Issue No 23 | 23 July 1999 | |
Letters to the EditorBright Oakdale Idea
Has any thought been given to using the Oakdale caol mine to store Sydney's garbage while it breaks down releasing methane gas to mix with the mines methane both to be used for electricity generation and sale by the miners co-op. When managed well the reduced garbage could be removed after breakdown and sold for compost. Even railed outback to attempt recovery of the mess we have made of said outback. Henry Tunks
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Interview: An Economic Wet Dr Christopher Sheil on economic rationalism and the 1997-98 water failures in Adelaide and Sydney. Unions: The Stench from the South In 1997 the entire Adelaide metropolitan area was drenched in foul, sulphorous, sewerage odours, emanating from the Bolivar waste water treatment plant. Environment: Trading into Trouble Seattle, USA, is shaping up as demonstrator mecca in the lead up to World Trade Organisation talks. History: Eveliegh Rail Reunion Former workers and their families from the historic Eveleigh Railway Workshops in inner-Sydney are holding a picnic reunion and folk music festival on the site on Sunday, August 29. International: Bosses Use Armed Gangs to Break Russian Picket On 9 July 1999, eighty masked, uniformed gunmen accompanied by the local prosecutor and other officials tried to storm the Vyborg Pulp and Paper Mill, under occupation by workers for the past eighteen months. Satire: New Refugee Crisis: Journalists Flee Peace Zone The camps are once again full in the Albanian border town of Gruntiez. Review: 10 Reasonably Interesting Moments in Film Cultural theorist Snag Cleaver flies off the handle again..
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