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Japanese government punished for air pollution

Japanese government punished for air pollution By Eva Cheng In a landmark court ruling on July 5, the Japanese government and its Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation were ordered to pay 65 million yen to 18 victims — some of

Gonzalez implicated in Basque murders

By Norm Dixon Spanish Socialist Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez knew of the activities of state-sponsored death squads which murdered dozens of Basque refugees in the 1980s, according to a senior politician who oversaw the death squads'

Health fallout from nuclear tests

By Eva Cheng In 1963, when the United States, the Soviet Union and Britain announced their plans to stop atmospheric nuclear tests, the French governor of Tahiti claimed, "Not a single particle of radioactive fallout [from France's pending

Jolt for Hindmarsh Island commission

By Alice Davis ADELAIDE — The royal commission into the Hindmarsh Island bridge fiasco was jolted on July 27 by the one of the key governmental witnesses' withdrawal of his statements. Doug Milera's earlier claims that Aboriginal women's

Reflection

Reflection By Shane Riley @poetry = One dream @poetry = of freedom returned @poetry = The way of our people @poetry = our religion, our culture @poetry = The land we roamed @poetry = for over 40,000

Nostradamus' Media Watch

@column = Based on highly reliable international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. @column = UN redefines

Loose cannons

Market leaders @lctext = "The Commissioner of Taxation, Mr Michael Carmody, describes transfer pricing [on international 'trade'] within a company] as the 'tax issue of the '90s' — and the tax office claims to have already uncovered major

Toxic tour highlights radioactive danger

Toxic tour highlights radioactive danger By Shane McArthur ADELAIDE — On July 23, more than 50 people joined a "toxic tour", organised by the environmental group Praxis, to highlight the dangers of long-term radioactive

News briefs

Local council prosecuted @9point = ADELAIDE — On July 24, the Kingscote district council was found guilty of contravening section 26 of the Native Vegetation Act as a result of clearing roadside vegetation on Kangaroo Island between

Anger at ship scuttling

Anger at ship scuttling By Ben Courtice HOBART — The wreck of the BHP ship Iron Baron on July 10, and the resultant slick of 300 tonnes of fuel oil off the north coast of Tasmania, is one the state's worst environmental

Palestinian-Israeli peace process founders

By Jennifer Thompson The latest deadline for Palestinian elections and Israeli redeployment from occupied Palestinian territories, July 25, has passed without any agreement between the Israeli government and the Palestinian National

Much to discuss at women's conference

Much to discuss at women's conference By Carla Gorton ADELAIDE — "Creating Space for Change" was the theme of a women's conference on July 21-22 at Adelaide High School. The conference was attended by almost 200 women and