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JUST when we all thought it was a hoax of World Health Organisation Level 6 pandemic proportions, Australia is in the grip of swine flu and nobody seems to care.
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Probing the terrorist mindset
WHEN author and journalist Stefan Aust began his career at a small left-wing journal, he had little inkling that one of his colleagues, Ulrike Meinhof, would become one of Germany’s most notorious home-grown terrorists.
Remote ‘privatisation’ row
THE wisdom of handing over administration of Aboriginal medical services to private interests is in question.
Taking their time in the sun
IF the films at the Message Sticks festival are any guide, long-term investment in indigenous filmmakers is beginning to pay off.
O’Brien admits ‘nearing final episode’
AS surgeon Chris O’Brien shuffled to to the stage supported by a walking stick, those who had come to toast him rose to their feet.
Rudd promises to release blast facts
KEVIN Rudd today committed his ministers to revealing every fact about the fatal explosion aboard a boat carrying asylum seekers.
Sowing the seeds of misery
NORTHERN Territory politicians were warned by senior bureaucrats of an impending disaster in Aboriginal health as far back as 30 years ago, with officials calling for urgent improvements in living standards to address the “pervading aura of hopelessness” in remote communities.
Outcry over Betfair cricket ads
THE Nine Network has caused a furore for allowing online betting agency Betfair to advertise during the Boxing Day Test, with campaigners furious that the plugs — including one by cricket legend Ritchie Benaud — expose children and teenagers to gambling.
Hopeless days of man lost in system
AS uniformed guards pound the grey concrete walkways of the Northern Territory’s largest prison, a man calls out from the jail’s isolation block.
Court sinks zinc mine plan
THE future of one of the world’s biggest zinc mines at Borroloola in the Gulf of Carpentaria is in the balance after Aboriginal landowners succeeded in overturning federal government approval for McArthur River Mining’s multi-million-dollar diversion of the pristine McArthur River.
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