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Maritime unions fight to save ANL
privatise ANL. The consultants' report urged the government to "trade down" or sell off many ... government but neither it nor the new ANL board had responded. Federal transport minister Laurie Brereton ... NSW premier Neville Wran, who is reportedly earning $150,000) to "downsize" ANL into ...
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Write on: letters to the editor
Australian-Indonesian State Treaty, signed December 18 1995, which NSW Democrat Senator Vicki Bourne, as reported in ... Minister for Foreign Affairs, Laurie Brereton, now has strongly criticised his Labor colleagues for their ... providing other powers assume responsibility for East Timor's future well-being. Is Brereton, unmindful ...
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No war on Iraq!
part in an attack on Iraq. In fact, some may already be. According to a report in the January 5 Boston ... Many ALP figures, including former minister and right-wing faction heavy Laurie Brereton, have been ... calling for the ALP to take a stronger stand in opposition to a war on Iraq. Brereton's position, ...
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Army leaks should renew push for troops to leave Middle East
Afghanistan and Iraq. These leaked reports and those ongoing, including by NSW judge Paul Brereton and former ... internal reports into criminal-sounding behaviour of some army and special forces personnel do we need to ... A new report relating to serious misconduct of Australia’s armed forces in Afghanistan, commissioned by ...
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A look into privatisation
provided on October 17 when a report tabled in the NSW parliament by the auditor-general, Tony Harris, ... report reviews deals that have been done in the state by both the previous Labor government and the ... the previous Labor transport minister and now federal minister Laurie Brereton in relation to the ...
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Rubber stamp revue
relations minister Brereton on industrial disputes elicited the reply that the latter Hon was ... "delighted" to report the number of disputes at the lowest level in more than 30 years. Presumably, the drop ...
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East Timor's best chances for freedom
military advisers arrive. Indonesia's UN ambassador complained that a May 24 report by UN ... spokesperson Laurie Brereton, banned from travelling to East Timor by the Indonesian government because of his ...
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Scrap the Timor Gap Treaty
405 May 17, 2000 Scrap the Timor Gap Treaty BY JON LAND Media reports during the recent visit to ... Australia, East Timor and Indonesia. Not so widely reported during Gusmao's trip were renewed calls for ... questions on where they stood on renegotiation. Labor's shadow foreign affairs minister Laurie Brereton ...
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Afghanistan occupation leads to war crimes
involving the killing of Afghan children by Australian special forces and their cover-up. The report on 7.30 ... Defence Force (IGDAF) that is headed by Supreme Court Justice Paul Brereton. The IGADF inquiry is the ... media and anti-war media in Australia, have long reported atrocities in Afghanistan, the 7.30 broadcast ...
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MUA stop-work meetings express determination to win
wharfies' case to the public. Martin Iltis reports from Adelaide that the 200 MUA members who attended the ... overpriced. Rick Newland, SA state secretary of the MUA, accused reporters of not seeking to publish the truth ... passage of the Workplace Relations Act was raised by Crumlin, who also criticised Laurie Brereton ...
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INDONESIA: Australia quietly resumes military aid
Brereton, described this as "far-fetched" and "a bit like something out of left field", ... office hotly denied the Detikworld report. Asked what Martin would be discussing in meetings with ... briefed" on Labor's foreign affairs policy on Indonesia before leaving and that Brereton was yet to be ...
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Labor debates demand for troop withdrawal
many Labor leaders — including Mark Latham and Laurie Brereton — had marched in anti-war rallies, set ... There were rumours, reported by the March 26 Melbourne Herald Sun, that the March 24 Labor shadow ... Press report, Greens senator Kerry Nettle told reporters: "[The motion] will test the Labor Party ...
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A crucial time for East Timor
Jamsheed Marker told reporters on November 27: "I think we have gone a long way towards the autonomy ... praised General Wiranto (the general reportedly serenaded Moore at a karaoke bar with the tear-jerker ... foreign affairs spokesperson, Laurie Brereton, the inquiry will help create the impression that Labor and ...
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IRAQ: No to 'smart' sanctions
"smart" sanctions. The February 20 British Guardian — reporting on discussions between US and British ... Iraq." Sniffing the breeze, Labor's foreign affairs spokesperson Laurie Brereton on February 21 ... rushed to issue a press release (obviously cribbed straight from that morning's news reports ...
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Write on: Letters to the editor
620 March 23, 2005 US deserters Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly #619, reports that at least "5500 US ... Brereton Pingelly, WA [Abridged] Tenants While not denying that tenants sometimes need legal and rental ...
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War drums in the Pacific
Isatabu Freedom Movement — signed a peace agreement. Australian Democrat leader Meg Lees is reported to ... Brereton criticised the Coalition's “minimalist” stance as an “opportunity tragically missed” and ...
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Jakarta detainees demand answers from Downer
what has been legally demonstrated and widely reported in the Indonesian and international media — that ... Brereton for his comments. Open letter to Alexander Downer, federal minister for foreign affairs and trade ...
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Anger grows over third runway
and transport minister Laurie Brereton, promised stricter policing of the 11pm-6am curfew, backed by ... supply?" Late last year the ABC's 7.30 Report raised some of the problems with Badgerys, but these ...
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How government's IR bill will hit workers
Sydney Morning Herald' s Brad Norington reported the finding that "union officials were ... introduced in 1993 by Labor minister Laurie Brereton with non-union "Australian workplace ...
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Shellharbour marina: an exercise in disaster
Department produced a report of proposed sites for a boat harbour between Wollongong and Kiama. The report ... land adjoining South Shellharbour Beach. This report suggested that the evidence was unfavourable for ... public were forbidden to photocopy the report. We obtained a copy in March 1993 under the 1989 Freedom of ...