The HIV//AIDS pandemic has been among the most serious natural disasters in recent centuries. Adeyi, et al. (2006) remark that, "in the worst affected regions, notably Sub-Saharan Africa, this steadily progressing catastrophe threatens to become a calamity of cataclysmic proportions." The author conducted a pilot study between 1990-1996 on public awareness of HIV/AIDS through two newspapers tha...

Infocus has compiled a selection of editorials from the ethnic press published in the wake of the public debate over race and Pauline Hanson’s comments. Almost without exception, the editorials express serious concern with the resurgence of racism and call for more leadership from the Prime Minister on the issue. Community newspapers are a vital information service for ethnic communities and pr...