With South Africa's first democratic election less than two months away, solidarity with the people of South Africa is urgent. MARC NEWHOUSE and ANGIE HARTWIG, two long-time activists in the Australian anti-apartheid movement, have just completed a
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Folk for instruments
Fiddling Around
Kilmarnock
Produced by Henk de Weerd
Recorded by Ian Coulls
Hard Yacka Records and 5EBI-FM
Reviewed by Gail Lord
Larrikin has announced a new distribution agreement for the Adelaide-based Hard
Nurses strike against cutbacks
By Nikki Ulasowski
Brisbane — More than 4000 nurses at 21 public hospitals statewide struck on March 10 against plans of state health minister Ken Hayward to cut 220 nursing administration jobs, in a bid to
Australia opposes peace envoy
The Australian government has moved to sink an African-sponsored resolution at the UN Human Rights Commission calling for a UN special representative to investigate the situation on Bougainville, announced the
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — In one of the largest labour protest actions in Russia for years, an estimated 600,000 coal industry workers struck on March 1 to demand payment of back wages and the allocation of new government subsidies. Reports
Woodside sacks 429
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — Woodside Offshore Petroleum sacked 429 workers on February 28. One hundred and forty were from the work force of 500 at Karratha and the rest from the Perth-based staff.
Sixty-five of
That's History — Elsie: A Refuge Away From Home — It's 20 years this month since Australia's first women's refuge was opened in inner Sydney. "Elsie" refuge for women and children went on to spawn many others. The program hears from one of the
By Gus Elands
For many years there has been a public misconception that rainforest in NSW is "safe" from forestry activities such as roading and logging. However, State Forests (formerly the Forestry Commission) continue to allow roading and
A Winning Day
By Kevin Nemeth
Directed by Helmut Bakaitis
Q Theatre, Penrith, until March 27
Reviewed by Gail Lord
Since moving west of Sydney in 1977, the Q Theatre has established an enviable reputation presenting classic and
By Frank Enright
"My eyes turned toward Panguna on the right. I was almost shocked by the size of the crater; it was kilometers wide! Entire villages and gardens, mountains, traditions and memories had been dug out and replaced by an enormous
By Vivienne Porzsolt
Since the February 25 massacre of worshippers at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron by Israeli settler Barukh Goldstein, ongoing Palestinian demonstrations have been viciously put down by the Israeli military. The entire occupied
JOCK COLLINS is a lecturer in economics at the University of Technology, Sydney, and author of Migrant Hands in a Distant Land. He was interviewed for 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly by SUJUTHA FERNANDES.
What have been the stages of the government's attitude
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