By Janet Parker
In the face of flagging support for the Labor Party — both state and federal — the federal minister for transport, Laurie Brereton, has announced a budget plan to "fast-track" construction of Sydney's second airport at
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Once Were Warriors
By Alan Duff
University of Queensland Press, 1994. 198 pp., $15.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Peter Riedlinger
It was with some misgivings that I bought a copy of Alan Duff's novel. I'd read an interview he'd given and heard him
More action on racetrack
By Jeremy Smith
MELBOURNE — Seven hundred people braved the heat on March 4 to protest against construction of the Grand Prix racetrack at Albert Park. A fortnight earlier, 1000 protesters had stopped work on the
By Pip Hinman
With the March 25 NSW election looming, an important opportunity exists to increase the pressure on both major parties to stop the destruction of our old growth forests. However, given that the woodchipping debate will continue
By Boris Kagarlitsky
MOSCOW — Unable to defeat the Chechen fighters, Russian generals have launched a new battle. This time the goal is to force the repeal of a law that allows male students to defer their military service. Complaining of a
DENIS DOHERTY, the social justice independent candidate for Port Jackson, is being supported by a variety of groups and independent activists. Doherty, who has taught Aboriginal children in Alice Springs and in schools in Queensland, the Northern
The Zapatista uprising testifies to a new radicalism of the indigenous peoples of Mexico. A range of Indian organisations drafted the following declaration during the November assembly of the National Democratic Convention. They call for autonomy,
Thank you
Back in December, the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center imposed a letter writing ban that prohibited all of Georgia's prisoners from writing letters to our contacts, friends and supporters overseas. On February 23, 1995,
Melbourne's Queer Film and Video Festival
By Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE — Last year's Melbourne Queer Film and Video Festival provided audiences with the first opportunity to see Armistead Maupin's brilliant Tales of the City series, and
Women marched in their thousands across Australia on Saturday, March 11, for International Women's Day.
In Sydney, Amanda Mitchell reports that more than 3000 women marched to Circular Quay, where they heard speakers on the theme "Women Around
Equal pay
By Kath Gelber
The International Women's Day events last week provided fertile ground for those wishing to look more "woman-friendly". Whether it's because they are facing elections (the ALP and Liberals), or a decline in support
91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ is not only a newspaper. Its purpose is not simply to report the news that others do not print. 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ seeks also to change the news.
It is with this in mind that 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ has campaigned against the woodchipping of old-growth
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