GLW issue 541, published 2003-06-11.

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Tasmanian Labor's "smoke and mirrors" budget

BY PETER BAKER & ALEX BAINBRIDGE HOBART — The Bacon Labor government released its state budget on May 22. Treasurer David Crean described it as "about sharing rewards" and the May 23 Mercury lauded Crean as "com[ing] close to being a hero in

Labor plans to log Tarkine

BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE HOBART — Deputy-premier Paul Lennon announced plans on June 4 to lift a 20-year ban on logging in the Tarkine rainforest. The Tarkine is Australia's largest wilderness rainforest. The state government's decision will allow

A woman's place is in the struggle: Major attack on abortion rights in the US

In a dramatic new attack on abortion access, on June 4 the US House of Representatives passed a bill by 282 votes to 139, banning late-term abortions. The bill criminalises the dilation and extraction method of abortion of a live fetus, used after

IRAQ: How Bush, Howard and Blair lied about WMD

BY ROHAN PEARCE On May 30, US President George Bush told Polish television that the US military had found Iraq's "weapons of mass destruction" (WMD). Well, sort of. Remember the three (some media outlets have inaccurately reported two) trailers the
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