NZ government spending less on health
By Ian Powell
WELLINGTON — Since the 1991 budget the National Party government has overturned New Zealand's health service by converting area health boards into profit-oriented companies (crown health
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Cave's dark love
Let Love In
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Reviewed by Nick Fredman
Nick Cave, the dark preacher of rock and roll, and his loyal disciples the Bad Seeds have released a new work. Musically and lyrically it breaks little
By Bernie Brian
DARWIN — The defeat, once again, of the Labor Party in the June 4 Northern Territory elections has sparked a call for the formation of a new Aboriginal party. Labor looks like holding on to seven seats (a loss of two) in the
By Peter Montague
There are now more breast cancers diagnosed in the US each year (181,000) than any other cancer, and all but 1000 of these occur in the female half of the population. There are a few other cancers that occur almost as often
By Kath Gelber
The Sydney Film Festival got off to an impressive start on June 10 with the screenings of the 1994 Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films.
Shorts were screened in five categories: documentary, fiction, general, animation and
by Dave Riley
When Charles Darwin synthesised the biological knowledge of the 19th century into a theory that humans evolved from other mammals, Frederick Engels in a short essay hypothesised that in the transition from ape-like creature to
Transforming Labor: Labour Tradition and the Labor Decade in Australia
By Peter Beilharz
Cambridge University Press, 1994. 245 pp., $29.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
After 11 years of federal ALP government, it is not hard to weigh the
In April and May, SOA Watch and Witness for Peace sponsored a 40-day fast in Washington to call attention to the School of the Americas and to mobilise support for closing it down.
The US Army School of the Americas was established in Panama in
By Jon Land
Supporters of Bougainville have sharply condemned the June 8 Senate report on the Australian parliamentary delegation's visit to Bougainville in April.
"The Loosley report makes no mention of the fact that Australian arms, money
Electricity privatisation in Wellington
By Max Anderson
WELLINGTON — With less than a month to go before the Wellington City Council makes a decision on the issue, the Save Capital Power group is rallying public support for its campaign
By Phil Clarke
Panic and hysteria took hold of the South Korean capital, Seoul, last week as troops and police moved in to "protect" government buildings from the alleged threat of North Korean terrorist attacks. Seoul airport and the residence
Opposition to honour for Sarawak minister
ADELAIDE — The Students Association of the University of Adelaide, Friends of the Earth Nouveau and the Native Forest Network of South Australia have expressed disappointment at the university's
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