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  1. Afghan activist: 鈥楩oreign troops must leave Afghanistan鈥

    Brereton report on war crimes, we believe that because war crimes are committed not only by individuals, ... According to media reports, more than US$120 billion was given in the form of 鈥渉umanitarian aid鈥 to ... A governor post is more important than a police chief. This is despite reports of his crimes. For example, ...

  2. Australian SAS atrocities in Afghanistan are part of a bigger war crime

    painstaking research by a special investigation team. Since the first series of reports were published in 2017 ... reported the atrocities to their superior officers, but to no avail. Where internal Australian Defence ... broke the law and whether it was my duty as a lawyer to report that fact.鈥 For the past four years, the ...

  3. Maritime union agrees to ANL's part-privatisation

    minister Laurie Brereton announced the government had sold its 25% share in Australian Stevedores, the most ... September 13. According to Brereton, "The decision to allow an open tender process [for the sale of ... Donovan said this was preferable to Brereton doing it. The MUA is seeking to invest superannuation funds ...

  4. Telecom privatisation

    of Telecom. One of Labor's "mates", Laurie Brereton 鈥 formerly a minister in the NSW ... Labor government 鈥 is reportedly sniffing around big financial institutions for advice on how to flog ... enterprises 鈥 that has been the hallmark of the Hawke-Keating Labor dynasty. According to a report in the ...

  5. Loose cannons

    made are actually contrary to the recommendations in our report." 鈥 Dr David Cousins, head of the ... Sydney Morning Herald article reporting that Rupert Murdoch's company had increased its profits to ... has already permeated the attitude of many locals in Sydney's west." 鈥 Laurie Brereton ...

  6. ACTU firms links to fake union

    of the Australian Chamber of Commerce, Brian Noakes. On November 29, it was reported that Brereton ... a week-long visit by Ferguson, federal industrial relations minister Laurie Brereton and the director general ...

  7. Loose cannons

    Brereton, federal minister for falling things, on the public's outraged reaction to the noise from ... 鈥 Don Argus, managing director of the National Australia Bank, which has just reported profits of $1.7 ...

  8. ACTU congress finds no answer to dwindling membership

    Bill Kelty reported that the ACTU had resolved to sell one of its buildings and reduce its staff ... reports on the floor of the congress. The plenary sessions consisted of non-voting reports and resolutions ... government". Laurie Brereton, the federal industrial relations minister, spoke on the last day, focusing on all ...

  9. WEST PAPUA: ALP, Liberals oppose independence

    council is expected to report back on the struggle for world recognition of the sovereignty of the West ... the risk of further conflict and violence". Recently, Laurie Brereton, Labor's foreign ... Brereton attacked Sword and others for expressing views on West Papua which are "inconsistent with ...

  10. Free East Timor!

    Laurie Brereton, on May 24 attacked foreign minister Alexander Downer for his "mealy mouthed ... description of Downer, but what term should we apply to Brereton's Labor colleagues in the Senate, who ... self-determination. What's going on? As in the case of Brereton's remark, it's an attempt to conceal ...

  11. Another waterfront conspiracy

    describe a Labor cabinet meeting in September 1994. The June 29 Australian reported that at that meeting, ... 鈥 to deal with maritime industry issues. PM Paul Keating, industrial relations minister Laurie Brereton ... and Kim Beazley were on it. Questioned about the claims by an ABC radio reporter on June 29, Beazley ...

  12. Why socialism is back on the agenda

    Development Report confirms, yet again, that capitalism has failed the majority of the world's ... people", said Max Lane, the foreign affairs spokesperson for the Democratic Socialists. The report says ... and sanitation", Lane told 91自拍论坛 Weekly. According to the report, the combined wealth of the ...

  13. EAST TIMOR: Canberra threats to cancel Timor Sea talks

    former shadow minister for foreign affairs, Laurie Brereton. According to Australian press reports ... Responding to Latham's comments, Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer told reporters: "If ... reporters that Labor and government need to adopt a bi-partisan approach to defend Australia's ...

  14. Transport workers campaign: Time for a wages catch-up!

    Association with Brereton and himself. Some union officials reportedly claimed that employers were prepared to ... Paul Keating and industrial relations minister Laurie Brereton, saying in parliament that wage rises ... leap-frogging." Brereton continued the theme, saying that the Industrial Relations Reform Act had separated ...

  15. Labor turnaround on East Timor?

    By Jon Land Labor foreign affairs spokesperson Laurie Brereton recently announced a proposed new ... According to a report in the October 18-19 Australian, the policy will state, "Labor will lend every ...

  16. Maritime unions fight to save ANL

    privatise ANL. The consultants' report urged the government to "trade down" or sell off many ... government but neither it nor the new ANL board had responded. Federal transport minister Laurie Brereton ... NSW premier Neville Wran, who is reportedly earning $150,000) to "downsize" ANL into ...

  17. Write on: letters to the editor

    Australian-Indonesian State Treaty, signed December 18 1995, which NSW Democrat Senator Vicki Bourne, as reported in ... Minister for Foreign Affairs, Laurie Brereton, now has strongly criticised his Labor colleagues for their ... providing other powers assume responsibility for East Timor's future well-being. Is Brereton, unmindful ...

  18. No war on Iraq!

    on Iraq. In fact, some may already be. According to a report in the January 5 Boston Globe, ... Many ALP figures, including former minister and right-wing faction heavy Laurie Brereton, have been ... calling for the ALP to take a stronger stand in opposition to a war on Iraq. Brereton's position, ...

  19. A look into privatisation

    October 17 when a report tabled in the NSW parliament by the auditor-general, Tony Harris, dredged up the ... billion worth of joint ventures between the government and private companies, the report reviews deals ... Labor transport minister and now federal minister Laurie Brereton in relation to the Sydney Harbour ...

  20. Army leaks should renew push for troops to leave Middle East

    Afghanistan and Iraq. These leaked reports and those ongoing, including by NSW judge Paul Brereton and former ... internal reports into criminal-sounding behaviour of some army and special forces personnel do we need to ... A new report relating to serious misconduct of Australia鈥檚 armed forces in Afghanistan, commissioned by ...

  21. Rubber stamp revue

    minister Brereton on industrial disputes elicited the reply that the latter Hon was "delighted" ... to report the number of disputes at the lowest level in more than 30 years. Presumably, the drop in ...

  22. East Timor's best chances for freedom

    military advisers arrive. Indonesia's UN ambassador complained that a May 24 report by UN ... spokesperson Laurie Brereton, banned from travelling to East Timor by the Indonesian government because of his ...

  23. Scrap the Timor Gap Treaty

    Scrap the Timor Gap Treaty BY JON LAND Media reports during the recent visit to Australia by East ... and Indonesia. Not so widely reported during Gusmao's trip were renewed calls for the Timor Gap ... on renegotiation. Labor's shadow foreign affairs minister Laurie Brereton said it was matter to ...

  24. Afghanistan occupation leads to war crimes

    involving the killing of Afghan children by Australian special forces and their cover-up. The report on 7.30 ... Defence Force (IGDAF) that is headed by Supreme Court Justice Paul Brereton. The IGADF inquiry is the ... media and anti-war media in Australia, have long reported atrocities in Afghanistan, the 7.30 broadcast ...

  25. MUA stop-work meetings express determination to win

    wharfies' case to the public. Martin Iltis reports from Adelaide that the 200 MUA members who attended the ... overpriced. Rick Newland, SA state secretary of the MUA, accused reporters of not seeking to publish the truth ... passage of the Workplace Relations Act was raised by Crumlin, who also criticised Laurie Brereton ...

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