LL:INDEX: Green Left Weekly #373
Green Left Weekly, Issue #373 August 25, 1999 Green Left Weekly provides news, information, opinion and debate from an environmental and left perspective. Featured this week: WHY MORE AUSTRALIANS ARE GETTING POORER Poverty is spreading, despite a "booming" economy. With unemployment still high, the cutting back of welfare rights leaves a growing number of working people with nothing to fall back on when they strike a rough patch. COVERSTORY Why more Australians are getting poorer FEATURES Washington, drug companies commit `genocide' in Africa Uninterrupted revolution in Indonesia RESISTANCE MAGAZINE ASIO goes high tech 20 years of environmental activism in northern NSW Debate: Defending the state of Israel Reply: Against Zionism and anti-Semitism World news briefs Schlock tactics Lismore Broad Left NEWS Dita Sari speaks in Brisbane Warm reception for Indonesian activists Dita Sari calls for solidarity Kumarangk bridge to go ahead Oakdale victory sets a precedent NTEU prepared for long campaign at ANU Union anger at NSW Labor over job losses One Nation deregistered `Quit India, quit Oz' campaign Action updates Thousands rally against anti-union laws Regional Victoria rallies against Reith's attacks Eric Wicker charges dismissed Public meeting opposes nuclear dump Private prison uses tear gas to end protest Will Wainwright's Tree fall? Blue Stocking Week at Southern Cross Uni Timbarra blockade resumes Yorta Yorta appeal native title ruling ISSUES Let the Iraqi refugees stay!; Good riddance to Bill Kelty! Organic crops `are competitive' Time for a different strategy for the trade union movement Sharing the wealth? Media blackout on union rally INTERNATIONAL NEWS Letter from Jakarta US letter: Poisoning for profit Struggle intensifies in southern Lebanon BHP admits to Ok Tedi disaster && Russian crisis deepens as elections loom && East Timor's future at stake Northern Ireland: RUC violence covered up && Pakistani peasants condemn war Increased violence marks Timor referendum campaign CULTURAL DISSENT `Big drum up' for East Timor Film-maker David Munro dies Short story: The Stolen Child Warm hearts in a cold land On the box REGULAR FEATURES Loose cannons ... and ain't i a woman?: When nature seems not enough Looking out: Needing a friend Life of Riley: Free to a good home: all my beasties Write on: letters to the editor Chris Kelly cartoon ~~~ GREEN LEFT WEEKLY Australia's leading alternative newsweekly Break the media monopoly: read it, buy it, write for it, sell it. http://www.greenleft.org.au/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY SUBSCRIPTION: $10 FOR 10 ISSUES ~~~ -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:URL: Satire Workshop
__ === DAVE RILEY'S SATIRE WORKSHOP home of GRAFFITO--political satire on line The New World Order Theatre The Agit Prop Caucus The Mask Studio playscripts, routines & other miscellaneous satires http://www.ozemail.com.au/~dhell [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel:(07)3266 4281 PO BOX 103, NORTHGATE, 4013, QLD,AUSTRALIA -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: IR Law Forum - Western Suburbs Legal Service
The Western Suburbs Legal Service is hosting a public forum on "Reith's new IR Laws & the campaign for justice at work". Leigh Hubbard, the Victorian Trades Hall Council Secretary will speak at the event, which will also incorporate the Legal Service's AGM. Details: 7pm Tuesday 21 September Supper Room Historic Williamstown Town Hall 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown (Melways ref 56 C8) Phone Western Suburbs Legal Service for more information/ RSVP on 03 9391 2244. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LL.VI -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:REM: On the Eve of the Ballot
From: University Students for East Timor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Amnesty International and University Students for East Timor want you to come and celebrate and commemorate the historical ballot in East Timor... EAST TIMOR : ON THE EVE OF THE BALLOT REFLECTIONS AND PREDICTIONS. PANEL INCLUDES: Elizabeth, National Council of Timorese Resistance University Students for EastTimor Activits rcently returned from East Timor. Henrique Lai, East Timor Activist and Asylum Seeker. WHERE: Sunday 29 August 1999 Grand Buffet, 1st Floor Melbourne University Student Union (enter Swanston Street End, or down Tin Alley) 1:30pm Cost: by donation $5/3. All proceeds going straight to the East Timorese Student Solidarity Council in Dili, East Timor. VIVA TIMOR LESTE University Students for East Timor - http://www.uset.org.au *** Australia Asia Worker Links PO Box 264 Fitzroy Victoria 3065 Australia Tel: 03 9419 5045 Fax: 03 9416 2746 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:DDV: Heroin Reform rally
