Federal resources minister Martin Ferguson announced on February 23 that he intends to pursue plans for a national radioactive waste repository at Muckaty, 120km north of Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory.
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Greece has been brought to a standstill by a general strike, with key union groups leading up to two million workers in a 24-hour stoppage against the government鈥檚 austerity program.
Under the Northern Territory intervention, in the 鈥減rescribed areas鈥 the government has taken control of communities, acquired compulsory leases of Aboriginal land and introduced 鈥渨elfare quarantining鈥 鈥 in which half the income of social security recipients is replaced with a 鈥淏asics Card鈥, which can only be spent at specified shops on specified items.
In January, Bolivia鈥檚 left-wing President Evo Morales began his second term by appointing a new cabinet in which women are equally represented for the first time.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd released a new counter-terrorism white paper on February 23 that dramatically increases the powers of Australia's spy agency ASIO, attacks civil liberties and does nothing to improve the safety of Australian citizens.
The article below is the call issued by Bolivian President Evo Morales for the People鈥檚 World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth Rights to be held in Cochabama, Bolivia, over April 19-22. A number of Australians are already planning to travel to Bolivia to attend. If you are interested in taking part in the Australian contingent, email weekly.greenleft@gmail.com. For more information on the conference, at which the Bolivian government expects as many as 10,000 people to attend, visit or email info@cmpcc.org
Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean approved on February 23 a regional organisation that will unite their countries, but that will not involve either the United States or Canada.
In a February 17 article 鈥淰enezuela鈥檚 Renegade Aid鈥 in the US Huffington Post, freelance journalist Patrick Adams implied there is something counter-productive about Venezuela鈥檚 aid effort in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
91自拍论坛 Weekly is currently involved in a free-speech fight in the inner-city suburb of Brunswick.
On a pleasant autumn day in 1890, the Cuauhtemoc brewery was founded in Monterrey, Mexico. This brewery went on to become Mexican Economic Development Inc. (FEMSA), brewing such beers as Dos Equis, Tecate and Sol.
B.V. Dlamini, deputy secretary general of the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions, spoke to Ingrida Kerusauskaite about the way forward for the sourthern African nation of Swaziland, which is ruled by an absolute monarchy.The article is reprinted from , Europe's largest independent student newspaper.
We live in a world in which a relentless drive for profits is pursued regardless of the impact on people and the planet. War, racism, poverty and oppression dominate the lives of millions and climate change poses the greatest threat to humanity we have ever faced.
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