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Write on

Write on: Letters to the editor Interest rates Why have interest rates been going up? One argument is that as rates rise overseas Australia must follow suit to access an adequate supply of the world's savings. This is a bad argument. The

Dale McKinley: It's time to be offensive

It's time to be offensive COMMENT BY DALE T. MCKINLEY "If you're not angry, you're not paying attention" — anonymous It's disgustingly consistent. Open the newspaper, turn on the television or radio, access the internet and you are more than

SIERRA LEONE: John Pilger — The bobby is back on the beat

SIERRA LEONE: The bobby is back on the beat Behind its propaganda, British foreign policy is undergoing significant changes. The armed intervention in Sierra Leone is a case in point. It is the biggest of its kind since Margaret Thatcher's

Anti-nuke cycle to raise awareness

Anti-nuke cycle to raise awareness BY DAVE MURPHY DARWIN — The second "Cycle Against the Nuclear Cycle" left the Jabiluka uranium mine in Kakadu National Park on June 5 to ride the 6300 kilometres to Perth. The first cycle, from Melbourne,

ZIMBABWE: MDC faces enormous odds to defeat Mugabe

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is not used to losing. The wily septuagenarian is using every trick in the book to make sure that the popular trade union-backed opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), does not win a majority at