By Norm Dixon
"I have no confidence there can be justice in South Africa", Mbusi Ntuli said bitterly following the October 11 acquittal of former apartheid regime defence minister Magnus Malan and other senior police and security force officers
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By Beavis Marks
BRISBANE — A public outcry has erupted over a police attack on an outdoor fundraising concert for community radio station 4ZzZ on October 19. More than 95 people were arrested and many members of the crowd injured. A storm of
By Jennifer Thompson
SYDNEY — Two Palestinians visiting from the Ma'an Development Centre based in Ramallah in the West Bank spoke at a public meeting organised by the ACTU overseas aid organisation, APHEDA, on October 15. Among other community
In early October, the AFGHAN WOMEN'S NETWORK — active in Peshawar and Islamabad in Pakistan and Mazar-I-sharif and Kabul, Afghanistan — released a statement asking for support against the imposition of repressive laws against women in areas of
Resisting the Virtual Life: The Culture and Politics of InformationEdited by James Brook and Iain A. BoalCity Lights Books, 1995. 289 pp., $15.95Reviewed by Stan Thompson Media, governments, academics and more all have heralded the close of the 20th
By Bernie Brian
DARWIN — More than 50 students delayed a meeting of the NT University's planning board on October 24 to express their opposition to cuts to faculty funding contained in the university's draft budget. Arts will be the worst hit,
NEW ZEALAND — On October 12, New Zealand held its first general election under the new mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system. Expanding from 99 to 120 seats, the NZ parliament now consists of 65 constituency MPs and 55 list MPs. Parties'
By Dave Andrews
ROSEBERY — This mining community on Tasmania's west coast has sent a strong message to the state Liberal government by electing three new members to the nine-member West Coast Council. Included on the new council is Ian Jamieson,
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