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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. No war on Iraq!

    on Iraq. In fact, some may already be. According to a report in the January 5 Boston Globe, ... 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, ...

  4. A look into privatisation

    when a report tabled in the NSW parliament by the auditor-general, Tony Harris, dredged up the scandal ... billion worth of joint ventures between the government and private companies, the report reviews deals ... Labor transport minister and now federal minister Laurie Brereton in relation to the Sydney Harbour ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Rubber stamp revue

    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 in ...

  7. East Timor's best chances for freedom

    ambassador complained that a May 24 report by UN secretary-general Kofi Annan to the UN Security Council was ... military-controlled regime in Jakarta. ALP foreign affairs spokesperson Laurie Brereton, banned from travelling to ...

  8. Scrap the Timor Gap Treaty

    Scrap the Timor Gap Treaty BY JON LAND Media reports during the recent visit to Australia by East ... and Indonesia. Not so widely reported during Gusmao's trip were renewed calls for the Timor Gap ... on renegotiation. Labor's shadow foreign affairs minister Laurie Brereton said it was matter to ...

  9. 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 ...

  10. 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 ...

  11. INDONESIA: Australia quietly resumes military aid

    the exercise. Philip Dorling, a spokesperson for the shadow foreign affairs minister Laurie Brereton ... 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 ...

  12. 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 ...

  13. A crucial time for East Timor

    reporters on November 27: "I think we have gone a long way towards the autonomy process. These are very ... during his visit to Indonesia in November praised General Wiranto (the general reportedly serenaded Moore ... Laurie Brereton, the inquiry will help create the impression that Labor and the Coalition are seriously ...

  14. IRAQ: No to 'smart' sanctions

    to continue under "smart" sanctions. The February 20 British Guardian — reporting on ... Laurie Brereton on February 21 rushed to issue a press release (obviously cribbed straight from that ... morning's news reports) praising Washington's and London's "smart sanctions" before the ...

  15. Write on: Letters to the editor

    US deserters 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly #619, reports that at least "5500 US military personnel have ... interest to you please disregard and accept my apology for this inconvenience. Graeme Brereton Pingelly, WA ...

  16. War drums in the Pacific

    Freedom Movement — signed a peace agreement. Australian Democrat leader Meg Lees is reported to have ... Brereton criticised the Coalition's “minimalist” stance as an “opportunity tragically missed” and ...

  17. Jakarta detainees demand answers from Downer

    legally demonstrated and widely reported in the Indonesian and international media — that the conference ... Brereton for his comments. Open letter to Alexander Downer, federal minister for foreign affairs and trade ...

  18. Anger grows over third runway

    Laurie Brereton, promised stricter policing of the 11pm-6am curfew, backed by fines of $25,000. The ... ABC's 7.30 Report raised some of the problems with Badgerys, but these have not been widely canvassed ...

  19. How government's IR bill will hit workers

    reported the finding that "union officials were considered to be more interested in their political ... non-union enterprise flexibility agreements introduced in 1993 by Labor minister Laurie Brereton with ...

  20. Shellharbour marina: an exercise in disaster

    Public Works Department produced a report of proposed sites for a boat harbour between Wollongong and ... Kiama. The report favoured South Shellharbour only because there was sufficient adjoining publicly owned ... of a harbour on the wet land adjoining South Shellharbour Beach. This report suggested that the ...

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