Sexual politics — 1 I do not intend to reply in any detail to Robert Stainsby's letter (Write on, August 19). I do wish, though, to take up two points. Firstly, I consider that his selective choice of quotations from my article is not a
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By Norm Dixon "The desperately thin baby hung in the weighing harness, kicking and screaming in protest. Loose folds of skin hung from her skeletal arms and legs ... Bishar weighs less now than when she was born a year ago. The Somalian
Greenpeace protests toxic waste export By Leon Harrison PERTH — Together with its South African and European affiliates, Greenpeace in Australia has condemned the recent export of toxic waste from Perth. The Maria Laura, a
Company charged over Coode fire By Peter Boyle MELBOURNE — Terminals Pty Ltd has been charged with nine offences under the Environmental Protection Act following investigations into the large chemical fire on Coode Island in the Melbourne
MOSCOW — Russia has signed a memorandum with the International Monetary Fund agreeing on stiff austerity measures, Russian officials and Western diplomats said on August 10. The secret memo involves a 10-point list of preconditions that had
By Dave Riley BRISBANE — The days when Fortitude Valley was the major local night spot have passed. It's slim pickings down Brunswick Street, the main thoroughfare, in these times of recession after the Fitzgerald Inquiry. Nightclub sparkle,
FEDERICO GOMEZ is a representative of the Chuc people, one of the 22 indigenous cultures in Guatemala. He has been visiting Australia for the secretariat of the campaign 500 Years of Black, Indigenous and Popular Struggle. He was interviewed for
Greens launch announced By Col Hesse WOLLONGONG — A national green organisation will be launched on August 30 with the release of an Australian Greens charter, to include items on ecology, democracy, social justice, ecologically
Comment by Diana Evans Agenda 21, signed at the UNCED Earth Summit in Rio, committed the world's nations to a global blueprint for sustainable development in the 21st century which will cost and estimated $800 billion annually. For the
The Nightly Planet asks the questions — This is perhaps the most intelligent music program on radio. Every night it comprehensively programs non-mainstream popular musics from around the world. Presenter Robyn Johnston is always well informed
By David Robie AUCKLAND — A Maori tribe which has already laid claim to 80% of New Zealand's South Island has rocked the nation by winning a landmark ruling of the Waitangi Tribunal that the tribe be granted the lion's share of the national
By Peter Annear A faint sigh of relief conditioned by continued anxiety about the future best sums up the response of welfare and environmental organisation to the 1992 budget. The temporary retreat from economic rationalism into mild Keynesian
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