Harry’s finale caught in intrigue
IF you are the type of person who absolutely cannot wait another day to find out what happens to Harry Potter, well, don’t come looking here.
Caroline Overington
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The killer story we could not publish until now
IN August 1993, a little boy – John Ashfield, aged 6 – was beaten to death with a hammer to his head.
Writer’s stand against mutilation
WOMEN who immigrate to Australia from the Horn of Africa should be forced to present their daughters for annual gynaecological check-ups to ensure the girls are not being mutilated, according to the celebrated Somali writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
New desk to look just like old AWB
THE Howard Government has secured the future of AWB by maintaining a single desk for wheat exports that will almost certainly be formed, financed and staffed by the old AWB. Caroline Overington: Wheat reform, with a grain of salt Video: Downer briefs parliament Video: Foreign ministers’ briefing
When Ziggy meets Helen, beware of fallout
IT was billed as a debate between the ice and the fire, and from the get-go you could see it was going to be lively.
Farmers to march on house over AWB
THOUSANDS of wheat farmers will seek to split the Coalition by descending on Parliament House if John Howard sidelines AWB and scraps the single desk for wheat exports.
Aunty’s ‘nightmare’ new boss generating goodwill
ON the face of it, Mark Scott could easily be seen as the ABC’s worst nightmare. He is an American-born, Harvard-educated, evangelical Christian who has worshipped at the Christian City mega-church in Sydney’s north, with a 5000-strong congregation.
Oxfam coffee ‘harms’ poor farmers
TWO Melbourne academics have lodged formal complaints against Oxfam Australia over the sale of Fairtrade coffee, saying it should not be promoted as helping to lift Third World producers out of poverty because growers are paid very little for their beans.
ABC considers charging for the web
THE ABC is preparing to embrace a more commercial future under managing director Mark Scott, with the potential for ABC-owned, commercially funded websites being investigated.
Minister sued over ruling on AWB
AGRICULTURE Minister Peter McGauran is being sued in the Federal Court over his refusal to grant the right to export Australia’s wheat through companies other than AWB.
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