Showing posts with label australia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label australia. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Friday, May 25, 2007
aboriginies in australia:
On the 40th anniversary of a vote that recognised them as Australian citizens for the first time, Aboroginal groups have signed two deals that will generate millions of dollars.
(...) In Queensland the Chinese aluminium group Chalco signed an agreement on Friday with a local group and the local council to develop bauxite reserves in the region. Elsewhere in the Northern territory another group agreed to have a nuclear waste dump placed on their outback land in return for millions of dollars in benefits.
(...) An early blueprint calls for 3,800 construction jobs over three years, including 700 for the mine and washing plant at Aurukun and 3,100 for the refinery. It would also require a permanent workforce of about 600.
(...) News.com.au reported Neville Pootchemunka, Aurukun’s mayor, as saying the agreement ushered in a new beginning for the community of about 1100 people in Cape York. Australia is experiencing a mining boom. "It's opening the corridors for employment and training enterprise and business. This is an historic milestone for my people." [when 600 permanent jobs is historic, we know that this world is not worth its weight in salt]
(...) [on the nuclear deal] Christine Milne, a member of the senate representing the Green party, sait the deal exploited Aborigines and showed Prime Minister John Howard's eagerness to embrace nuclear power.
On the 40th anniversary of a vote that recognised them as Australian citizens for the first time, Aboroginal groups have signed two deals that will generate millions of dollars.
(...) In Queensland the Chinese aluminium group Chalco signed an agreement on Friday with a local group and the local council to develop bauxite reserves in the region. Elsewhere in the Northern territory another group agreed to have a nuclear waste dump placed on their outback land in return for millions of dollars in benefits.
(...) An early blueprint calls for 3,800 construction jobs over three years, including 700 for the mine and washing plant at Aurukun and 3,100 for the refinery. It would also require a permanent workforce of about 600.
(...) News.com.au reported Neville Pootchemunka, Aurukun’s mayor, as saying the agreement ushered in a new beginning for the community of about 1100 people in Cape York. Australia is experiencing a mining boom. "It's opening the corridors for employment and training enterprise and business. This is an historic milestone for my people." [when 600 permanent jobs is historic, we know that this world is not worth its weight in salt]
(...) [on the nuclear deal] Christine Milne, a member of the senate representing the Green party, sait the deal exploited Aborigines and showed Prime Minister John Howard's eagerness to embrace nuclear power.
Friday, April 13, 2007
no 'terrorism' books? finally! this will surely save us:
Mr Ruddock has declared a “zero-tolerance approach” to material that “advocates” terrorism, which would be pulled from shelves and prevented from entering the country under the new laws, News Ltd newspapers report.
(...) “We are not going to allow material to be out there saying terrorism is a good idea,” Mr Ruddock told the newspaper. “Terrorism acts are a specific and highly dangerous threat to Australian society.
Mr Ruddock has declared a “zero-tolerance approach” to material that “advocates” terrorism, which would be pulled from shelves and prevented from entering the country under the new laws, News Ltd newspapers report.
(...) “We are not going to allow material to be out there saying terrorism is a good idea,” Mr Ruddock told the newspaper. “Terrorism acts are a specific and highly dangerous threat to Australian society.
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