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Voices of indigenous theatres

By Jorge Sotirios CANBERRA — A slab of wood lies deep within the reddest of fibres of a beer-aged carpet. Amidst the remains of mud-encrusted boot marks and months-old spittle, a man is drawn towards it. He touches it and his eyes light up.

Public health: 'experimenting' at whose cost?

By Lara Pullin CANBERRA — ACT chief medical officer Dr Cathy Mead told a gathering of concerned parents and health care practitioners at a forum held here on October 23 that modern immunisation practices were in effect a giant human

NSW police call for mob squads

By Sophie Wilson SYDNEY — In the aftermath of an alleged "riot" at Tempe last month, the state Police Association is calling for the introduction of special "mob squads". Gary Dunne from the association's executive board argued that the police

The 'circus' comes to north Queensland

By Margaret Wilson CARDWELL — There used to be a time when concerned citizens worried about government disregard for the environmental impact of mega-developments. And about favours done in return for "brown paper bags" passed under tables by

On germs and 'microzymas'

Comment by Doug Everingham Hume's Pasteur Exposed is faulty if Rob McKinnon-Lower quotes it rightly (GLW, October 20). Pasteur did not plagiarise from Bechamp's . Partridge's Origins derives microbe from mikros small bios life, and the

Palestinians surveyed on accord

By Sean Malloy At least 65% of Palestinians in the occupied territories support the Palestinian-Israeli accords, according to the Centre for Palestinian Research and Studies. The figures are based on a survey carried out by the centre in

Education on the agenda in SA campaign

By Chris Spindler ADELAIDE — The South Australian Institute of Teachers (SAIT) has endorsed the union's president, Clare McCarty, as an "Education Independent" for the state elections on December 11. Green Left Weekly spoke to McCarty about

Conservationists, Aborigines debate hunting in parks

By Anthony Brown A debate on traditional Aboriginal hunting and gathering in national parks is hotting up in Queensland. One of the state's oldest conservation groups, the National Parks Association of Queensland, and a North Queensland

Blacks demand more time on legislation

Blacks demand more time on legislation By Maurice Sibelle BRISBANE — Three hundred people attended a meeting to discuss the Mabo situation on November 5. The meeting, organised by the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research

Ireland unplugged

Lament Various artists Real World, distributed by Larrikin Where Angels Fly Jan CarterLarrikin Reviewed by Bernie Brian Lament was recorded with the express intention of connecting with the people of Derry, and through its music

ACT secondary students to strike

By James Basle CANBERRA — Secondary Students Against Cuts (SSAC) is organising a strike on November 16 to protest against the ACT Labor government's education cuts. The radical youth movement Resistance is supporting and helping to organise

Air strike rocks French government

PARIS – Two weeks of strike which all but shut down France's major airports forced Prime Minister Edouard Balladur to back down on October 25 and cancel job cuts planned by Air France chief