Keywords: Nuclear Proliferation
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AUSTRALIA
- Binoy Kampmark
- 19 June 2008
2 Comments
Continuing the work of the defunct Canberra Commission, Kevin Rudd's Nuclear Non-Proliferations and Disarmament Commission is re-inventing a wheel that never worked. Preventing freelance scientists from following their career wanderlust is the real challenge in any post-nuclear framework.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Langmore
- 18 February 2008
3 Comments
Most Australians no longer think about the nuclear threat. Yet the editors of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said in January 2007 that the minute hand of the 'Doomsday Clock' had moved from seven to five minutes to midnight. Australia has a vital role in the global survival strategy.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Kevin
- 03 October 2007
4 Comments
The next year will be scary. There can be no guarantee that the war of words but not bombs with Iran will continue until Bush's term ends. Bush and Cheney have a propensity to recklessness, and Australia should keep a safe distance.
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ECONOMICS
- Anne Lanyon
- 05 September 2007
5 Comments
The APEC theme 'Strengthening our community: Building a sustainable future' is an honourable one. But look further, and you’ll get a glimpse of the priority the Australian Government has for things economic, and an acknowledgement of the role of business in shaping the agenda.
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CONTRIBUTORS
- Maria Vamvakinou
- 17 May 2007
Maria Vamvakinou has been Labor Member for Calwell since 2001. Prior to her election, Maria worked for two State Labor Ministers and a Federal Labor Senator. Her main areas of interest are multiculturalism, human rights, foreign affairs, immigration and social justice.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Mark Byrne
- 27 February 2007
1 Comment
Like many other politicians and scientists, the man who "used to be the next President of the United States" thinks that "the most serious crisis ever confronting human civilisation is this climate crisis". At the same time, in An Inconvenient Truth, the documentary about his travelling climate change slide show, Al Gore laments his failure to have shifted US government policy on the issue.
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AUSTRALIA
- Bill Williams
- 30 October 2006
6 Comments
Western nations are tightening the noose around Iran’s neck for its nuclear recalcitrance. Meanwhile, Israel lashes out at guerrilla forces embedded in civilian populations in Lebanon, electing not to use its unacknowledged nuclear weaponry, on this occasion.
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AUSTRALIA
- Joseph Camilleri
- 30 October 2006
8 Comments
The North Korean regime is more likely to be loosened from its present grip on power by the slow but persistent attempts to change the economic and psychological landscape inside North Korea, than by the external application of brute force.
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RELIGION
- Bruce Duncan
- 07 July 2006
The history, the current circumstances
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AUSTRALIA
- Morag Fraser
- 05 July 2006
At a time like this, when the world—literally the whole world—waits on words, it is bracing to hear hope extolled, and exhilarating to think hard about the foundations of peace and how we might lay them down.
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AUSTRALIA
- Gavan McCormack
- 04 July 2006
Encouraging the North–South relationship offers the best hope for North Korea and the world
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AUSTRALIA
Paul Osborne asks: Should we export uranium at all? Should we lock up the reserves and declare Australia nuclear free - setting an example to the rest of the world? What is Australia's moral responsibility when a country suddenly turns around and wants to use material from nuclear processes, fuelled by Australian uranium, for weapons?
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