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In Africa

In Africa World Bank protests veterans' victory The World Bank is withholding a US$62 million loan to Zimbabwe in protest at the Mugabe government's compensation package for liberation war veterans. Following a determined campaign of

Looking out: Tigers

Tigers By Brandon Astor Jones "The identity crisis ... occurs in that period of the life cycle when each youth must forge ... some central perspective and direction, some working unity, out of the effective remnants of ... childhood and the

Contra attacks increase in Congo and Rwanda

By Norm Dixon While the United Nations, the aid industry and the world press continue to accuse — without evidence — the new government of the Democratic Republic of Congo of systematic human rights abuses during the uprising that overthrew

Burma: Saving animals, killing people

Burma: Saving animals, killing people By Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy Outside a spartan Burmese government office, military intelligence officers were interrogating two visitors who said they were environmental research fellows

Loose cannons

Not quite "Many — not all — people with apparently high wealth pay little tax." — Tax commissioner Michael Carmody. Don't worry, I'm in charge "I am the captain of the ship. We must batten down the hatches, instead of panicking

Birth-control riots

Birth-control riots Authorities in China's southern province of Guangdong have ordered birth-control officials to stop abusing power following several outbreaks of rioting over stiff fines, Chinese newspapers have reported. They also warned

CSDA workers campaign for new agreement

CSDA workers campaign for new agreement By Bill Mason Workers in the Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency, now renamed Centrelink, are meeting on September 22-23 to discuss the next move in their campaign for a new agency agreement. They

Students fight to hold elections

Students fight to hold elections By Nick Middleton CANBERRA — A general student meeting (GSM) has been called to sack the current University of Canberra Student Association executive and replace it with an executive that would hold office

Thousands oppose forest agreement

Thousands oppose forest agreement By Tony Iltis HOBART — Between one and two thousand people rallied outside parliament on September 18 to oppose the imminent, and long-delayed, signing of Tasmania's regional forest agreement (RFA). The

Welcome to Australia — and destitution

Welcome to Australia — and destitution By Lisa Macdonald The hardship caused by the two-year waiting period for social security payments has been especially severe because of the government's tighter guidelines for special benefits.

Arguments for socialism: Charity or justice

Charity or justice By Dave Holmes At Princess Diana's funeral, representatives of some 100 charities she had worked with walked in the cortege. Charities are such an all-pervasive feature of modern society that we tend to take them for

SA government expands uranium mining

SA government expands uranium mining By Rob Graham ADELAIDE — Plans are afoot for a major increase in uranium mining in South Australia, involving new mines at Beverley and Honeymoon, and the expansion of Roxby Downs to over twice its