The majority Australian peace and disarmament groups welcomed the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the threat or use of nuclear weapons breaches international law. However some took a more cautious position
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Australia, with the highest per capita greenhouse gas emissions in the world, has lined up with the oil-producing nations of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria in refusing to agree to greenhouse gas reduction targets at a climate change
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The National Commission of Audit's report, released on June 21, provides the framework for the Coalition government's budget cuts. Just as most of the Liberal state governments commissioned an audit soon after
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Greenhouse: why Howard must set targetsThe federal Coalition government, in cahoots with mineral resources industry bosses, is running a scare campaign to convince the public that tens of thousands of jobs and Australia's economy
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Not since Mabo has there been such a campaign against native title. Recently, the West Australian devoted four pages to a supposed native title claim on an elderly couple's home in Boulder. According to Jesuit priest and lawyer
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The Northern Territory Environment Centre (ECNT) and the Australian Conservation Foundation have condemned ERA's plans to mill uranium from the Jabiluka mine at Ranger. Speaking after a week-long visit to the Kakadu National Park, ACF
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This year's film festival, June 7-22, promises some fascinating new films from countries not often represented. Apart from a range of films from Europe, Britain, the US and Asia, films from Iceland, Brazil and Vietnam will also
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"The death in custody of a 22-year-old man [on April 24] is further proof of the total disregard to implement all of the Royal Commission recommendations into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody by the Court government in Western Australia",
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Following the horrific killing of 35 people at Port Arthur on April 28, the establishment media have carried ghoulish accounts of the events and the aftermath. Given this and comparisons to the shootings at Dunblane in Scotland last
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SYDNEY — Friends of the Earth has warned the federal government against disbanding the Commonwealth Environment Protection Agency, arguing that it would make environmental impact assessments of uranium and other projects under
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Two of the biggest companies in the woodchipping industry, Boral and Harris-Daishowa (Australia), are pushing for the federal Coalition government to lift 1996 woodchip export quotas. The export volumes for 1996, set by the former
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Howard uses 'the family' to attack women's rightsDuring the federal election campaign, John Howard declared that helping the family was one of the Coalition's key tasks. He said that the family was society's "key welfare unit".