AustLit

'The article reports on competition in countries regarding moon exploration as countries such as the U.S. India, South Korea and Japan will send up robotic spacecraft in the next few years. It mentions that writer Tim Winton lamented the "quarry mentality" that leads to short-sighted decisions on Earth, such as the proposal to establish a beach-head for mining operations within Western Australia's World Heritage–listed Ningaloo Marine Park.' (Publication abstract)

 'The article offers information on the Birthing Tree, one of the 260 sacred trees under threat from the building of the highway's Section 2b. It states that it remains common practice to offset vegetation lost by planting new vegetation. It mentions that the state government says it is "committed to working with Aboriginal Victorians towards Australia's first treaty" but its actions indicate that it is more committed to working with Aboriginal Victorians who don't get in the way.'  (Publication abstract)

'The article focuses on journalist Mungo McCallum whose politics headed increasingly left as he made his way through university and his early years in journalism, as the Vietnam War began to escalate and environmental causes began to permeate the political consciousness of the young. It mentions that Mungo targeted politicians such as Arthur Calwell, and Henry Bolte.' (Publication abstract) 

'The article reports that filmmaker Richard Lowenstein states that musician Bono's confession got Lowenstein thinking about the "dilemma" of fame, and particularly about how it might have affected the two men's late singer Michael Hutchence. It cites a report that concluded that Hutchence had committed suicide, but a persistent rumour took hold that he had died as the result of a sex game gone wrong.' (Publication abstract)