Ballot Measure 9ABC TVWednesday, March 20, 8.30pm (8 in SA)Reviewed by Jen Crothers Coming two weeks after the ABC's coverage of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Ballot Measure 9 is a reminder that the fight for equal rights is yet to be won.
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By Alex Bainbridge NEWCASTLE — CRA subsidiary, Novacoal, rejected an offer on March 7 by miners' union, CFMEU, to guarantee its profits to the tune of $250,000. The Vickery mine near Gunnedah has struck for almost seven months over compulsory 12
By Nikki Ulasowski WOLLONGONG — Fifty women attended the year's first women's collective meeting at Wollongong University. The meeting discussed ideas of what the collective should be and what campaigns should be organised. Ideas flowed, such as
Pesticide threat to farmers' children Children of agricultural families are at risk of exposure to multiple pesticides in potentially hazardous concentrations, according to a study recently published in Environmental Health Perspectives, the journal
By Sean Healy If the dramatic ending of the Irish Republican Army's cease-fire on February 9 was aimed at breaking the 14-month deadlock in the Northern Irish peace process, it has certainly succeeded. But now the British government looks poised to
By Pip Hinman Big business is salivating at the prospect of appropriating an even greater share of the country's wealth under a Coalition government. But given that John Howard says he intends to honour his $6.4 billion election promises despite a
Thousands of people from around Australia took to the streets in rallies, marches and festivals to mark International Women's Day last week. From Perth, Julia Perkins reports that 350 people attended a rally and noisy march around Northbridge on
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — International outrage is spreading following the February 6 arrest of Russian environmental activist Alexander Nikitin on charges of "betraying the motherland by espionage". A former naval captain, Nikitin was employed in
The Doom GenerationStarring Jonathon Schaech, Rose McGowan, James DuvalDirected by Greg ArakiScreens from March 21Sydney: Verona Cinema, PaddingtonMelbourne: George Cinema's and variousReviewed by Natasha Simons If you liked Pulp Fiction, you'll also
By Chris Raab The four 1995 editors of the La Trobe University student paper Rabelais are being threatened with six years' jail and a possible $72,000 fine each. An increasing number of students in Victoria are being arrested and charged with a
By Neil Eveleigh BRISBANE — ASIET (Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor) hosted a forum at the Resistance Centre on February 29 on "East Timor and Australian foreign policy". The forum included speakers from the Australian Democrats,
By Natasha Simons The election of the Coalition federal government has raised fears among higher education student and staff unions. The Coalition's higher education policy statement "Quality, diversity and choice" included the threat of up-front
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