On Saturday 28 August 1999 at 1.00PM at St. Paul's Cathedral (corner of Flinders & Swanston Sts City, the Community Campaign for Heroin Reform (CCHR) will hold a mass rally and then march on Parliament to hold an extended vigil there to mourn the preventable and senseless deaths of over 190 Victorians to heroin this year. At the moment, heroin is one of the main issues on the Australian political agenda. So come to the rally / vigil on Saturday 28 August and lend your voice to those already demanding the trial of safe injecting facilities in Victoria. LL.VI -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:AA: FAX DOWNER, BRERETON, RE Y2K AND TAKING N-WEAPONS OFF ALERT
PLEASE DO THIS ONE UP TO SEPTEMBER 1, WHEN THE GLOBAL FAX CAMPAIGN KICKS IN ACTION ALERT PLEASE FAX TO EVERYONE FAX HOWARD, DOWNER, BEAZLEY, BRERETON Dear People, The Senate unanimously passed a resolution on nuclear weapons and Y2K, on Thursday 12 Aug. The resolution, as negotiated between the Dems, the ALP, and the Government, represents real progress but it is not as good as we'd ideally like. But it is better passed than not passed, and it is simply fantastic that it is being passed by both parties - ie unanimously. Both the ALP (Breretons office) and the Government did not want to committ themselves to implementing the 1996 reccomendations of the Canberra Commission, that nuclear weapons be taken off hairtrigger alert - in spite of the fact that a number of resolutions in the UN General Assembly (including one the Senate called on the govt to support last year) have called for the same thing. DOWNER, BRERETON, HOWARD AND BEAZLEY NEED TO HEAR A MESSAGE FROM YOU. THEY NEED TO BE ASKED IN THE STRONGEST OF TERMS TO SUPPORT THE CANBERRA COMMISSION RECCOMMENDATIONS THAT NUCLEAR FORCES/WEAPON SYSTEMS BE TAKEN OFF HAIRTRIGGER ALERT, AT LEAST OVER THE Y2K ROLLOVER PERIOD. THEY NEED TO HEAR OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT ACCIDENTAL NUCLEAR WAR IS A REAL IF SMALL POSSIBILITY IF THIS IS NOT DONE. TELL THEM: 1)Congratulate them on having passed the resolution they just passed, and on making it unanimous.. 2)Urge that the government reconsider their current opposition to calling on the weapons states to de- alert, and urge that the 1996 Canberra Comissions strong reccommendation that strategic nuclear weapons be taken off hairtrigger alert be adopted as government policy, and implemented immediately. 3)Tell all of them that the threat of accidental nuclear war is entirely real, that it has been warned of by the Federation of American Scientists, by the British-American Security Information Council (BASIC) and by military insider and analyst, Bruce Blair, who amongst his other distinguished career highlights was for some two years a minuteman nuclear missile launch control officer. The fax numbers you need are: John Howard, 02-6273-4100 Alexander Downer, 02-6273-4112 Laurie Brereton, 02-6277-8502, Kim Beazley, 02-6277-8495. -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:PR: Changed email _ ACF National Liaison Office
Please note change of Australian Conservation Foundation Canberra e.mail address Apologies if you receive multiple notices due to cross listing ___ OLD ADDRESS : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (will reach us until 30/09/1999 but NEW ADDRESS preferred) NEW ADDRESS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anna Reynolds' (National Liaison Officer) address will also change OLD ADDRESS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW ADDRESS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks tania National Liaison Office Australian Conservation Foundation [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02 - 6247 2472 (p) 02 - 6247 5779 (f) -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:AA: Conference: Legal needs - regional women
