Topic: Kevin Rudd
Australia spends $173 million on airport security
AP Features
Australia announces $173 million security upgrade at airports following attempted US bombingAustralia announced its response Tuesday to the attempted terrorist attack on an airliner over the United States last Christmas: a 200 million Australian dollar ($173 million) upgrade of airport security around the country that will cause passenger delays. A ...
Australia mourns lives lost in wildfires 1 year on
AP News
Australia mourns victims, celebrates community spirit a year after wildfires killed 173 peopleReleasing butterflies to honor the dead, Australians marked the one-year anniversary of the country's worst-ever wildfires Sunday in big-city cathedrals and small towns still bearing burn scars. On Feb. 7 last year, hundreds of fires raged across ...
Australia blocks suspicious shipments to Iran
AP News
Australia blocked several recent export orders to Iran over WMD fearsAustralia recently blocked several export shipments to Iran because of concern the cargo may have been destined for Tehran's nuclear weapons programs, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Thursday. The bans were ordered by the defense minister under laws aimed ...
Australia opposition eyeing voluntary CO2 cuts plan
Reuters Environmental Online Report
SINGAPORE/CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's main opposition coalition, which has repeatedly blocked attempts to pass carbon trading laws, is eyeing a voluntary scheme based on buying up cheap offsets as a way to break the deadlock. According to documents obtained by Reuters, the scheme, funded with public money, would buy ...
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