GLW issue 437, published 2001-02-21.

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Government back-down on nuclear waste plan

BY JIM GREEN Federal industry and science minister Nick Minchin announced on February 8 that the Howard government no longer intends to co-locate a store for long-lived intermediate-level radioactive wastes alongside the planned underground dump

Forestry Tasmania tries on its jackboots

BY TOM WILSON HOBART — Forestry Tasmania should change its name to Jackboot Tasmania, if its recent antics are anything to go by. In its latest move, the authority has resorted to unlawful threats and intimidation in a desperate attempt to cover

Loose cannons

But it does a good imitation "... the US cannot condemn corruption abroad while allowing its own banks to make a fortune off it." — A New York Times editorial, noting that most corrupt government leaders launder their loot through US banks.

Write on: Letters to the editor

Socialist alliance in the Qld elections? The Democratic Socialists ran two candidates in the February 17 Queensland elections under a slogans: End corruption! Support socialism! For a workers' alternative to Labor!. The two candidates, Adam Baker
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