"By 2013 Australia will be the largest exporter of uranium in the world." Martin Ferguson, ALP shadow resources minister, repeated this statement three or four times, just in case anyone missed the message.
His message had nothing to do with
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Doug Lorimer
Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, who holds the European Union rotating presidency, told the June 9 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that Iran had until the next meeting of the Group of Eight industrialised countries (G8) to
Sue Bolton
Since Labor leader Kim Beazley's announcement that a future Labor government would abolish Australian Workplace Agreements, PM John Howard has repeatedly claimed that workers on AWAs have higher wages than workers on collective
Geoff Payne, Newcastle
The Queen's Birthday weekend conference of the NSW Labor Party rejected a motion, moved by the Newcastle State Electorate Council, supporting the rank-and-file preselection of Bryce Gaudry, the member for Newcastle since
Jon Lamb
East Timor's foreign minister Jose Ramos Horta formally requested to a special session of the United Nations Security Council on June 14 that the UN Office In East Timor be extended by at least one month to August 22. The Security Council
Graham Matthews & Sue Bolton
Leading unionists have welcomed federal ALP leader Kim Beazley's pledge on June 11 that the party would abolish Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) if it wins the next federal election.
While applauding the pledge,
The Tyrannicide Brief: The Story of the Man who sent Charles I to the ScaffoldBy Geoffrey RobertsonVintage Books, 2006429 pages, $35 (pb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
"You shall be hung by the neck", declaimed the gleeful judge in 1660, "and being
A Fantastic Dad and His Romantic DaughterBy Mairi McKenzie378 pages, $30Phone (08) 9371 8521
REVIEW BY BARRY HEALY
The fantastic dad of this title, Thomas Wignall, was a leading member of the Communist Party in WA from the 1920s onwards. He was
Aurora Morales, member of the Venezuelan National Assembly and secretary for international relations for the Movement for the Fifth Republic (MVR) party, was a guest speaker at an international conference, "Socialism in Latin America: Experiences in
Doug Lorimer
"The investigation of an alleged Marine massacre of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, last year has focused on whether cash payments to the families of victims were part of a cover-up", the June 8 New York Daily News reported.
The
Justin Tutty
The nuclear industry would be happy with PM John Howard's June 6 decision to appoint a task force to review uranium mining, processing and nuclear energy in Australia. Defending the composition of his pro-nuclear task force, he said,
Simon Black
As World Cup fever grips the globe, many progressives will be sighing at the prospect of another sporting spectacle distracting the "masses" from the pressing issues of the day — the classic "bread and circuses" argument.
There is a
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