By Susan Braun DORRIGO — Wild Cattle Creek State Forest on the Dorrigo Plateau in northern NSW is currently the centre of a major dispute between the Wild Cattle Creek Action Group and the Dorrigo Residents and Business Association. On
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A decade of dissent A decade of dissent By Greg Langley Allen & Unwin, 1992. 232 pp. $19.95 Reviewed by Stephen Robson On May 7, 1970, the federal minister for labour and conscription, Billie Snedden described the organisers of the
The following is the concluding portion of a paper prepared by the Committee to Defend Black Rights and presented by the CDBR's chairperson, Helen Corbett, to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations. Earlier parts of the paper
By Tim E. Stewart NEWCASTLE — An end to the Austudy loans scheme, more funding for universities, an increase in child-care facilities and better public transport were demands made by 80 students at a September 23 sit-in at the Newcastle
The law against women's rights Abortion: A woman's right to choose By Claudine Holt New Course Publications 18 pp. $1.00 Reviewed by Sean Malloy Abortion is one of the safest and easiest medical procedures. A majority of Australians
By Catherine Brown With almost one out of two voters rejecting the Maastricht Treaty, the "yes" vote in the September 20 French referendum poses more questions than answers for a future united Europe. When Denmark said "no" to the treaty on
By Karen Fredericks SYDNEY — In Production, the first national gathering of Women in Film and Television, was held at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School in Sydney on the weekend of September 26 and 27. Opening addresses to the
The Songs and Stories of Australia: When the Poppy Blooms — Sonia Bennett and Australia's Poet Lorikeet Denis Kevans sing Australian songs from the World War I period. ABC FM Stereo, Fri Oct 2, 11.30 a.m. Living for the City: Hubcaps and Hazy
By Norm Dixon There is mounting evidence that the dreadful September 7 massacre of African National Congress marchers near Bisho by troops loyal to the Ciskei dictatorship was a premeditated ambush organised with the full knowledge of the
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Several hundred peasants and their supporters staged a lively picket outside the offices of the Russian government here on September 15. Organised by the trade unions of the agro-industrial complex, the action was
By Frank Noakes John Norris has just been elected chair of the Executive Committee of the British Green Party at the party's conference in Wolverhampton [see page 28]. He replaces Sarah Parkin in that position. An avowed green socialist, he
Correction In recent publicity in Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly for a Sydney Cultural Dissent evening featuring Canto y Lucha, the phrase "ex- Papalote" was used to describe this group. Sydney Cultural Dissent wishes to explain that this was in no way
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