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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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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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".
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The March 15 announcement by the minister for resources, Senator Warwick Parer, that Australia would be "delighted" to sell uranium to Indonesia for its planned nuclear power stations, is an indication of just how quickly the
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The complete irrationality of capitalism, the militaristic system which is based on making money from every single type of anti-human activity — including war — was dramatically highlighted for me again last week as I
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The very public attack by the leader of the Democrats, Cheryl Kernot, on the Queensland Greens following the state election last month surprised some. Kernot lashed out at the Green Party, accusing it, among other things, of
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The final phase of the $64 million Kangaroo '95, "the greatest show in town", as Royal Australian Navy Captain and chief controller of Kangaroo '95 Jim Gault put it, has begun in the north of Australia. The military exercise
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President Chirac's decision to resume nuclear testing in the Pacific sparked an immediate ground swell of opposition. People from all walks of life canvassed the how to force a back-down on radio talk back shows, in the print media
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A regional trade union conference of delegates from Pacific Island nations, New Zealand and Australia was held in Brisbane on July 16, hosted by a subsidiary of the ACTU, the South Pacific and Oceanic Council of Trade Unions.
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Soon, 50% of all prisoners in Victoria will be in private prisons, according to Shelley Burchfield, a community lawyer at the Coburg-Brunswick Legal Centre. In June, the Victorian government announced that it would most likely
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On June 29, more than 15,000 people took part in a "flotilla for peace" demonstration in Papeete, the capital of Tahiti, in protest at the French government's decision to resume testing at Moruroa. According to ABC Radio
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"Tougher punishment for serious and juvenile crime will not solve the problem of crime in our community", said Professor Ross Homel at the Coalition for Crime Prevention's campaign launch in Brisbane on May 18. Homel, from