by Hannah Friedman
Ahmad Ibrahim Sa'id, engineering student at Birzeit University and Hamas activist, stood before his interrogators. They announced, "We've taken off the gloves. We're acting on an explicit order from Prime Minister Rabin to
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By Anthony Brown
Since discovering what appears to be a major oil find in the Timor Gap in February 1994, Brisbane-based oil and gas company Petroz NL has been the focus of protests over Australian exploitation of the situation in East Timor.
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Coal miners in Russia are moving toward an all-out confrontation with the government following a massive one-day warning strike on February 8.
The first all-Russian stoppage to be organised jointly by the
Environment policy launched
By Roberto Jorquera
SYDNEY — A lively discussion around environmentally sustainable alternatives marked the environment policy forum for the Democratic Socialist campaign in the NSW elections.
Speakers at
Meeting discusses woodchipping
By Liam Mitchell
WOLLONGONG — A public meeting at the Resistance Centre on February 18 was told of distortions by the media and the timber industry in the debate over woodchipping of old growth forests.
SA girls' education under threat
By Philippa Stanford
ADELAIDE — One hundred people attended a meeting on February 16 to protest against the proposed closure of Port Adelaide Girls High School (PAGHS) at the end of 1995. The announcement
Steel Line Doors strikers tour Melbourne
By Ray Fulcher
MELBOURNE — Three workers from Steel Line Doors in Brisbane, who are among 17 unionists on strike against racial and trade union discrimination since November, toured Melbourne
Police freed in abduction of Aboriginal children
By Mick White
BRISBANE — Magistrate Robert Quinlan on February 24 dismissed charges against six police who had previously admitted to abducting and terrorising three Aboriginal children.
By Karen Fletcher
SYDNEY — Nearly 10,000 anti-woodchipping protesters encircled the NSW Parliament House on February 19 in a spirited show of strength.
Many participants had made their own placards and banners, expressing anger at both
Burn Witch Burn — A comedy. John is entering a spectacular float in the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. He is keeping it secret from flatmate Matthew, who has gone all right wing and paranoid. Rani discovers the giant float in the bathroom, disguised
DARWIN — The Danila Dilba Aboriginal Medical Service in Darwin is facing a funding crisis. Barely able to pay its workers the fortnight's pay due last week, Danila Dilba may be forced to close its doors in the very near future.
Danila Dilba is an
MELBOURNE — After spending $5 million in court costs, the Kennett government has finally admitted defeat and agreed to reopen Northlands Secondary College. The end of the battle came with a Supreme Court ruling that the Equal Opportunity Board
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