Trammies accept deal with Kennett
By Alex Cooper
MELBOURNE — A mass meeting of members of the Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees Association on February 4 voted overwhelmingly to accept a deal struck between state secretary
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Labor cuts housing funds
The federal government is to cut $50 million from state-tied housing programs, which will affect low income earners harshly.
For years the New South Wales government has underfunded the community housing sector,
Insurers bolt from climate change
Insurance companies are pulling out of some areas hit by an apparent increase in climate-related disasters, says Dr Jeremy Leggett, scientific director for Greenpeace International's climate campaign.
Queensland health services face cuts
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Queensland public hospital services face a cutbacks crisis as administrations attempt to confront a $52 million shortfall in the state health budget.
Over the next few
By Maurice Sibelle
BRISBANE — Several hundred people joined a rally for democratic rights in Brisbane's Queen Street Mall on February 5. The rally was a response to the Brisbane City Council's campaign to remove all political groups from
Words of One Syllable — A radio play by Richard Barrett. Frank is a dying man who is confronting the knowledge that his son is gay and prefers to live in another town with his lover rather than take over the family home after Frank's death and
The Fire This Time: U.S. War Crimes in the Gulf
By Ramsey Clark
New York: Thunder's Mouth Press. 1992. 325 pp. $35
Reviewed by Allen Myers
Ramsey Clark doesn't mince words on the Gulf War. He breathes indignation, backed by facts: "What
Concerned Citizens picket
SYDNEY — The Concerned Citizens group continues to hold a weekly picket outside the Israeli consulate here to demand that all the Palestinians deported by Israel be allowed to return to their homes.
The picket
A jealously guarded right
The right to safe, legal abortion is now being subtly threatened by, of all groups, the Family Planning Association of NSW. An education campaign conducted under the newly devised "Family Planning Choice's
Unrepresented peoples meet
More than 60 delegations participated in the third general assembly of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO), held January 19-24 in the Netherlands. This is twice the size of last year's
By Dr Denise Russell
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest marine coral ecosystem in the world. It is an area of enormous diversity, of great beauty and scientific interest, yet highly vulnerable to human interference. The setting up of the
Rainbow Warrior on tour of Australia
By Joe Kim
PERTH — Greenpeace launched its Cities and Coasts campaign in Fremantle on Australia Day, January 26, with the arrival of its flagship, Rainbow Warrior. The vessel sailed into Fremantle
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