Please wait....
Please wait....
Home
'
InDaily : March 16th 2010
Contents
Front Cover
AM EDITION | FREE Tuesday 16th March 2010 SUBSCRIBE TO INDAILY FOLLOW US ON FOLLOW US ON ADELAIDE S ONLINE DAILY NEWSPAPER CONTACT INDAILY Luke Cussans - Online producer lcussans@solsticemedia.com.au Danielle Forsyth - Journalist dforsyth@solsticemedia.com.au Melissa Mack - Indaily AM editor mmack@solsticemedia.com.au Audra Edginton - Sales aedginton@solsticemedia.com.au NEWS IN BRIEF Aboriginal welcome furore Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's assertion that Aboriginal 'welcomes to country' are tokenistic has fractured Parliament and angered indigenous people. Yesterday, the Liberal backbencher Wilson Tuckey refused to ''thank'' Aboriginal people for accessing traditional land and went on to call the Aboriginal tent embassy in Canberra a slum and categorised indigenous dancers as ''grossly over weight''. Cleaner drug use Australian prisons should implement a controlled needle exchange for inmates, in order to halt new infections and make jails safer for all, according to The Association for Prevention and Harm Reduction Programs Australia. The nation's jails are a major source of new blood-borne infection with drug-using inmates routinely sharing dirty needles, the group says. All eyes on rates The Reserve Bank board will today explain why it raised interest rates at its March meeting and will give a comprehensive report on the Australian economy. Economists will pay particular attention to the RBA's view of consumer spending, and whether the higher official cash rate will suffice to keep inflation under control or if more increases should be expected. Parliament will be recalled for a one-day sitting on Friday next week to hear an address from US President Barack Obama. Mr Obama's visit to Australia has been delayed because of wrangling between the White House and Congress over the president's planned healthcare reforms. Parliament initially was due to sit on Monday and Tuesday of next week - a scheduled non-sitting week - to accommodate Mr Obama's visit. Now it is expected to sit for one day only on March 26. "President Obama will be arriving on Thursday with an address to parliament on Friday, " Foreign Minister Stephen Smith told Sky News today, adding that was the advice from the White House overnight. Mr Obama's 24-hour visit will be contained to Canberra, and include a meeting with Governor- General Quentin Bryce as well as a range of events to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Australia- US alliance. - AAP HENDRIK GOUT URANIUM MINING The environment has taken a back place in the election, but now comes the news that SA scientists are convinced uranium mining in the Flinders Ranges will cause species extinction. Hendrik Gout has the story. Obama s whirlwind visit
Links
http://bit.ly/indailyfacebook
http://bit.ly/indailytwitter
aedginton@solsticemedia.com.au
mmack@solsticemedia.com.au
dforsyth@solsticemedia.com.au
lcussans@solsticemedia.com.au
Archive
March 15th 2010
March 17th 2010
Navigation
Previous Page
Next Page
