By the end of April, the new government-owned Kiwibank will have established half of its projected 300 branches around New Zealand, as the new bank moves to become a major player in the NZ banking system, most of which is foreign-owned. Established by the Government as a New Zealand Post offshoot, Kiwibank is targeting the…
The massive election victory secured by independence hero and former guerrilla leader, Jose “Xanana” Gusmao, in East Timor’s first presidential election, will act as a brake on the Fretilin-controlled government after independence on May 20. Gusmao’s win was expected, but the margin of his victory was uncertain after Fretilin attempted to sabotage him during the…
The Prime Minister’s decision, taken in conjunction with State Premiers, to permit human embryo experimentation while banning human cloning, takes Australia down the slippery slope by permitting destructive experimentation on the most defenceless of human beings. It is instructive to look at the history of government attempts to regulate the medical scientists over the past…
In the run-up to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting on April 5, the biotechnology industry has undertaken a major campaign to win public support for both destructive human embryo experimentation and embryonic stem cell research. The attraction of stem cells is that they develop into other cell types (e.g. nerve, heart, liver), and…