There was no morphine in the first-aid kit; no protection for Snowden against the pain but the numbing shock of the wound itself. The twelve syrettes of morphine had been stolen from their case and replaced by a cleanly lettered note that said:
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Gillespie speaks on crisis
By Dan Murphy
ADELAIDE — Growing community opposition to Australia's complicity in Papua New Guinea's war on Bougainville will be focused in a national day of action on July 25.
The depth of concern over
Australia, the second driest continent on earth, has the highest volume of stored water per person in the world; per capita consumption of water is also one of the world's highest. JANET PARKER looks at the problems of water in our most populous
By Bruce Threlfo
Most of Sydney's water comes from Warragamba Dam. Built in the 1960s, it contains about 70% of the capacity of Sydney's reservoirs. The remaining capacity is in nine smaller dams.
Sydney's water consumption has trebled
Major NSW environment groups have expressed serious concerns about the content of the environmental section of the official Sydney Olympic bid.
Sid Walker, executive officer of the Nature Conservation Council, the umbrella group for the NSW
By Frank Noakes
LONDON — There are any number of interesting conferences and meetings to tempt one here. "Unions '93", organised in late May by a dozen unions and the New Statesman & Society magazine with a line-up of unionists —
Key word: 'normal'
"I think it is quite inappropriate and has been for some time that any anthem other than our own should be played at normal Australian gatherings." — Liberal frontbencher John Howard, supporting a motion to stop playing
Enterprise 'agreement' a sham
By Dave Wright
HOBART — Tasmania's new industrial legislation was put to the test last week when the first of several new enterprise agreements came before the new enterprise commissioner.
Delta
By Adam Hanieh and Norm Dixon
ADELAIDE — Offices of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) have been raided and leading members arrested. Green Left Weekly spoke with Pumla Thoboti, an executive member of the Australasian branch of the Pan
By Peter Boyle
MELBOURNE — If there is a buck to be made out of it, we'll flog it. That's the motto of the Kennett state government. It hopes to sell off Melbourne Water (which provides sewerage services and water supplies), the Gas and
Hunger strike
Reliable sources in East Timor have confirmed that Xanana is on a hunger strike in prison in Dili. The sources said Xanana is ill but has not been visited by anyone, including the Red Cross.
Jose Ramos-Horta, the special
Newtown on the Thames
A Man for All Seasons, by Robert Bolt, is now playing at the New Theatre in King St, Newtown (Sydney). Frank McNamara (pictured, right) is excellent as Sir Thomas More — upright, conscientious, emotional and eventually
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