The following letter by Udo Schueklenk was submitted to Brother Sister in Melbourne.
Clinical researchers at the US National Institute of Health (NIH) recently conducted a trial to test a drug, FIAU, supposed to combat hepatitis B virus. Four
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ATSIC councillors face election
By Karen Fredericks
The second ATSIC (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission) Regional Council elections will be held around Australia on Saturday, December 4. The election comes at a time when
Victory for gay rights
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — David Paul Jobling was granted a $60,000 compensation payment on November 22. The Equal Opportunity Tribunal declared that Jobling was prevented from taking up an artist-teaching
ACT nurses stop work
By Tyrion Perkins
Canberra — Nurses at Canberra's main hospital at Woden Valley are taking industrial action to stop changes to rostering.
Management is trying to pressure nurses into reducing their hours of
Blackout
ABC Television
Tuesdays, 9.30 p.m.
Reviewed by Sean Malloy
This is the second series of Blackout, and I'm elated to say that this new series looks as good as, if not better than, the first.
Blackout examines Aboriginal and
National debt
It is time that the left-wing movements recognised the fundamentalism they are prone to, and took steps to remedy it. They cannot continue to ignore the "production" side of the economy. There is a bottom line; we must try to stay
Lucky Dube still dazzles
By Sujatha Fernandes
SYDNEY — Dreadlocks streaming through the air, teasing the expectant audience with his wicked grin and rhythmic moves, Lucky Dube delivered every bit of what was promised by the promoters of
UDO SCHUEKLENK is a member of an international group of biomedical scientists, gay activists and persons with AIDS. The policy statement of the group reads: "It is widely believed by the general public that a retrovirus called HIV causes the group of
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Liberal journalists and moderate political leaders have bitterly condemned the draft constitution released by President Boris Yeltsin on November 10. Major criticisms of the document include charges that it violates
By Stephen Robson
HANOI — Economic reforms that began in the 1980s are changing the way Vietnam's unions organise.
The vast bulk of the 30 million-strong labour force works in agriculture. Prior to 1986, the industrial work force was
Queensland rail lines reprieved
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The Goss government has agreed to retain 17 rail lines threatened with closure several months ago (some conditionally), to lease one as a private siding, to mothball five and close
By Sue Bolton
On October 27 the Victorian government gave the go-ahead for large-scale woodchipping in the old growth forests of East Gippsland. The ACTU supported the move as "a welcome and logical" response to the industry's needs.
But
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