Due to printing deadlines, this comment was prepared on March 11, before the UN Security Council was to vote on a resolution – jointly moved by the United States, the UK and Spain – which stated that unless Saddam Hussein fully complied with UN Security Council Resolution 1441 to disarm immediately, he would be disarmed…
As the United Nations Security Council moves towards a further resolution of the Iraq crisis, the argument against American intervention is largely based of the effectiveness of UN weapons inspectors in finding chemical and biological weapons in Iraq. It cannot be emphasised too strongly that the only reason why Saddam has offered any level of…
Current circumstances facing many people in Australia, including severe drought, bushfires in some states and calamitously low international commodity prices, give particular urgency to the need for long-term low interest finance, particularly to small businesses and farmers. Recent events in New Zealand point to a different approach to that taken in Australia. In response to…
Old-growth forests and wildfires The appalling bushfires which have devastated Canberra, south east NSW, Tasmania and parts of Victoria over recent weeks have been aggravated by the policies of state governments which have locked up large areas of the country’s eucalypt forests from timber harvesting, and consistently failed to perform adequate fuel reduction burning, making…
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