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Is Australia Making Its Drought Worse by Turning to Desalination Plants for Water?

Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. November 13, 2008.
Unfortunately it is a classic case of "climate feedback" as desal plants cause more emissions and ocean acidification.

Private Spooks: Mercenary Intelligence Agencies are Recruiting Journalists

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. August 4, 2008.
A private intelligence outfit is attempting to recruit journalists around the world.

Despite Better Treatment, Concerns Remain for Australia's Refugees

Stephen de Tarczynski, IPS News. June 23, 2008.
Questions linger after a pro-democracy was tortured after being deported back to China.

Australia's PM-Elect Says Troops Out of Iraq by Mid-2008

BBCNovember 30, 2007.
Aussies to Bush: buh-bye.

Global Warming Claims Its First Major Political Victim

Dr. Joseph Romm, Huffington Post AlterNet: Environment. November 26, 2007.
Dr. Joseph Romm: Why Australia's conservative prime minister bit the dust.

Dispatch From Down Under: John Howard is Toast!

Alison Jobling, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. November 25, 2007.
AlterNet reader Alison Jobling: Another Bush lap-dog gets the boot.

Teens Who Sexually Assaulted Girl, Filmed It and Distributed It On DVD, Won't Serve Jail Time

Ann Bartow, Feminist Law Professors AlterNet: PEEK. November 7, 2007.
Ann Bartow: I wonder if the average porn consumer would recognize what was occurring or care about the coercive way that it was produced.

Aussie Family Values Party Drops Candidate Over Porn Pics

Paddy, AlterNet: PEEK. October 30, 2007.
Paddy: "But that's not my penis," Andrew Quah told the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.

Fifty Protesters Moon Bush In Australia

Melissa McEwan, AlterNet: PEEK. September 7, 2007.
Melissa McEwan: Bush calls the APEC conference OPEC, can't find a door and gets mooned by protest group called "Bums for Bush."

Australia: Global Warming's Canary in the Coal Mine

Kelpie Wilson, TruthOut.org. May 30, 2007.
In drought-riddled Australia, the effects of global warming are rippling through the economy -- effecting everything from farming to mining. It may even swing the next national election.