7 February 2012, 3:16 am
Ulster Hosts Worldwide Conference On Planning Law And Land UseUniversity of Ulster OnlineThe Belfast event is the Association's sixth international conference and the city beat off stiff competition from Perth in Western Australia and Pretoria in South Africa to host it. Professor Greg Lloyd, He... Read More »
7 February 2012, 12:12 am
Close remote detention centres: AmnestyNinemsnAustralia must close its remote immigration detention centres which long-time detainees liken to funeral homes where they expect to die, Amnesty International says. A four-member observer team from the rights group is on a 12-day tour of Australian ...an... Read More »
6 February 2012, 11:38 pm
Shell Takes Majority Share of Crux Natural Gas Fields, Plans Gas Supply to ...EIN News (press release)Researched by Industrial Info Resources Australia (Perth, Australia) -- Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS.A) (The Hague, Netherlands), via Shell Development Australia, has signed a non-binding heads o... Read More »
6 February 2012, 9:29 pm
Meeting the challenge of a changing ChinaThe West Australian (blog)As Australia's largest export market and trading partner, and as an emerging power that continues to buck the trend of the global financial downturn, developments in China will bear watching here in Australia, and in WA in partic... Read More »
6 February 2012, 6:06 pm
Sydney Morning Herald'I've lost everything': acquitted cab driverSydney Morning HeraldPhoto: Channel Ten A 37-year-old former taxi driver wept as he told of his fear of ever driving a taxi again after he was yesterday acquitted by a Perth District Court jury of rape allegations. Prabhjit... Read More »
6 February 2012, 6:01 pm
Nationwide study finds khat abuse within communityScience Network Western AustraliaImage: eesti PERTH'S Somali-Australian community has played a key role in new research on the health impacts of khat (Catha edulis) leaves, chewed for their amphetamine-like stimulant effects. University of Queens... Read More »
6 February 2012, 5:54 pm
Are rising food prices here to stay?ABC Online... if governments and the international community act now. Professor Pinstrup-Anderon was named the World Food Prize laureate in 2001 and has written extensively on food security issues. He is in Australia as the key note speaker at the Australian ...an... Read More »
5 February 2012, 7:29 pm
Dragons Pre-Season Extends To Western AustraliaSt George-Illawarra DragonsSt George Illawarra Dragons Head Coach Steve Price on Monday named a 25-man squad to travel to Western Australia next week for a pre-season camp and trial match. The Dragons will spend the week in Perth training, conducting co... Read More »
5 February 2012, 6:50 pm
NEWS.com.auAmnesty probes detention centresNEWS.com.auA three-person delegation from the international rights group spent the weekend at Curtin, in Western Australia's far northwest, before being scheduled to fly to Perth tomorrow. The 12-day tour will take in detention facilities in the WA capi... Read More »
3 February 2012, 5:05 am
Western Australia set for $1bn native title dealThe AustralianWESTERN Australia's 35000 Noongar people are on the verge of a $1 billion deal with the Barnett government to settle their native title claim over Perth and the southwest of the state. The offer of $600 million plus up to 200000ha of ... Read More »
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