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The University of South Australia will sponsor a national conference to explore investment and market opportunities that could be generated by a nuclear power industry, reported The Advertiser (4/7/2006, p.23).

Report due in Dec: The September conference would deliver a final report in December from a high-level taskforce established by the Federal Government to advise on the merits of a national nuclear power industry.

Universities’ non-partisan participation: Professor Denise Bradley, who chairs the Australian Technology Network on behalf of five universities, said she believed the higher education sector had a "responsibility to engage in public policy debate in a non-partisan manner".

"Fearless" debate: Professor Bradley said community debate on nuclear energy was critical, but it needed to be "full, fearless and constructive".

Depoliticised debate: "We are enthused about moving this debate on from polarising politics to free dialogue and learning," she said.

Not a selective inquiry: "And it must consider the range of alternative energy sources." The conference will be conducted over two days on September 4 and 5 at the National Convention Centre in Canberra.

The Advertiser, 4/7/2006, p. 23

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The low-energy light bulb and other efficient lighting systems could prevent a cumulative total of 16 billion tonnes of carbon from being added to the world’s atmosphere over the next 25 years, according to a report by the International Energy Agency, reported The Canberra Times (1/7/2006, p.9).

Potential saving of $A3221bn: The agency said it would not need any technology that was not already widely available and – far from costing money – it would save more than £1300 billion ($A3221 billion).

Lights a major feature in climate change: The light used for homes and offices is a significant cause of climate change and also creates "light pollution", which means city children grow up never seeing the stars. The British Government alone has 50,000 buildings, creating a combined annual energy bill of almost $A495million. Most use inefficient lighting systems.

British Govt given energy targets: Two years ago all government departments were given instructions to improve energy efficiency – but the 12-page framework document setting out their targets made no specific mention of energy-efficient lighting systems.

PM makes the first move: Prime Minister Tony Blair did, however, make a symbolic gesture towards efficient lighting when he had a low-energy bulb installed in the lamp that hangs outside the door of No 10 Downing Street.

The Canberra Times, 4/7/2006, p. 9

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Despite the fact last summer was the hottest on record, many parts of Australia reported record or near-record cold nights, reported The Sydney Morning Herald (4/7/2006, p.3).

Average min temp 1.69C lower: The average minimum temperature was 1.69 degrees below the long-term average, making it the second-coldest June since 1950.

Global warming, myth?: The spate of cold temperatures was likely to raise scepticism about global warming. But Grant Beard of the Bureau of Meteorology’s National Climate Centre said global warming could in fact be driving down overnight winter temperatures.

Not so: The cold spell, he explained, was being fuelled by the high-pressure systems that increasingly dominate southern areas of the country during autumn and early winter. "High-pressure systems are associated with clear nights, low humidity and light winds. These are perfect ingredients for low overnight temperatures," Beard said.

The Sydney Morning Herald, 4/7/2006, p. 3

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Facts about the founding fathers of Israel

By Sam Kabbani

Below are some rarely-mentioned facts about the relationship between Zionism and modern-day terrorism:

1. The first aircraft hijacking was carried out by Israel in 1954 against a Syrian civilian airliner.

2. Grenades in cafes: first used by Zionists against Palestinians in Jerusalem on 17 March 1937.

3. Delayed-action, electrically timed mines in crowded marketplaces: first used by Zionists against Palestinians in Haifa on 6 July 1938.

4. Blowing up a ship with its civilian passengers still on board: first carried out by Zionists in Haifa on 25 November 1940. The Zionists did not hesitate to blow up their own people in protest at the British policy of restricting Jewish immigration to Palestine. The ship, Patria, was carrying 1,700 Jewish immigrants.

5. Assassination of government officials: first carried out by the Zionists against the British in Cairo, when on 6 November 1944 Lord Moyne was assassinated by the Stern Gang. Yitzhak Shamir, a member of the Irgun and later leader of the Stern Gang and Israeli prime minister, was behind the plan.

6. Use of hostages as a means of putting pressure on a government: first used by the Zionists against the British in Tel Aviv on 18 June 1946.

7. Blowing up of government offices with their civilian employees and visitors: first carried out by the Zionists against the British in Jerusalem on 22 July 1946. The toll was 91 Britons killed and 46 wounded in the King David Hotel. Menachim Begin, who masterminded and carried out the attack and later became Israeli prime minister, admitted that the massacre was coordinated with and carried out under the instruction of the Haganah Zionist gang.

8. Booby-trapped suitcases: first used by the Zionists against the British Embassy in Rome on 13 October 1946.

9. Booby-trapped cars in civilian areas: first used by the Zionists against the British in Sarafand (east of Jaffa) on 5 December 1946.

10. Beating of hostages: first used by the Zionists against the British in Tel Aviv, Netanya and Rishon on 29 December 1946.

11. Letter bombs sent to politicians: first used by the Zionists against Britain when 20 letter bombs were sent from Italy to London between 4 and 6 June 1947.

12. Murder of hostages as a reprisal for government actions: first used by the Zionists against the British in the Netanya area on 29 July 1947.

13. Postal parcel bombs: first used by the Zionists against the British in London on 3 September 1947.

14. The massacre of Qibya, northwest of Jerusalem, was carried out by Unit 101, under the command of Ariel Sharon on Wednesday 14 October 1953. The attack was the bloodiest and most brutal Zionist crimes since the infamous Deir Yassin massacre. Forty-two houses as well as a school and a mosque were dynamited over their inhabitants. Seventy-five women, men and children were killed.