Australia Defends Aboriginal 'Wash for Fuel' Deal
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With relations between black and white Australia at new lows, Australia's conservative government defended Thursday a plan to offer aid to a remote aboriginal community in return for a promise its children would wash daily.
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Australia defended a controversial maritime anti-terror plan on Friday after harsh words from neighboring Indonesia that it breached international law and Jakarta's sovereignty over its own waters.
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The government is resisting renewed pressure to ratify and implement the Kyoto Protocol as it came into effect amid claims Australia's refusal to join will damage its international reputation.
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The Australian government's plan to apologise to Aborigines for past injustices ran into trouble Thursday when the opposition indicated it might not support the move.
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A Sydney council Wednesday defended its decision to forge a sister-city relationship with Bethlehem, saying the tie would not see Australian dollars funnelled to the Islamist group Hamas.
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THE Howard Government&#39;s refusal to provide troops to a United Nations protection force in Baghdad was &quot;repugnant&quot; and made a mockery of its claim to be committed to Iraq, Labor said yesterday.
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Australia signalled a new hardline approach on welfare for its Aboriginal people as it vowed to end &quot;sit-down money&quot; -- generous handouts for doing little.
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Australia defended a controversial maritime anti-terror plan on Friday after harsh words from neighboring Indonesia that it breached international law and Jakarta&#39;s sovereignty over its own waters.
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ALICE SPRINGS, Australia  - Aboriginal art in Australia is booming and improving the lives of poor black communities, but unscrupulous dealers are ripping off artists and fraud from China and India is undermining the industry.
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A worldwide system to put a price on harmful gas emissions should be a key part of any plan to combat global warming, but should not come at Australia's expense, Prime Minister John Howard has said.
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Sunday scolded the country's opposition for haggling over the exact content of a planned apology to Australia's Aborigines, saying its meaning will be quite clear.
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Aborigines on Tuesday said the government was trying to steal their land under the guise of responding to a crisis that Prime Minister John Howard has labelled Australia&#39;s own Hurricane Katrina.
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Australia will issue its first formal apology to the country's indigenous people next month
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia on Tuesday asked Parliament to approve an apology to the countryâs indigenous minorities for their past mistreatment.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard Sunday stared down reports his own environment minister had urged him to reverse government policy and sign the Kyoto Protocol ahead of next month's election.
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Cricket Australia defends Ricky Ponting and his team in the face of mounting criticism of their on-field behaviour.
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An Australian government plan to ban alcohol and pornography in Aboriginal communities to try to curb rampant child sexual abuse was labelled racist and knee-jerk by indigenous groups Friday.