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"In future I will work in the areas I know well. In business I believe I can contribute particularly in property and resources." — Alan Bond, planning his future after being sentenced to four years in prison for stealing
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By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Early next month, antiwar protesters are planning to converge on the Shoalwater Bay military training area near Rockhampton in Queensland to protest "Operation Tandem Thrust", a joint US-Australian war game involving
More East Timorese killed
Many East Timorese people are believed to have been arbitrarily arrested, and up to four people shot, following days of unrest in the Uatulari subdistrict in Viqueque February 7-11. According to the East Timor Human Rights
Victorian teachers to strike
By Norrian Rundle
MELBOURNE — The Victorian branch of the Australian Education Union has called a mass stop-work on February 27 as part of a campaign to win back funding for public education. The campaign started
By Eva Cheng
South Korean President Kim Young-sam justifies the ongoing attacks on the democratic rights of the country's workers on the basis that they must make sacrifices to bolster the "competitiveness" of South Korean products. He suggests
Strip mine in Tarkine
By Ben Courtice
HOBART — A mining lease has been granted for five hectares of land in the Tarkine wilderness in Tasmania's north-west, fulfilling environmentalists' predictions that the Tarkine road would open up the area
Indonesian nuclear project stalled
By James Balowski
Minister of research and technology B.J. Habibie's determination to develop Indonesia's nuclear power industry hit another snag on December 12. Instead of being "rubber-stamped", a bill to give
This talkback thingThis talkback thing
My wife and I love your program. We listen to it every day. You are one truly great Australian, John ...
Well, thank you. It's nice to know we are appreciated.
You are. You are. And this talkback thing
By Marina Cameron
Feigning concern that unemployed young people risked becoming demoralised, or losing a "work ethic", Prime Minister John Howard announced a new work-for-the-dole scheme on February 9. Funds will be set aside in the budget for
Call to boycott Kakadu
Lex Martin
DARWIN — The Northern Territory government is currently pressuring the federal government to approve a second uranium mine at Jabiluka within Kakadu National Park. There are also plans to develop a third mine