By Sean Malloy
SYDNEY — Jaapalpa is one of only two bail houses for young Aborigines in the whole country. Jaapalpa (the name means gathering place) is a house where young Kooris on remand, who have a high risk of offending again or who
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Contemporary fantasy
Into the West
Starring Gabriel Byrne and Ellen Barkin
Reviewed By Bernie Brian
Take two cute, precocious young boys and a white horse that they have just retrieved from a very wealthy and very crooked boss of a
The recent visit to Australia by Amnesty International US chairperson Rick Halperin has focused attention on the death penalty in the United States. The case of radical journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, on death row in Pennsylvania convicted for the
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — A study of the effects of abortion on women in Australia indicates that the real trauma associated with the experience is suffered in trying to obtain information and access to abortion services, rather than as
By Dirk Hartford
JOHANNESBURG — National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) members are currently discussing a completely new approach to collective bargaining in the metal, motor and auto manufacturing sectors. The essence of the new approach
Bougainville MP feared killed
Amnesty International has called on its supporters to petition the Papua New Guinea government over what Amnesty fears has been the illegal killing by PNG security forces of a prominent Bougainvillean.
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — Ironically, the auditor general's report on the downfall of the State Bank was released on April Fool's Day. It offered little to the people of South Australia, who have been waiting for over two years for some
Rainforest timber unwelcome
SYDNEY — Sydney Rainforest Action Group, Greenpeace and Paddlers for Peace held the year's first rainforest timber ship protest on April 1.
The Eastern Ruby, carrying tropical timber from Malaysia, was met
Keeping the pressure on
By Barbara Struthers
ADELAIDE — The full court seems in no hurry to rule on the conduct of Justice Derek Bollen in the now notorious rape in marriage trial. The hearing was on March 15, and there has still not
Camping with Julian
Terry and Julian
Mondays 9.30 p.m. ABC Television
Reviewed by Sean Malloy
Terry and Julian is comedy with some large points to make about sexuality and stereotyping. Julian Clary stars in the show as a persona of
The Israeli government sealed off Gaza and the West Bank on March 28 and 30, respectively. AMOS WOLLIN is an Israeli commentator in Tel Aviv. MIRIAM TRAMER interviewed him for 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ about the situation in the occupied territories.
What
ANDREW GARTON explores the dilemma of non-government organisations attempting to aid the Third World when the people who provide the funds seek to control how they are spent.
NGOs and their projects are, more often than not, totally reliant
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