From: The National Women's Justice Coalition Inc. Please circulate this widely through your networks. Take the web link below for formatted downloadable information for faxing and copying. Response to questionnaire needed by 10 September 1999. Dear Colleagues, PPROPOSED NATIONAL CONFERENCE - WOMEN IN REGIONAL AUSTRALIA: LEGAL NEEDS AND ACCESS TO LEGAL SERVICES, Albury-Wodonga, Nov. '99 updates: http://www.nwjc.org.au/regionalaustralia.htm The National Women's Justice Coalition Inc. is seeking your views. We are looking at the level of interest and support for a national conference in Albury/Wodonga over two or three days in the second week of November 1999. The proposed conference is titled: Women in Regional Australia Legal Needs and Access to Legal Services. Additional information is below together with a short questionnaire. We are seeking responses to the questionnaire to the address given by 10 September 1999. Given that time is short, we do seek your assistance to pass this letter and the questionnaire through your networks. The NWJC gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Law Founation of NSW and the Victoria Law Foundation in providing matching grants for the scoping of this conference. We also acknowledge the support of the following in relation to the conference: * Ass. Professor Margaret Alston, Associate Director, Centre for Rural Social Research, Charles Sturt University * Helen Baraclough, Chair, National Network of Women's Legal Services * Helen Board, National Facilitator, Regional and Rural Women's Unit, Department of Transport and Regional Services * Richard Coates, Australian Legal Assistance Forum and Director NT Legal Aid * Australian Women in Agriculture * Mary-Anne Noone, Director, Law Program, School of Law and Legal Studies La Trobe University * Sue Pinckham, Convenor, National Network of Aboriginal Women's Legal Services * Rural Community Legal Centres Network * Val Lang, President, Foundation for Australian Agricultural Women * Merran Lawler, Convenor, National Association of Community Legal Centre * Brian Withers, Chair, Access to Justice Committee, Law Council of Australia. Regards, Judy HarrisonHelen McGowan Convenor, NWJC Project Co-ordinator 20 August '99 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Women in Regional Australia- Legal Needs and Access to Legal Services, Albury-Wodonga, 2-3 days 2nd week of Nov. '99 Registration $350 or less http://www.nwjc.org.au/regionalaustralia.htm More than two million Australian women live outside metropolitan areas. This conference would focus on diverse legal needs and service delivery issues relating to women living in rural, regional and remote areas. Reports by local and regional community organisations from many parts of Australia highlight needs for legal services for women in their area, including limited access to legal information, representation and essential support services. The conference will focus on diverse needs at a local and regional level and aim to: * draw out themes for local, state and federal government policy development, * build new networks and partnerships between researchers, community workers, legal service providers and government agencies, and * examine service delivery models and practical solutions. The conference will provide an opportunity to showcase and debate innovative legal information and legal service delivery models. At this stage we are seeking YOUR VIEWS to help us determine the likely level of interest in the conference and obtain input on the issues and themes which should be addressed. A short questionnaire is attached for return to the address given by 10 Sept. '99. QUESTIONNAIRE PROPOSED NATIONAL CONFERENCE WOMEN IN REGIONAL AUSTRALIA LEGAL NEEDS AND ACCESS TO LEGAL SERVICES Albury/Wodonga 2-3 days 2nd week of Nov. '99 Return to Helen McGowan, Project Co-ordinator, NWJC Regional Women's Legal Needs Conference, C/- Albury/Wodonga Community Legal Centre, 593 Olive Street Albury NSW 2640, fax: 02 60562946 ph: 02 60568210 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] by 10 September 1999 1. I would be likely to attend this conference YES / NO (circle) Additional comments: 2. I would like the conference to address the following issues: (attach page with additional comments if necessary) 3. I would like to present at this conference ( ) type YES if applicable If so, please attach an outline (not more than 300 words) and indicate if you are proposing a plenary paper, workshop session or other presentation or event. Please make sure that your full contacts are included and complete the registration of interest on the next page. 4. Project showcase I think that the following projects and/or models for service delivery are particularly effective, or have special potential, in meeting the legal or legal-related needs of women or groups of women in regional, rural or remotel Australia: (Please list, provide brief details and relevant contacts
