ASIO: An Unofficial History
By Frank Cain
Spectrum, 1994. 292 pp., $19.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
ASIO is receiving a lot of unaccustomed attention lately. Hard on the investigative heels of David McKnight's recent book comes Frank
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By Nick Fredman
SYDNEY — When hundreds of young activists gather here from Friday to Sunday, July 8-10, for the Resistance national conference, international solidarity will be high on the agenda. Campaigning against Australian imperialism's
By Jon Land
Australia's biggest trade and business promotion ever held overseas was opened by foreign affairs and trade minister Gareth Evans in Jakarta on June 14. The $8 million project has displays by some 500 businesses.
During the
By Frank Enright
Despite a promising start to peace talks between Papua New Guinea and Bougainville Interim Government representatives in the Solomon Islands, the meetings have been called off. After two meetings, and in breach of a signed
Coroner slams police over death
By Alex Cooper
MELBOURNE — A report into the first of seven deaths at the hands of police between 1988 and 1989 was released by the coroner on June 20. The coroner slammed police actions during a raid on
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Not so long ago, many Russians still believed that if they embraced capitalism, foreign investment would pour in to help modernise and expand their country's decrepit factories.
That's a suggestion the new
By Jon Land
A controversial report released in the US has exposed funding of the Indonesian military through World Bank loans. These loans have the full backing of the US government, which has the controlling vote over World Bank projects.
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — It was like a scene out of an old news reel from the dimmest, darkest days of apartheid: big, burly, white city council security officers — armed with bulldozers and sledge hammers, mouthing racist and derogatory
By Craig Cormick
Based on highly reliable international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from the leading TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe.
Iceman
By Anthony Brown
Filipina women in violent relationships with Australian men are often not aware of their rights, according to a Brisbane social worker who works with migrant women.
Since 1980, 17 Filipina women and four children have been
What impact do women parliamentarians have on the struggle for gender equality? Four women from different countries and different political backgrounds discussed their experiences at the International Green Left Conference held in Sydney over Easter.
By David Finkel
As a commercial enterprise, the success of World Cup 1994 appears assured. Stands will be packed to capacity or very nearly so. Even more important is the extraction of maximum revenues from World Cup corporate sponsorships,
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