Beverley uranium mine opened
BY JIM GREEN
The uranium mine at Beverley in northern South Australia was formally
opened on February 21. It is Australia's first new uranium mine since Western
Mining Corporation's Olympic Dam opened 12
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BY PATRICK BOND
JOHANNESBURG If you had a choice, which city would you choose to
host the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development also known as
Rio+10 in which 60,000 delegates will jaw-jaw about the world's social
and
BY SEAN HEALY
Australia's aid contribution to poor countries is among the most miserly of any industrialised nation, according to a new report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
The OECD report, released on February
BY BRONWEN BEECHEY
ADELAIDE — Nurses employed in the state's public hospitals imposed work bans from February 22 in support of claims for a 15% pay rise over three years, after rejecting state government offers of increases which the union
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It was entirely predictable that Pauline Hanson's One Nation would try to jump on the "anti-globalisation" bandwagon. After all, that's what right-wing populists do — jump on bandwagons — and there's no issue more popular at present than hatred
BY RAMI HADAD
Contrary to the impression created by the international news media, Ariel Sharon did not win the February 6 Israeli prime ministerial election by a landslide. In fact, he won just 37% of the eligible vote — the lowest of any of his
BY BRONWYN POWELL
WOLLONGONG — Three hundred people sat in on Wollongong City Council's February 19 meeting and watched in anger as council approved the first stage of a 428-lot residential development at Sandon Point in Thirroul.
The council
BY ZANNY BEGG & VIV MILEY
SYDNEY — When the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade winds its way up Oxford Street on March 3, there will be more than one meaning to the word "glam". The newly-formed Gays and Lesbians Against Multinationals will also
BY SEAN HEALY
International money traders have subjected the Turkish lira to sustained attack, forcing it to plunge 28% against the US dollar on February 22, sparking fears of a deep economic crisis in the country.
The lira's collapse was the
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