Japanese whalers hunting in sanctuary
Greenpeace has caught the Japanese whaling fleet hunting whales in the newly created Antarctic whale sanctuary.
The crew aboard the MV Greenpeace found the fleet in the Southern Ocean for the third time
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Over the last week, the media have been following the struggle of media magnate Kerry Packer in his quest to be the first person in Australia to own everything. Packer's "assault" on the Fairfax newspaper empire has been heralded as the greatest
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Clerks
Written and directed by Kevin Smith
Opening in March at the Kino, Melbourne
Reviewed by Chantal Wynter and Kelly Jean
Clerks is a hilarious film by 24-year-old first time director Kevin Smith. Based on the
Across India, more than 40 million children work in industries making such products as bangles, fireworks, matches, carpets, glass, hosiery and leather.
Environmentalists 'must relate to workers'
By Anthony Benbow
PERTH — 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly spoke to Bill Ethell, secretary of the Construction, Mining, Energy, Timberyard, Sawmillers and Woodworkers Union (WA CFMEU) about the woodchipping
By Tom Griffiths
Havana — Some 5000 educators from all over Latin America, including school teachers, academics and Ministry personnel, attended the biannual educational conference in Cuba, "Pedagogia 95", February 6-10.
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By Frank Eckardt
HO CHI MINH CITY — Nguyen Rithy Ti is one of a small but increasing number of street children here. He says he left his family two years ago after he had trouble getting along with the grandmother he was sent to live with when
By Penny Saunders
Decriminalisation of prostitution continues to be debated in the South Australian parliament, and it is expected that this issue will gain momentum in the coming weeks.
On February 9 Mark Brindal, a Liberal backbencher,
By Chris Martin
Released last week, the federal government's review of its five-year National Aboriginal Health Strategy has added more detail to the picture emerging from various state studies of a permanent and deepening Aboriginal health
ADELAIDE — A cross campus network has been formed following a meeting of around 40 people on February 13. The CCN will be organising South Australia's involvement in the two National Days of Action, called by the No Fees Conference held in
Poll after poll reaffirms that Australians, by and large, want the remaining stands of old growth forests protected. The Herald-McNair poll, released on February 15, revealed that nearly half the population want export woodchipping phased out by the
By Bruce Marlowe
What are the real economics of Australia's woodchipping industry? Answering this apparently simple question is no simple matter, because much of the corporate data is secret, and vital government information has been declared
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