The personal and the political
Robyn Habel
Robyn Habel
Produced by Terry Bradford and Stuart Day
Larrikin Records
Reviewed by Melanie Sjoberg
It will be great news to many women in Adelaide that Robyn Habel has released a CD in her
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And the Ass Saw the Angel
A play by Black Hole Productions
Napier Street Theatre, South Melbourne, until Oct 30
Reviewed by Lachlan Anderson
This play is an adaptation of the macabre novel by Australian rock musician Nick Cave. The story
Darwin Reclaim the Night
DARWIN — The Reclaim the Night march will take place here on Friday, October 29.
The March starts at 7.30 p.m. at Raintree Park with marchers making their way to the Workers Club for a night of celebration, music
The Vatican
Vatican City is an independent state with a population of roughly 1000 people, who are principally Vatican employees, including a large number of priests and nuns.
The pope is the monarch for life of the Vatican. The state is
By David Robie
PORT MORESBY — A manoeuvre by Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Paias Wingti has plunged the country into a constitutional crisis. The move follows growing unrest about Wingti's plans to abolish the nation's provincial government
By Holly Hammond
and Tamara Desiatov
PERTH — It's Artrage time again, Perth's annual arts festival. Artrage has become a predominantly mainstream arts festival, with a lack of dissenting art and hence a lack of "rage".
Artrage has
John Albert debut solo
Through a Mirror
John Albert
Sunset Music through Larrikin
Reviewed by Ignatius Kim
It's not exactly easy listening, but this debut solo album from Aboriginal singer/songwriter John Albert (used to front for
Referendum on voting system
By Kim Linden
UCKLAND — There are two votes for New Zealanders on November 6, one to elect a government and the other to decide how governments are elected in the future.
The choice in the referendum is
Cuban film fest
SYDNEY — The Fairfield School of Arts will host a video festival of films from and about Cuba on Sunday, October 31, at 2 p.m.
The films are presented by the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society. Proceeds from the event will
By Catherine Brown
The past year has been a bad one for the Catholic Church hierarchy. In the Catholic heartlands, in so far as there are any these days, popular support for the "moral fads" which Pope John Paul II attacks in his new encyclical
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Since tanks of the armed forces finally blew away Russia's parliament on October 4, President Boris Yeltsin has moved swiftly to suspend, disband or intimidate the major potential sources of opposition to his rule.
A year ago the British government of John Major announced a massive coal mine closure plan that within months would have closed 30 pits with the loss of 30,000 jobs. The announcement produced an outcry from the broader community which culminated in a
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