Due to pressure from NSW communities, Premier Bob Carr has launched an inquiry into the federal government’s plans to transport and store waste from the Lucas Heights Nuclear Reactor in Sydney. Submissions to this inquiry close on 31 July 2003.
Powering Australia using 10 per cent new, clean energy by 2010 is not only possible, it will be great for our economy, environment and jobs. And Australians are willing to pay higher energy bills to get it. There's every reason to support a 10 per cent target.
More than 440 cyberactivists from the Australia Pacific region joined an international chorus of support to free the Rainbow Warrior. The Greenpeace flagship was held by the Spanish government following a non-violent, peaceful action.
Landowners in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea are blockading the Kiunga Aiambak road until logging company Concord Pacific concedes to their demands.
