By Debbie Brennan The survivors of an industrial disaster are now fighting for compensation and medical treatment for diseases contracted over decades. The Baryulgil catastrophe was a creation of asbestos mining companies, which needed
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Arithmetic A tax return by one of Australia's top 100 companies had listed its stocks as a deduction, leading to "an arithmetic error in excess of $80 million. It was only after numerous tax office requests and some 20 months had elapsed that
What is the difference between a racist's house and a porcupine? A porcupine has the pricks on the outside. Triple J, as part of the Human Rights Commission's Different Colours, One People campaign, has announced a special award for Australia's
By Tracy Sorensen In August, Tim Cornwell received the 1992 National Energy Award from resources minister Alan Griffiths. In September, he got the sack for pursuing the energy efficiency initiatives that won him the award. For five years,
Keating's cynical ploy A desperate, irresponsible idea that has been floating in the political stratosphere for many months was finally brought to ground last week when Paul Keating blustered in parliament that Labor would not block the GST in
By Karen Fredericks The first National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Music Festival, With Open Eyes, will be held in Sydney from November 30 to December 5. The festival comes at a time when Yothu Yindi, Kev Carmody and other
By Norm Dixon A meeting of traditional leaders from central Bougainville has condemned the attack on the area by Papua New Guinea Defence Force troops and called for their immediate withdrawal. The chiefs vowed not to cooperate with the PNG
Comment by Peter Boyle [This is a reply to the article "Population and the environment" in our October 28 issue by Jenny Goldie, president of Australians for an Ecologically Sustainable Population (AESP).] Jenny Goldie doesn't have to
Police hassle Canberra squatters By James Basle Canberra — Young squatters in the disused Fortune Theatre have been harassed by police and accused of stealing or damaging hundreds of cars. In what appears to be a media and police
Anderton banned from Tonga The leader of New Zealand's NewLabour Party, Jim Anderton, has been banned from delivering a keynote address to a pro-democracy conference in Tonga after intervention by the rulers of the Pacific kingdom. In a
Fretilin representative Estanislao da Silva spoke at a Democratic Socialist forum in Sydney on the eve of the first anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre. The following is excerpted from his talk. The Santa Cruz massacre is an important event
Urban activism Phil McManus' discussion on issues facing urban activists, while containing positive elements, also contains many errors. On the positive side unlike so many advocates of urban reform, such as eco-cities, he at least attempts to
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