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Manufacturers target environment regulations

By Vannessa Hearman A report published by the Australian Manufacturing Council last month, The Environmental Challenge: Best Practice Environmental Regulation, demands relaxation of environmental regulations which are alleged to be

Explosion in Russian plutonium plant

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — If a nuclear accident on the scale of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster were to occur in Russia, would the population be told immediately of the catastrophe and acquainted with the dangers? If the accident occurred

Loose cannons

Despite? "Despite presiding over a period of the most sweeping economic liberalisation since India achieved independence 46 years ago, [Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha] Rao has been battered by allegations of corruption ..." — Sydney Morning

600 meet on Victorian Workcover

600 meet on Victorian Workcover By Di Quin MELBOURNE — State award union delegates, occupational health and safety delegates and injured workers met on July 21 to condemn the Kennett government's Workcover scheme. The meeting,

Palestine's struggle for human rights

By Sean Malloy "I was very young when we left Jaffa in 1948, when my family became refugees", Dr Ilham Abu Ghazaleh recalls. "Life was extremely difficult. We lived on the bare minimum. We emigrated to another city where we had uncles and

Timely drama

Timely drama Sons of Cain By David Williamson Directed by John Rado New Theatre, 542 King St, Newtown (Sydney) Reviewed by Betty Downie. David Williamson's play about political corruption seems very relevant these days. Indeed,

Rebels attack Nicaraguan town

On July 21 a force of between 150 and 300 men, made up mostly of discharged members of the Sandinista Popular Army (EPS), but also including some former contras, seized the northern Nicaraguan city of Estelí. The group, which calls

Bougainville protest at defence plant

By Geoff Spencer MELBOURNE — Sixty people gathered outside the Australian Defence Industries (ADI) plant in Footscray on July 25 to draw attention to Australia's continued role in the Bougainville war. Organised by Australian

A patch-up job for smokers

By Peter Lake Nicotine skin patches are now available on the Australian market. Intended for people who want to stop smoking, the patches come with a kit which includes information booklets and a behaviour change contract to be countersigned

Workers seize equipment

Workers seize equipment ADELAIDE — Workers from a bankrupt crane hire firm have hidden hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of equipment to guarantee that they will receive their redundancy payments. The workers seized two 50-tonne

Write on

SSS conference I refer to Zanny Begg and Sam Wainwright's review of the recent SSS conference in Melbourne (GLW, July 21) and wish to express my disappointment at their narrow reporting and their conclusion that integrating approaches to

Coltrane and the jazz revolution

Bye Bye Blackbird John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison Fantasy through Festival First Meditations (for quartet) John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison Impulse!/GRP through BMG Records Reviewed