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No more prizes for Suharto children

By Freddy Alexis in Jakarta and Max Lane On November 25 the Suharto regime finally gave in to demands of demonstrators who had been protesting for several weeks against a decision to extend the life of a state lottery system notorious for its

Hitting the mark

Issue 122 of Â鶹ӳ»­ Weekly featured a cover on Ireland. From around the country, sellers report that it was one of the best received in some time. When you look at the mass media reporting of Irish politics, the reasons why this issue of was so

Worth searching for

Summerhaze Cathie O'Sullivan Jarra Hill through Larrikin Entertainment Reviewed by Norm Dixon Potential buyers of Cathie O'Sullivan's fascinating album should ignore the dreadful packaging. Through some strange lapse of judgment, Larrikin

Music as chronicle

Music as chronicle True Believers By John Schumann Columbia Reviewed by John Williams When Phil Ochs released his 1964 album All the News Fit to Sing, he continued a folk tradition of being the chronicler of popular concerns and

Iraq: 'What more can we do?'

By Felicity Arbuthnot In a small Baghdad grocery store, a child of perhaps five came in, clearly proud to be doing an important errand. He was clutching a five dinar note — approximately 9 British pence at the official rate of exchange.

Nostradamus' media watch

By Craig Cormick Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. Japanese

Cuban medicine progresses despite blockade

By Anne O'Callaghan Professor Manuel Amador is vice-director of the Cuban Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene. He was in Australia recently to attend the 15th International Conference of Nutrition, held in Adelaide from September 26 to

Lies, death squads and politicians

By Jose Gutierrez "What kind of a person would become a torturer? What kind of a person would become a member of the death squads?", journalist Superna Aggarwal asked former Treasury Police officer Rene Hurtado. "Anyone", he replied, "You can

Some of Robyn Archer's best

Some of Robyn Archer's best Ancient Wonders By Robyn Archer Larrikin Records Reviewed by Melanie Sjoberg It is a reflection of the high level of seriousness that Robyn Archer pays to political issues and her home town, that she sent

Controversial daily launched in PNG

Controversial daily launched in PNG By David Robie A controversial new daily newspaper, published by an associate company of the Malaysian logging corporation which dominates Papua New Guinea's timber industry, appeared on November 11 —

Keating's Mabo bill: real land rights?

By Karen Fredericks "In Mabo the High Court finally removed terra nullius [the premise that Australia was uninhabited at the time of its "settlement"] from Australian common law. I don't want to be part of a 1993 terra nullius, and I'm far from

Marriage of inconvenience

The Wedding Banquet Directed by Ang Lee Brighton Bay, Kino cinemas, Melbourne Reviewed by Wendy Robertson The Wedding Banquet deals with a mixture of issues, including the everyday pressures of family and tradition that are faced by gay