Environment Minister Ian Campbell has spent much of the Nairobi climate change conference publicly badmouthing the Kyoto Protocol. But a document obtained by Crikey suggests that behind the scenes, Australia is scrabbling to be let in the door.
Green groups and climate change experts aren't shouting down Howard’s carbon trading conversation. It’s a step in the right direction, they’re saying. It’s the beginning of a U-turn, others state. But that’s the positive, public line. What are they saying in private?
For the first time since his son David Hicks was first imprisoned, Terry Hicks is set to meet Attorney-General Philip Ruddock face to face this week. We put a little in Column A and a little in Column B to see who, at a glance, wants Hicks home and who doesn't.
The sneak preview of the January issue of Vanity Fair magazine promised a parade of leading neo-cons talking about the failure of Iraq and the Bush administration. But some of the key neo-cons trumpted by Vanity Fair have since retaliated.
The media digests the news that the first head to roll after the Democrats sweep belongs to none other than the man largely seen as the architect of the Iraq War -- Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Standing next to President Bush in a brief White House appearance, Rumsfeld, 74, announced his resignation but offered no apologies. The war, he said, "is not well known. It was not well understood. It is complex for people to comprehend."
Crikey has obtained the search warrant at the heart of yesterday's raid on the home of Mutitjulu woman Dorothea Randall.
A selection of mid-term treats to munch on while you wait for those all important final results...
Even if you only have a passing interest in American politics, keeping informed about the hotly anticipated Midterms tomorrow is a must.
Aid agencies are increasingly looking at challenges in the developing world through the prism of climate change, CARE Australia CEO Robert Glasser tells Crikey.
COAG may be a failed experiment in centralising services for remote indigenous communities, but Senator Bill Heffernan says cleaning up bureacracy isn't the issue – he recently visited the remote community of Wadeye and was appalled at what he calls the "war-like" conditions.
