Labor determined to reopen children overboard inquiry
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Labor says there appears to have been pressure from the Prime Minister&#39;s office on a public servant and it&#39;s reaffirmed its determination to reopen the Senate inquiry into the matter.
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PRIME Minister John Howard is insisting he has not deliberately misled the Australian public over the children overboard affair.
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Investigators called the drownings of five children on a church picnic an accident and said Tuesday they don&#039;t expect criminal charges, but the family of one victim retained attorneys and questioned whether there was proper supervision.
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By DAVID GREENWOOD  BUSINESS leaders last night claimed kids who go crab fishing along the North Wales coast could be prosecuted if a new byelaw is given the government seal of approval.
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Egypt's Suez Canal is to re-open for shipping traffic, three days after it closed because of a broken-down oil tanker.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Repair crews have restarted the main engine of a Japanese whaling ship crippled by a fire a week ago near Antarctica, but the vessel has not yet moved under its own power, an official said today.
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By Chester Allen, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Jun. 14--WESTPORT -- The 11 passengers and two crew members aboard the Blue Water Too charterboat got a scare on the afternoon of June 9 when 10-to-15 foot waves broke the front windows out of the boat.
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MARK COLVIN: The Opposition leader, Mark Latham, has challenged the Prime Minister to remove the gag that&#39;s prevented senior government advisers, including those in the PM&#39;s office, from talking about what happened in the &#39;children overboard&#39; affair.
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PRIME Minister John Howard conceded yesterday a fresh inquiry into the children overboard saga would find he had lied.
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Efforts to find two children who went missing with other family members during storms are to resume at first light.
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PRIME Minister John Howard said he would not be swayed by more public servants coming forward in relation to the children overboard scandal.
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The Labor Department urged the AFL-CIO Monday to tighten internal financial controls and record-keeping after reporting the results of a yearlong audit.
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A union representing clerks at the nation's largest port complex submitted a revised contract to employers yesterday that one labor official hoped would avert a possible shutdown of the docks.
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By Rolf Boone, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep. 16--OLYMPIA -- Repaving of a Port of Olympia cargo yard can continue after a legal effort Friday to prohibit the work was denied in Thurston County Superior Court.
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Some companies are trying to rework policies in order to rehire retired professionals who want to return to work on a limited basis.
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Police order a review of the death of a man who drowned at sea two years ago after his family raise questions.
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By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 6--GULFPORT -- An Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation of the March 21 drowning of two construction workers in a storm-damaged casino barge could result in fines exceeding $85,000.