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Latrobe Valley campaign to save hospitals

By Kevin Taylor MOE — Victoria's Latrobe Valley has three substantial public hospitals: a modern 150-bed hospital in Moe, one in Traralgon and the Hobsons Park psychiatric hospital. There are also two publicly owned nursing homes. For six years

Lesbians win access to sperm banks

By Kerry Vernon BRISBANE — The Queensland Anti-discrimination Tribunal ruled on January 31 that the medical group QFG had discriminated both directly and indirectly against a lesbian when it refused her access to artificial insemination through a

Pepsi withdraws from Burma

Pepsi withdraws from Burma A six-year campaign has ended with PepsiCo's announcement that it will totally withdraw from Burma by May 31. PepsiCo sells Pepsi and 7-Up in Burma under the brutal State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC).

Monsanto agrees to change Roundup ads &&

Monsanto agrees to change Roundup ads Monsanto Corporation has agreed to change its advertising for glyphosate-based products, including Roundup, in response to complaints by the New York attorney general's office that the ads were misleading. The

Complex history of insurgency in Burma

Burma: insurgency and the politics of ethnicityBy Martin SmithZed Books, 1991. 492 pp., $59.95. Review by Eva Cheng Though Burma: insurgency and the politics of ethnicity was published six years ago, it remains one of the richest and most

The workers who wouldn't be persuaded

The workers who wouldn't be persuadedThe workers who wouldn't be persuaded By Peter Boyle Since the collapse of the bureaucratic regimes in eastern Europe, we've been told that socialism is just another discredited 19th century philosophy.

Indonesia: What's behind the 'religious' riots

Indonesia: What's behind the 'religious' riots By James Balowski Over the last 16 months, Indonesia's much touted "political stability" has been tested by some of the worst violence since the New Order regime seized power in 1965. As president

Bakun Dam threatens Sarawak people, rainforest &&

By Amanda Radcliffe Last October, the Bakun Dam project contracts were signed in Malaysia between the Swedish-Swiss Asia Brown Boveri (ABB) consortium and Ekran Berhad. The US$5.5 billion Bakun Dam, masterminded by the timber tycoon and executive

UWS Macarthur students fight to save SRC

UWS Macarthur students fight to save SRC By Jo Brown SYDNEY — Students at the University of Western Sydney MacArthur campus are taking the fight to save their Student Representative Council to the courts after the SRC was abolished by the UWS

Russia's 'big cop'

By Boris Kagarlitsky MOSCOW — While Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and presidential chief of staff Anatoly Chubais jostle for power under Yeltsin, interior minister General Anatoly Kulikov is systematically occupying key positions. The

And thanks for the skew

Life's Grandeur: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to DarwinBy Stephen Jay GouldJonathon Cape, 1996. 244 pp., $39.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon It pays to know your maths. In 1982, Stephen Jay Gould was diagnosed as suffering from abdominal

Kennett loses by-election

Kennett loses by-election By Maurice Sibelle MELBOURNE — The Kennett Liberal government lost its second safest seat on February 1 in a by-election for the Gippsland West seat of Wonthaggi. In its first major electoral defeat, the Liberals'