The Australian
Newspaper | Mainstream
The Australian is a national daily broadsheet newspaper published by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Headquartered in Sydney, but with bureaux around Australia, it was founded in 1964, losing money for nearly thirty years. Its circulation is still quite small, with a weekday circulation of approximately 130,000 and a Saturday circulation of approximately 195,000. The Australian tends to support free-trade economic policy, a realpolitik approach to foreign policy, and is particularly in favour of relaxed regulation of the media sector. It could be politically described as being an ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Radical Islamism challenges notions of freedom
It is often thought the main threat of radical Islamism to the West and, indeed, the world, is terrorism. It is also said to be the isolation of Muslim communities, which ...Posted by Neil R. Anderson -
Australia's biggest native title deal struck
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Popular faith in Obama dwindles amid setbacks
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Pakistan's 'mock war' on Taliban
A coalition partner in the Pakistan government has accused the military of staging a "mock war" in the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan while continuing to aid the ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Pesticide in pools far above safe limit
Australia's pesticides regulator told The Australian it would review the use of the herbicide simazine, a common ingredient in swimming pool anti-algae treatments and suburban ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
All dry on the western front
The team, co-funded by the Australian Climate Change Science Program, investigated 1000 virtual years of the late 20th century in 20 virtual worlds with varying degrees of ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Overpopulation seen as worst environment threat
HALTING the world's rocketing population growth is the key to solving global warming -- a solution that has been ignored or overlooked by leading climate change advocates. ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Bush legacy on sale at the ranch
() For Crawford, a sleepy town in central Texas, its improbable place on the world stage is over. The two souvenir shops are starting to deeply discount the product that has ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Communities 'sacrificed' to carbon sink forests | The Australian
() TURNING tens of millions of hectares of prime agricultural land into carbon sink forests to fight climate change would dramatically increase food costs, destroy rural ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Dispute over climate sceptic uni grant
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