(SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA) – Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, has welcomed the decision by Fair Work Australia to award more than 200,000 social and community services sector workers, pay-rises of between 19 and 41 per cent. Commissioner Broderick said: “This historic decision will make a real difference to these workers and their families. The first ever [...]
(SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA) – In 2011, Australia recorded the lowest number of road deaths since 1946, down to about a third of the deaths recorded at the peak in 1970. Over the past 10 years annual fatalities on Australian roads have fallen by almost 26 per cent. New official figures for December 2011 show 1,292 lives [...]
By Rick Perry (MOUNT PLEASANT, SOUTH CAROLINA) – Today I am suspending my campaign for President. Anita and I have been blessed by the many supporters who have believed in our conservative vision for the country. Although I will no longer be on the campaign trail, I will continue to champion conservative principles: a Washington [...]
(SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA) – HMAS Glenelg, operating under the control of Border Protection Command, boarded a suspected irregular entry vessel east-north-east of Christmas Island this afternoon. The vessel was initially detected by a Customs and Border Protection Dash 8 surveillance aircraft, operating under the control of Border Protection Command. Initial indications suggest there are 74 passengers [...]
(GRAND PORTAGE, MN) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Grand Portage, MN port of entry seized 7.04 pounds of marijuana from a Quebec man. On January 10, at approximately 1:00 p.m., CBP officers were screening traffic arriving from Canada when a white Dodge Caravan was observed cutting across the port of entry [...]
(SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA) – The Australian Government warmly welcomes the significant release of hundreds of political prisoners in Burma. Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said this is a very important step by the Burmese Government towards democratic reform. “President Thein Sein and the Burmese Government deserve recognition for taking this important decision. I welcome the release of [...]
By Efraim Zuroff, SWC Israel Director (JERUSALEM, ISRAEL) – Recent events in four different Eastern European countries have once again highlighted the ongoing assault on the accepted Holocaust narrative in the post-communist world. Three attracted considerable attention, while the fourth, which perhaps affords us the best insight into the phenomenon of Eastern European attempts to [...]
(SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA) – A 30-year-old Malaysian national is scheduled to appear in Sydney Central Court today for importing 1.4 kilograms of heroin and five kilograms of methamphetamine into Australia on two separate occasions. On Tuesday, 10 January 2012, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service officers examined the man’s suitcase during a baggage check when he [...]
(LONDON, ENGLAND) – Britain will have a national high speed rail network providing vital new capacity and faster journeys across the country from 2026, Transport Secretary Justine Greening has announced. HS2 will be a Y-shaped rail network with stations in London, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield and the East Midlands linked by high speed trains conveying [...]
(CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA) – Visitors to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park are urged to watch out for marine turtles and their hatchlings during the summer months. With marine turtles coming ashore to lay their eggs and baby hatchlings making their way to the water, people are likely to encounter one of nature’s most ancient and [...]
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