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Floods & storms, 1982

10 stories in Sydney's papers

Zionism takes Israel by storm

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 January 1982 · page 9

RAMAT AVIV: Israel’s unusually warm, dry winter weather came to an abrupt end recently, when Zionism took the country by storm. Tel Aviv University’s…

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Pipi Storm festival

Tribune · Wednesday 27 January 1982 · page 12

SYDNEY: The Pipi Storm theatre group is holding a festival at the Cleveland Street Performance Space until January 31. Two daytime shows, The Story of Whoopsie (11am) and Kids Kabaret (2 pm) are aimed at kids, but Pipi Storm's lively style is sure to also entertain adults. "Whoopsie" is the story of an ill-fated, young Egyptian waiter, and "Kids Kabaret" is full of…

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Butler provokes storm On dams

Tribune · Wednesday 10 February 1982 · page 3

HOBART: Tasmanian environmentalists reacted angrily to the appointment of Harry Butler as environmental consultant to the…

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Nederlandse fregatten redden 16 man in storm

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 5 March 1982 · page 1

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Book launching of "Storm and Struggle"

Tribune · Wednesday 24 March 1982 · page 6

Four of the five editors of the Miners Federation paper Common Cause since 1935 came together in Sydney last week at the launching of Edgar Ross's book Storm and Sttruggle. They are, left to right, Pete Thomas (1973-79), Edgar Ross (1935-66), Len Fox 1966-70), and Pat Gorman (1979-). The book, a history tracing Edgar's involvement in the labor movement from…

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The Eye of the Storm Approaches

Tharunka · Monday 29 March 1982 · page 3

As I'm grabbed by old age with its various geriatric ailments, it worries me that I can't get on with my work as a writer. What I see as creative writing has…

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Is "Yellow rain" a US propaganda storm?

Tribune · Wednesday 28 April 1982 · page 10

A team from the US state department visited Australia last week to present "evidence" of alleged Soviet chemical warfare in South East Asia and Afghanistan. For the last…

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Protests flood in on Seeds Bill

Tribune · Wednesday 19 May 1982 · page 6

SYDNEY: A deluge of mail and petitions protesting against the Fraser government's seedpatenting legislation is having its…

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Nicaragua appeals for flood relief

Tribune · Wednesday 9 June 1982 · page 7

NICARAGUA: Raging floods killed at least 65 people, caused $150 million damage, left 50,000 homeless and destroyed farms, factories and highways last month. "This is the worst thing Nicaragua has experienced since the human…

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