By Liang Guosheng
"We have advanced technology as well as experienced construction teams. The difficulty is how to resettle over 1.2 million evacuees."
So runs a remark attributed to Chinese Premier Li Peng, published in the Chinese Daily
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Labor's criminal response
By Dave Wright
SYDNEY — In a very heavy-handed response to crime in the western suburbs, one ALP parliamentarian seems to want to outdo the Los Angeles Police Department.
In a glossy newsletter distributed
By Tony Iltis
CANBERRA — Following elections which gave a parliamentary majority to neither major party, ACT Liberal leader Kate Carnell has formed a minority government.
The Liberals won seven of the 17 seats in the ACT Legislative
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — March 11 marked three months since federal Russian forces pushed into the rebellious republic of Chechnya in the north Caucasus region. At the time, Russian defence minister General Pavel Grachev boasted that a
What lies behind the current hysteria around law and order?
There are three groups that are always pushing law and order — property owners, police and politicians.
Firstly, if you look at the country towns of western NSW with all their
The United Nations Environment Program on March 2 released nine reports detailing significant destruction of the Earth's protective ozone shield. UNEP scientists also recommended ways to limit ozone layer loss.
The elimination of methyl bromide,
Canadian first nation wins forest protection
By Cam Walker
The Haisla Nation of central western British Columbia have won a major victory in having a vast area of their traditional homeland permanently protected.
The Haisla are the
The Truth (Ny Marina)
The Justin Vali Trio
Realworld through Larrikin Entertainment
Reviewed by Norm Dixon
By most accounts, the Justin Vali Trio were the surprise hit of the recent Womadelaide festival. Their new album tells you why. This
A closed meeting of government officials and invitees will shortly make policy decisions to introduce herbicide-tolerant crops, pastures and trees into Australia. Critics and the public are excluded.
The decision will follow a March 15-16
Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe.
New summit for hoods of state
Fight continues over agency bargaining
By Phil Shannon
CANBERRA — Community and Public Sector Union delegates and members in the Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health (HSH) in the ACT are opposing certification of the
Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly recently received a very welcome donation from the Homeland Community in northern NSW. The community sent a cheque for $212.40, with a little note, offering the donation as a "tithe for your worthy paper". We would like to express
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