By Sujatha Fernandes in India
A secular "United Front" government has been installed following inconclusive national elections last month. No one party received a majority in the elections to the eleventh Lok Sabha (parliament). The right-wing
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Rally against Grand Prix sponsor
MELBOURNE — On June 7, the Kennett government announced that Qantas would replace Transurban as the sponsor of the Australian Grand Prix. Save Albert Park responded by announcing a boycott campaign. On June 15,
By Fiona Carnes
Despite its pre-election promise to maintain existing ABC funding and retain triennial funding, the Coalition government is threatening major cuts to the ABC's funds. Friends of the ABC are concerned that the cuts will mean that
Pink TriangleBy Miranda MorrisUniversity of NSW Press, $26.95Reviewed by Fiona Carnes "Damned in the eyes of the world" was the headline on the front page of the Hobart Mercury following the decision of the United Nations Human Rights Committee that
By Jennifer Thompson
A May 25 announcement by the Netherlands Justice Ministry of a plan to arbitrarily deport more than 4000 Iranian asylum seekers by declaring Iran a "safe" country has received an angry response from the Council of Iranian
By Margarita Windisch
Depo Provera is a long-acting hormonal contraceptive administered in three-monthly injections. It has been praised by the medical profession for its effectiveness. There is, however, considerable controversy surrounding the
By Sue Bolton
MELBOURNE — A broad range of trade unionists met on June 19 to discuss Howard's industrial relations bill and how to fight it. The meeting was organised by the Democratic Socialist Party and Militant. Luke Van der Muelen, from the
By Jon Lamb
ADELAIDE — Chemical sampling results released by Greenpeace on June 17 show that the waters surrounding BHP's Whyalla steelworks have levels of zinc and ammonia up to 320 times above Environment Protection Authority licence
By Lisa Macdonald and Dick Nichols
Since the Premiers' Conference and the Council of Australian Governments meeting on June 13 and 14, the competition between federal and state governments in the game of blame has been fierce. But the debate
This is the abridged text of a speech by Shumei Ikehara, the general secretary of the Antiwar Landowners Association of Okinawa, at a May 25 public meeting in Tokyo. The Japanese government's plan to expropriate our land is facing many problems. In
Given the Coalition's attacks on Aborigines' and migrants' rights, and the formation of new extreme right parties such as Australia First, the results of a June 14-16 national poll on immigration provide further evidence of the progress being made by
By Janet Parker
SYDNEY — On May 14, abortion clinic worker Dianne Unger won an unprecedented victory for pro-choice forces. On this day she took her most vociferous "pro-life" opponent — Carolyn O'Loughlin — to court and succeeded in
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