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Australia subsidises US assault operations

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 04/08/2010 - 9:56pm

The Stop the War Coalition (StWC) condemns the latest Australian government’s purchase of 18 drones (Shadow 200) and training packages worth $175 m.

Ms Marlene Obeid, spokesperson for the anti-war group, said “the drones are part of an offensive weapons system that, almost certainly, will be linked to US systems in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

“In other words, Australia will be subsidising US assault operations, which are more than likely to result in the death of more Afghan women and children.

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On coal company fines, reef shortcuts and environmental justice in Queensland

Submitted by takver on Sat, 17/04/2010 - 1:50pm

This week we saw hefty fines of $70,000 handed out to three foreign sailors from a bulk carrier, the MV Mimosa, which was caught travelling through restricted waters of the Great Barrier Reef off north Queensland. Also in the news was the arrest and charging of the master and the chief officer on watch of the Shen Neng 1, which ran aground on the Douglas shoal causing damage in a restricted area of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

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Widow calls for lawyer to be disbarred over cycling death

Submitted by takver on Fri, 19/03/2010 - 9:40pm

Earlier this week Lawyer and former police officer Eugene McGee and his brother Craig Patrick McGee were found not guilty of conspiracy to attempt to pervert the course of justice. They had been accused of conspiring to avoid police after a fatal collision on the Kapunda Road, just north of Adelaide, in 2003. Cyclist Ian Humphrey, 46, was killed when he was hit from behind by Eugene McGee's four-wheel-drive.

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