SYDNEY — East Timor solidarity activist Shirley Shackleton will be speaking at a dinner on October 15 marking the 20th anniversary of the murder of her husband and four other Australian journalists by the Indonesian army in Balibo, East Timor. On
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What will £1 buy these days? Two copies of An Phoblacht/Republican News, a lottery ticket, or Irish Steel. Yes, the rainbow coalition cabinet agreed the sell-off of Irish Steel to the private sector [in early September] for the huge sum of
The Jazz SceneBy Eric HobsbawmPantheon, 1993. 392 pp., $39.95 (hb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon During the Depression, the suburban teenager, Eric Hobsbawm, tried to convert his cousin to communism. He wasn't successful, but his cousin did convert Eric to
By Lisa Macdonald SYDNEY — On October 28, a conference titled "International Year of Tolerance: Just words or action?" will be held here. The conference is organised by students from the Department of Welfare at the Sydney Institute of Technology
MELBOURNE Solidarity groups for Bougainville and East Timor are organising a joint action to highlight Australia's complicity in both conflicts. AHAB (Australian Humanitarian Aid for Bougainville) and a new group, 9 Days Direct Action for a Free
By Alex Bainbridge NEWCASTLE — Academic work bans were lifted at Newcastle University on September 21 following the abolition of promotion quotas by the university council the previous day. Bans had been in place for four months following a
Visionary "If we stick to these hard-core issues, we are going to win the next election and we're going to continue to have the most visionary prime minister Australia has ever had." — Former NSW premier Neville Wran, waxing lyrical at the state
In an historic decision the European Court of Human Rights has found the British government guilty of violating Article Two of the European Convention, which protects a person's right to life. In the first decision of its kind against a government,
By Maureen Baker and Sean Magill PERTH — A ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the death of John Pat, who died aged 16 in police custody in Roebourne 12 years ago, was held at Fremantle Prison on September 28. John Pat's mother Mavis and
CANBERRA — ACT Greens member of the Legislative Assembly, LUCY HORODNY, spoke with Â鶹ӳ» Weekly's JAMES VASSILOPOULOS four days before the handing down of the ACT budget. Question: It's been six months since you were elected to the
By Ben Courtice HOBART Moves by the federal government to shore up its environment image before the next election have amounted to next to nothing for the Tarkine wilderness area in Tasmania's north-west. The forests of the Tarkine and the Great
Programs of interest on Sydney Community TV (UHF 31) — Perleeka, indigenous Australians' program, nightly, 7pm. Art Experimenta, Mondays, 8pm and 11.30pm, and Tuesdays, 3am and 6.30am. Bent TV, Gay and lesbian program, Thursdays, 10.30pm and
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