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February 28, 2003
"Human shield" story
From the CIA, no less. Find their report,
Putting Noncombatants at Risk: Saddam's Use of Human Shields at
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/iraq_human_shields/index.html.
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Housing boom ... or bust?
The housing boom has not been good news for low income people, says the Brotherhood of St Laurence in a report at
http://www.bsl.org.au/pdfs/Changing_Pressures_Feb03.pdf. It claims the low stocks of affordable housing are creating a housing stress crisis.
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It's not over yet for the UN ...
... or so says Keith Suter at
http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/00226.shtml. He believes the UN Security Council will survive the current crisis.
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Human Rights Watch World Report 2003
The report, at
http://www.hrw.org/wr2k3/,
provides an assessment of human rights practices in 58 countries. The period covered is from November 2001 to November 2002.
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February 24, 2003
Coming, ready or not ...
The US has launched a new site to prepare its citizens for terrorist attacks. Ready.gov (
http://www.ready.gov/) explains how to make an emergency kit, how to decide a plan of action and has sections on potential kinds of threat, e.g. chemical, biological, nuclear blasts, radiation and explosions.
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February 21, 2003
Ethanol in cars
The
Parliamentary Library has also prepared a
Current Issues Brief on Ethanol in petrol at
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/2002-03/03cib12.pdf.
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Public/private partnerships
Good idea? Bad idea? The
Parliamentary Library has prepared a
Research Note at
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/2002-03/03RP01.pdf on the topic to explain what they mean.
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Is the Government health rebate a flop?
John Deeble of the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health argues that the federal government’s private health insurance rebate has failed at
http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/00218.shtml. The full text of his remarks is at
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/pubs/health-insurance/deeble_report.pdf.
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February 17, 2003
Fitting out a digital newsroom?
If you have to create a multimedia newsroom and aren't sure what to do, have a look at the Online Journalism Review article
Gear for the Multimedia Newsroom at
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/lasica/1039552387.php.
It describes phones, cameras, notebook computers, scanners, software and more.
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Military news fix
Jane's, the defence, security and intelligence publisher, are now offering email alerts for free. These include
Jane's News Briefs, a weekly headline and abstracts service that provides links through to live stories on janes.com, and
Jane's Defence Weekly e-mail alerts, which appear as soon as new stories are posted to the
Defence Weekly web site, handy if you need to keep on top of military and defence industry issues. Sign up for either or both at
http://www2.janes.com/public/alerts.html, or just visit the main site at
http://www.janes.com/, which has latest news.
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February 14, 2003
The (parlous?) state we're in
Peter Mares has a think piece about the cost of going to war with Iraq at
http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/00217.shtml. Mares, a broadcaster with ABC Radio National, spoke at a forum at the Perth International Writers Festival on 7 February.
And who'll be doing what?
The Parliamentary Library has a briefing on forces and likely tasks for Australia’s contribution to the war in Iraq at http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/2002-03/03cib11.pdf
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North Korea nerves
The Parliamentary Library has a Research Note on the implications of what North Korea is up to for Australian trade at
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2002-03/03rn23.pdf.
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February 12, 2003
Since war looks ever more likely ...
... you may as well be prepared. Reuters has a new site up for war correspondents. AlertNet at
http://www.alertnet.org/ provides country data, info on relief operations and links to satellite images as well as news. As you'd expect, there is a link just for Iraq.
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February 11, 2003
Oscar fever is upon us
The complete 75th Oscars press kit is now available at
http://www.oscars.org/press/presskit/pdf/complete_presskit.pdf.
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12:24 PM
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February 07, 2003
Canberra bushfires - the blame game
Jack Waterford, editor-in-chief of the
Canberra Times ponders the rush to find someone to blame for Canberra's bushfires at
http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/00211.shtml.
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10:25 AM
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investigative journalism - RIP?
The Evatt Foundation is holding a public seminar on
The Death of Investigative Journalism and Who Killed It? Speakers include Phillip Knightley and Four Corners reporter Chris Masters.
Venue: Seymour Centre, Sydney
When: Saturday 15 February, 6pm to 7.30pm
More info can be found at
http://evatt.labor.net.au/events/10_20020309.html .
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February 06, 2003
Changes in Academia - new report
DEST has just published a new report - 178 pages and available in PDF - on
Changes in Academic Life: Implications for Universities of the Changing Age Distribution and Work Roles of Academic Life. There are sections on casual staffing, research and job satisfaction (or lack of it). You can get it at
http://www.dest.gov.au/highered/otherpub/academic_work.pdf.
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February 05, 2003
Back in business
My Web site,
Guide to Internet information sources for Australian journalists (also known as OzGuide), has moved to its new permanent home. The new URL is
http://journoz.com/. My Globalisation site has also moved - it's at
http://journoz.com/global/. I will be migrating my Web log and adding other features soon. The site will continue to be free to users.
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February 04, 2003
Down time
My Web site,
Guide to Internet information sources for Australian journalists (also known as OzGuide, is currently down due to Web site reorganisation at its host. With luck, it will be back in a day or so. However, I will soon be moving the site so please always use this URL
http://journoz.com/ to get to it - that way, when it does move, your link will still work. (The journoz.com link will get you to the old site until it moves too - provided it ever sees the light of day again, that is ...)
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