One of the people accused of helping refugees escape from Woomera is
asking for letters of support. Please write to:
timothy daniel collins
port augusta prison
po box 6
port augusta
SA 5700
(Tim can't receive any books or papers but can receive cash and money
orders).
This week's stories: It's Not Just Oil...We Know They've Got Weapons Of
Mass Destruction, We Kept the Receipts...Western Australia Invents New
Form Of Bigotry...Salvation Army Competes With Anglicans And Catholics.
The Bush government has invited selected companies to bid for government
contracts to 'rebuild Iraq' after the US invasion.
The companies chosen to bid are all American companies, who have donated
money to the Republican Party.
(www.ariannaonline.com).
The germ samples that Iraq used for its biological weapons program
(which it says it has now abandoned), came entirely from an American
company and a French scientific institute.
(New York Times).
AMP has taken what the Age described as "a really tough stand on [former
CEO] Paul Batchelor's termination entitlements". Mr Batchelor was given
a cheque for $1.4 million, after tax.
(The Age, March 15).
Four of the 11 people who were refused permission to adopt children in
Western Australia last year, were refused because they were 'too fat'.
Jodie Gaywood, 21, was refused permission to adopt because she was
overweight, due to a condition called polycystic ovary syndrome. This
condition is also the reason she's unable to have children.
(The Age, March 15).
The Salvation Army kept a sex abuse case secret and paid for the
offender to be counselled, but not the 14 year old victim, a Queensland
court was told yesterday.
(The Age, March 15).
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