Alfred Russel Wallace: A LifeBy Peter RabyChatto & Windus, 2001340 pages, $75 (hb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
In an ironic illustration of the concept of "survival of the fittest", Charles Darwin's name has successfully survived as the originator of
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BY SARAH STEPHEN
In comparison to the number of refugees arriving in the United States or Europe, the number of refugees arriving on Australia's shores is a mere trickle, yet the Howard government continues to whip up a frenzied state of fear
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Boats carrying "illegal immigrants" to Australia could be "a pipeline for terrorists", defence minister Peter Reith told radio 3AW on September 13, in an opportunist attempt to make domestic political mileage out of the September
Market law
"[W]hat we are now seeing shows what can happen when commercial imperatives rule: a law of the jungle in which consumers gain lower prices during the battle, but the strongest player emerges dominant." — Melbourne Age economics editor
BY NORM DIXON
The May 2000 armed coup that overthrew the democratically elected Fiji Labour Party government has been formalised and legitimised. With the swearing in of a coalition government dominated by the two key Melanesian-Fijian chauvinist
BY TIM STEWART
BRISBANE — Despite the Queensland premier's challenge to publicly debate anti-CHOGM protesters on the issue of globalisation, Peter Beattie failed to show at the launch of the CHOGM Action Network on September 5.
Under the theme
BY PETER JOHNSTON
DARWIN — Larrikiah elder June Mills has been pre-selected as the Socialist Alliance's candidate for the Senate in the Northern Territory.
Mills, who has previously run as a Senate candidate for the NT Greens, will be joined on
BY SARAH SEXTON
Amid the shouts of demonstrators, the protests of Southern delegations and the disagreements between the United States and European Union, the World Trade Organisation failed to launch a comprehensive revision of international trade
BY TIM GOODEN
MELBOURNE — Wild allegations and mud slinging are expected to come thick and fast during the first weeks of the federal government's royal commission into allegations of corruption in the building industry, due to begin in early
BY ALISON DELLIT
In the wake of the September 11 mass murder in the United States, Australians from Middle Eastern backgrounds and Muslims are suffering escalating verbal and physical abuse. The most serious incident has been the petrol bombing of
BY GRAHAM WILLIAMS
GEELONG — "For too long now ordinary workers have had to suffer while governments, both Liberal and Labor, have implemented their big business policies. It's time that workers had an opportunity to stand up", says Tim Gooden,
BY SARAH PEART
MELBOURNE — On the first anniversary of the September 11-13 protest against the World Economic Forum, anti-corporate activists organised an all-day protest outside the city's main Nike store. It was the 26th successive week of
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