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Young women's sexual health festival

Young women's sexual health festival By Carla Gorton SYDNEY — Information for young women about HIV and AIDS issues will be the main focus of a national festival at Bondi Pavilion on February 19-20. "Australian studies warn that

Trammies accept deal with Kennett

Trammies accept deal with Kennett By Alex Cooper MELBOURNE — A mass meeting of members of the Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees Association on February 4 voted overwhelmingly to accept a deal struck between state secretary

Insurers bolt from climate change

Insurers bolt from climate change Insurance companies are pulling out of some areas hit by an apparent increase in climate-related disasters, says Dr Jeremy Leggett, scientific director for Greenpeace International's climate campaign.

Labor cuts housing funds

Labor cuts housing funds The federal government is to cut $50 million from state-tied housing programs, which will affect low income earners harshly. For years the New South Wales government has underfunded the community housing sector,

Queensland health services face cuts

Queensland health services face cuts By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Queensland public hospital services face a cutbacks crisis as administrations attempt to confront a $52 million shortfall in the state health budget. Over the next few

Radio highlights

Words of One Syllable — A radio play by Richard Barrett. Frank is a dying man who is confronting the knowledge that his son is gay and prefers to live in another town with his lover rather than take over the family home after Frank's death and

Brisbane campaign for democratic rights escalates

By Maurice Sibelle BRISBANE — Several hundred people joined a rally for democratic rights in Brisbane's Queen Street Mall on February 5. The rally was a response to the Brisbane City Council's campaign to remove all political groups from

Concerned Citizens picket

Concerned Citizens picket SYDNEY — The Concerned Citizens group continues to hold a weekly picket outside the Israeli consulate here to demand that all the Palestinians deported by Israel be allowed to return to their homes. The picket

Powerful indictment of the Gulf War criminals

The Fire This Time: U.S. War Crimes in the Gulf By Ramsey Clark New York: Thunder's Mouth Press. 1992. 325 pp. $35 Reviewed by Allen Myers Ramsey Clark doesn't mince words on the Gulf War. He breathes indignation, backed by facts: "What

... and ain't i a woman?: A jealously guarded right

A jealously guarded right The right to safe, legal abortion is now being subtly threatened by, of all groups, the Family Planning Association of NSW. An education campaign conducted under the newly devised "Family Planning Choice's

Managing the Great Barrier Reef

By Dr Denise Russell The Great Barrier Reef is the largest marine coral ecosystem in the world. It is an area of enormous diversity, of great beauty and scientific interest, yet highly vulnerable to human interference. The setting up of the

Unrepresented peoples meet

Unrepresented peoples meet More than 60 delegations participated in the third general assembly of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO), held January 19-24 in the Netherlands. This is twice the size of last year's