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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
By Norman Taylor
The invitation to attend the Fourth World Atheist Conference in India was irresistible. I went as the delegate of the Australian Foundation of Atheists, one of 78 from around the world. There were delegates from 12 countries,
By Sean Healy
MELBOURNE — Most polls on the March 30 Victorian state elections put the Coalition at least 10 points ahead in the two-party preferred vote. Premier Jeff Kennett has an even bigger margin over Labor leader John Brumby as
Share the dream, live the nightmare
PETER LUSK describes six months on the drier line at Fisher & Paykel in New Zealand "Peter, useless! Peter useless!", chanted my workmates. "Peter useless!", they roared. My name echoed around the factory for
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
By Adam Hanieh
ADELAIDE — More than 7000 education workers packed Victoria Park Racecourse on March 13 in an unprecedented show of anger over the state Liberal government's refusal to grant a wage rise and negotiate workload conditions. The
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
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
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
In harmony
If a child lives with approval, [s]he learns to live with [her]himself. — Dorothy Law Nolte
I am looking at a poster-size collection of drawings and writing that were sent to me by my young friend Amelia Summers. She is now
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
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