live next to deserted women and children?" — Keith Hewitt of estate agent Raine and Horne ("Raine and Horne looks after you") in Canberra, complaining to the Canberra Times about a recent land purchase
Paris is Burning Directed by Jennie Livingstone. Reviewed by Penny Saunders Madonna may have made "vogueing" a popular dance, but Paris is Burning, which won best documentary at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival, traces the development of this
By Kaylene Allen HOBART — The Aboriginal community on May 3 reoccupied Risdon Cove, 12 kilometres from the centre of Hobart, in commemoration of the 1804 massacre of at least 100 Aborigines. More than 300 Aborigines and supporters attended
Plan to counter anti-homosexual violence By Nick Ward BRISBANE — Campaigns against anti-lesbian and gay violence are anticipated following meetings here on April 27. A conference was held by the LRAT (Legal Research Advisory Trust for the
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