Survivor of Dili massacre seeks refugeDARWIN — A survivor of the 1991 Dili massacre arrived here on October 21 and is seeking political asylum. Francisco Joao Nheu flew with his wife and four children from East Timor to Bali
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Delegates to the ALP national conference later this month are being lobbied intensely on uranium mining policy by both pro- and anti-mining forces. The fact that the conference decision could well end Labor's existing three mines
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SYDNEY — Wingham Forest Action's (WFA) many-faceted campaign to defend forests and fauna from logging in the Wingham management area, north-west of Taree in northern New South Wales, has found its way to Sydney's Land and
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At the Labor Party's national conference in Hobart next month, there is likely to be a strong push to further broaden the party's pro-uranium policy. Senator Bob Collins, Minister for Primary Industry and a member of the ALP right,
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The 49th anniversary of the dropping of the atom bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima was commemorated in a number of Australian cities on August 6. The occasion served to highlight the threat to humanity and the environment posed
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A breakthrough in solar energy technology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) means that clean energy from the sun can now be cost-competitive with energy produced by the combustion of fossil fuels. This breakthrough,
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The declaration of a whale sanctuary in the Southern Ocean is a " major victory", says Greenpeace whale campaigner Robbie Kelman. The International Whaling Commission (IWC) approved the creation of the sanctuary, which excludes
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WELLINGTON — The question whether the New Zealand Greens should go it alone or remain within the five-party Alliance was the key focus of debate at the Greens' annual conference, held here on the weekend of May 14-15. After
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The campaign to restore Tasmania's Lake Pedder to its original condition is gathering momentum in Australia and overseas. The original Lake Pedder was a shallow glacial lake covering about 10 square kilometres and situated 320
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Australia is among the industrialised countries that are increasing emissions of greenhouse gases, in violation of international agreement to reduce them. The Climate Change Convention, negotiated at the United Nations Earth
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Completion of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) has brought agricultural trade into the agreement. This will further integrate Australia's food industry into the world market. The
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One anomaly of the new trade regime is that it appears to allow the sale of contaminated meat in Australia. The March 24 Financial Review reported that meat from 452 quarters of beef which had been rejected for human consumption by