NSW: Sydney nuclear operators "dodgy" say activists

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08-17-2000
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Vic: Forestry union warns it won t accept regional job losses

AAP General News (Australia)
02-29-2000
Vic: Forestry union warns it won t accept regional job losses

The forestry workers' union has warned the federal and Victorian governments it will
oppose any new forest reserves if job losses result from Victorian regional forestry agreements.

The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union forestry division has called on
both governments to work towards a no-job-loss RFA outcome for Western Victoria and Gippsland.

Division national assistant …

Vics: Birds fly in to red tape, as they land from Siberia

AAP General News (Australia)
12-28-1999
Vics: Birds fly in to red tape, as they land from Siberia

MELBOURNE, Dec 28 AAP - Birdwatchers have been out in force today monitoring hundreds
of migratory birds flying in from Siberia, Alaska and Asia to Australia.

On the wing non-stop for up to three days at a time, the thousands of waders fly 12,000km
from Siberia, landing at wetlands south-west of Melbourne each year to avoid the harsh
northern winter.

Apparently unconcerned that their summer holiday resort is in fact a giant sewage treatment
plant, the birds are then netted and banded for identification as part of a worldwide
study project.

The Western Treatment Plant at Werribee, despite its prosaic function, is one of the
world's most significant wetlands, Melbourne Water managing director Brian Bayley said.

It was an ideal temporary summer home for the birds - it was "drought-proof", contained
rich sources of food and was protected from human interference.

Volunteers from the Victorian Wader Study Group, led by Dr Clive Minton, who initiated
the project, annually net and band the birds "as part of a worldwide effort to monitor
their migratory patterns and survival and reproduction rates".

Species that undertake the six-to-eight week journey from Siberia include the sharp-tailed
sandpiper, the curlew sandpiper, and the tiny red-necked stint, Mr Bayley said.

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VIC: Two men killed in car accident

AAP General News (Australia)
08-14-1999
VIC: Two men killed in car accident

Police say two men were killed in Kensington, west Melbourne, last night when their car
skidded out of control after going through a puddle and hitting a tree.

Police say the men, both 18, were driving along Dynon Road, near the intersection of Lloyd
Street, when the accident occurred about 11.45pm (AEST).

A police spokesman says it's believed their car hit a large puddle, causing it to skid
before it lost control and hit a tree.

The deaths take the Victorian road toll to 238, 14 more than at the same time last year.

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FED: Australian rescuers join Noumea sea search

AAP General News (Australia)
02-22-1999
FED: Australian rescuers join Noumea sea search

Australian rescue authorities are helping coordinate a search near Noumea for a life raft
carrying three people whose yacht sank in heavy seas associated with Cyclone FRANK.

The national search and rescue organisation AusSAR has organised two merchant ships in the
area, about 250 nautical miles south south-west of Noumea, to look for the liferaft.

AusSAR spokesman ROBIN POKE says the ships were due early today at the estimated …

FED: Joint statement a step toward global e commerce: Alston

AAP General News (Australia)
12-01-1998
FED: Joint statement a step toward global e commerce: Alston

CANBERRA, Dec 1 AAP - The Australia-United States joint statement on electronic commerce
was an important first step toward global cooperation on e-commerce and other information
economy issues, Information Technology Minister Richard Alston said today.

Prime Minister John Howard and US President Bill Clinton today announced a joint approach
to accelerate the growth of the information economy and electronic commerce.

"The joint statement is not the end but the beginning of this joint initiative," Senator
Alston said in a statement.

"The two countries will soon establish an Australia-US E-Commerce Forum and we will step up
efforts to ensure that the benefits of Australias cooperation with the US is shared more
broadly.

"Agreement between these two leading world players will dramatically assist efforts to
achieve regional and then global cooperation."

Key policy principles were private sector leadership, minimal government intervention and
self-regulation where possible.

The joint statement said e-commerce should be fostered by reducing trade-distorting
government intervention and giving enterprises greater access to the global marketplace.

Governments should work towards a global framework supporting recognition and enforcement
of electronic transactions and electronic signatures or other authentication.

But opposition IT spokeswoman Kate Lundy said it was not a negotiated bilateral agreement
but simply the US imposing its preferred position on Australia.

She said Mr Howard neglected referring to the impact of a GST on e-commerce, and suggested
Australians may use e-commerce to avoid tax if a GST made some goods more expensive.

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KEYWORD: US AUST ALSTON

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QLD:Moneyraiser for cyclone hit cassowaries

AAP General News (Australia)
02-07-2011
QLD:Moneyraiser for cyclone hit cassowaries

BOB IRWIN has launched a campaign to save the cassowary after Cyclone Yasi destroyed
much of the big bird's rainforest habitat in north Queensland.

The father of the late STEVE IRWIN is raising money to …