Australian Senators denied access to 35 million websites. Does it matter? Ozzie Flu Vaccine Contraversy.
Australian Securities and Investments Commission. President Obama Speaks to the Australian Parliament. U.S. troops headed to Australia, irking China. Though the number of U.S. troops is small — and they will be housed at Australian facilities — the announcement was met with skepticism in Beijing.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin questioned whether expanding the military alliance “is in line with the common interest” of countries in the region. “We think it deserves to be debated,” Liu said. Obama, who unveiled the plan at a news conference with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, has sought to engage the Chinese on his nine-day trip to the region and has pressured Beijing to “play by the rules” in international commerce and security. On Wednesday, Obama said that the U.S. relationship with China is not a zero-sum game and that he could imagine a “win-win” scenario in which both nations prosper. “The notion that we fear China is mistaken,” Obama said. But he added that China must understand that with its rise on the international stage comes increased responsibility.
U.S. “We are here to stay,” Obama added. Job axe falls hardest on rich suburbs. Jobs ... are fading faster in the traditionally wealthy white-collar suburbs of Sydney rather than NSW generally.
Photo: Rob Homer SOME of Sydney's wealthiest suburbs, including Kirribilli, Cremorne, Manly and Darlinghurst, are suffering such high levels of unemployment growth they qualify as being in recession. A Herald analysis shows residents in traditionally wealthy white-collar suburbs of Sydney are losing their jobs at a much faster rate than NSW generally.
The author of detailed unemployment figures used in the analysis, John Black, the chief executive of the demographic consultancy Australian Development Strategies, warns that white-collar job losses are "the canary in the coalmine" for further job losses in NSW. On Wednesday, Westpac said it had cut staff by 760 in a year, adding to recent white-collar job losses in companies such as Macquarie Group and KPMG. Advertisement "People do know what a significant increase in unemployment feels like," Mr Eslake said. Video : - Uploaded by Asher_Wolf. Vodafone Hutchison Australia - Wiki. Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) is a mobile telecommunications company that operates the Vodafone, and Crazy John's[2] brands in Australia.
The result of a merger between Vodafone Australia and Hutchison 3G Australia, it created a mobile communications entity of nearly 7 million subscribers, A$4 billion in annual revenue and a 27 per cent market share making it Australia's third largest mobile telecommunications provider behind Telstra and Optus.[1] The joint venture entity is owned by Hutchison Telecommunications Australia (a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa) and by Vodafone Group plc on a 50-50 basis.[3] It was formed on 10 June 2009, after shareholder and ACCC approval. At the time of the merger, Former VHA chief executive Nigel Dews said "the first priority is around people and getting the organisation and the organisational structure sorted out", and that head office functions would see the greatest redundancies.
Networks[edit] Democracy For Sale. Chaîne de Alt2Intervention. Abolish Compulsory Income Management Play Redirect funding from punitive welfare controls to community based programs.
Lift incomes above the poverty line. Restore Community Governance The NT Intervention has been a disaster for Aboriginal communities. Urgently rebuild Aboriginal community government councils.
High Court climax to a tale of rambling incompetence - The Drum. Updated Fri 2 Sep 2011, 9:19am AEST Today's decision from the High Court is disastrous for the Government on a number of fronts.
It's disastrous because the deterrent effect that was the redeeming feature of this harsh and - in terms of Labor's history in this policy area - hypocritical solution has now evaporated. Australia remains obliged to accept 4,000 new refugees from the Malaysian queues, and must now additionally expect a new influx of boat arrivals through the usual channels. It's disastrous because having hoped to draw attention to the toughness of its new border protection policy, the Government has now effectively hung a lantern on its own problems. WA can do without Rio Tinto’s nuclear hallucinations. WA can do without Rio Tinto’s nuclear hallucinations Media Release: Senator for Western Australia Scott Ludlam, Tuesday August 30th, 2011 Rio Tinto’s embarrassing foray into Western Australian energy policy is a striking example of why mining companies should stay out of politics, say the Australian Greens.
“A uranium mining company advocates nuclear power – hold the front page,” Greens Senator for Western Australia Scott Ludlam said today. "This is commercial self-interest masquerading as energy policy.” “Even the State Government recognises that the Western Australian electricity market is too small for nuclear generators, and Rio Tinto is silent on the real-world consequences of bringing nuclear energy to WA. “Because Rio Tinto doesn’t own the sun, there’s an institutional blindness to any form of energy generation that doesn’t involve digging something up, selling it and burning it.
"Forget nuclear. Media Contact: Giovanni Torre – 0417 174 302 Like this: