Probe on AWB scandal stalled
THE investigation into the AWB executives accused of paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein’s regime appears to have stalled.
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AWB faces action from Iraq widows
TWO Iraqi women whose husbands were killed by Saddam Hussein’s regime have launched a class action in an attempt to hold Australian wheat exporter AWB responsible.
From Waters Edge to the deep end
EVERYONE agrees that the dinner attended by journalists and Peter Costello at the Waters Edge in June 2005 was tremendously good fun.
Happy birthday, dear John
IF ever there was a week in which the Coalition desperately did not want to talk about ageing, surely this is it.
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.
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.
Clean coal for China vital: Downer
A GLOBAL solution to climate change must accept that China will continue to use massive amounts of coal and will need to find new technologies to cut carbon emissions.
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