By Sean Malloy
SYDNEY — February 13 is the 15th anniversary of the Hilton Hotel bombing. The question of who bombed the Hilton has never been satisfactorily answered.
Terry Griffiths was a police officer at the time and was seriously
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Man of the people
US President Bill Clinton's first cabinet includes eight millionaires. George Bush's had six and Ronald Reagan's seven.
Spin
"146,000 miss out on offers for university" — headline in January 29 Australian. "They're in:
Hunger strike against terror
By Alex Bainbridge
MELBOURNE — Ten women from the United Patriotic Women of Kurdistan began a hunger strike outside Parliament House here on January 25. The fast is in solidarity with a similar hunger
Among the best-known of the younger leaders of the Russian environmental movement, SERGEI FOMICHOV is co-president of the League of Green Parties and of the radical environmental group, the Rainbow Keepers. He was interviewed in Moscow by Green
I = PAT revisited
Allen Myers sophistic article dealing with Paul Ehrlich's I=PAT equation (GLW 20/1), is based on the specious argument that until a pure mathematical formula is provided, there is no real "proof" that the world's
Picket supports abortion rights
By Anne Pavy
PERTH — "Get your laws off our bodies", shouted a lively picket outside Liberal Party offices here on January 27.
The demonstration, initiated by the Democratic Socialists, highlighted
Screen: Charlie Chaplin — David Robertson, author of the biography of Chaplin and consultant to the film about the great left-wing comic actor, speaks to presenter Mary Colbert. The film, be released in Australia in February, is directed by
Israel and the UN
UN Resolution 799, adopted on December 18, "strongly condemns" Israel's deportation of more than 400 Palestinians to a desolate strip of land in southern Lebanon. Article 4 of the resolution reads: "The Security Council
Kennett stalls on Coode Island move
By Alex Cooper
MELBOURNE — Despite promises prior to last year's state election, it appears that the Kennett government may be backing away from funding the relocation of the Coode Island chemical
'Labor has lost its way'
PERTH — Kath Mallott, a former member of the ALP state executive, is an independent candidate for the seat of Perth in the West Australian state elections. Calling on voters to "put Perth before a party", she says
By Jonathan Strauss
PERTH — "We talk about revolving door justice for juveniles — now we have revolving door justice for police officers who break jaws", said Richard Utting following the Industrial Relations Commission's reinstatement of
ANDREW GARTON visited the Philippines during October to attend a conference of non-governmental organisations. He found time to investigate social and environmental issues.
Manila must be the filthiest city I've ever visited. The trip from
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