Wheat farmers in price dilemma
DROUGHT-stricken wheat farmers will tomorrow get an offer they can’t possibly refuse – except that it would be illegal to accept it.
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Ministers escape blame for AWB scandal
THE Howard Government and its officials will narrowly escape punishment for the AWB kickback scandal, with senior counsel to the Cole inquiry recommending no criminal charges against any federal cabinet minister, bureaucrat or official.
DJs legal threat on ‘sexualising’ kids claim
DAVID Jones has begun legal action against a feminist academic who this week accused major retailers of “sexualising” children in their advertising.
Giving children a voice takes conflict out of divorce
DIVORCING parents often try to keep the children out of the conflict. New research shows it may be the worst thing they can do.
Retailers’ fury at ‘corporate pedophile’ tag
MAJOR retailers and publishers have reacted furiously to a new report that claims they are engaged in “corporate pedophilia” by using suggestive photographs of children in their advertising.
AWB joked about cash for killings
AWB sent millions of dollars in foreign currency to Saddam Hussein so he could build concrete bunkers, which AWB executives speculated might be used by the regime to bury Kurds.
Foster parents forced into Russian roulette
ON an otherwise normal Thursday night last May, an Adelaide social worker marched into Kay Hackett’s home, put a foster baby down on the floor, and started unpacking the baby’s things.
AWB tricked the UN: Federal Court judge
AWB executives are almost certain to face criminal charges after the Federal Court ruled the Australian wheat exporter had “deliberately and dishonestly” conspired to defraud the UN.
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