By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Following an outcry from environmentalists in late February, the state Liberal government was forced, on March 7, to reinstate parts of the pollution licensing system. Premier Rob Borbidge had intended to suspend the
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Concern at worldwide fall in sperm counts
By Peter Montague
The New Yorker magazine ran a long story on January 15 called "Silent Sperm" — a wry reference to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, which made its debut in the New Yorker 35 years
Socialism for a Sceptical AgeBy Ralph MilibandPolity Press, 1994. 211 pp., $37.95 (pb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon The death in 1994 of Ralph Miliband was a sad loss to the left. His last book, fortunately completed just before his death, leaves us with
By Anthony Benbow
PERTH — The directors of electrical company Air Attention have been fined in excess of $9000 for intimidating a worker into signing a workplace agreement. This is the first such prosecution to succeed under the Court Liberal
By Graham Matthews
SYDNEY — Around 150 Aborigines and their supporters rallied on March 13 to save the Block around Eveleigh Street, Redfern. Organised by the Redfern Aboriginal Housing Coalition, the rally condemned plans to relocate up to
The Liberal-National Coalition intends to replace Labor's three-mines uranium policy with an open-slather approach. Mining giants Energy Resources of Australia, Western Mining Corporation, Denison/Cogema and CRA have been preparing for a change in
Find the obscenity
"Our value system is different. Pornography, and all types of writings and the graphics, including those that attack people and government, are accessible to net users." — Malaysian information minister Mohamed Rahmat,
By Max Lane
SPRIM (Indonesian People in Solidarity with the Struggle of the Maubere People), has added its name to those supporting the national day of solidarity for East Timor. The action has been called to focus attention on the Australian
By Norm Dixon
"Cubans in Klerksdorp — it sounds like a nightmare sequence from the commie bashing photo-comic, Grensvegter, circa 1979. But the doctors were greeted at the once racially exclusive hospital with no hostility, though much
Chilean women prisoners
SYDNEY — Seventy people attended an International Women's Day celebration on March 9 organised by the Human rights group ADEPU-Chile. The evening focused on the plight of 17 women political prisoners being held in
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Unionists at Comalco's Weipa bauxite mine in far north Queensland are disputing wage rises which the Industrial Relations Commission ruled on March 14 should be paid to 71 award workers. On March 15, Weipa Industrial
By Craig Cormick
Based on highly reliable international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe.
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