Aust may ship nuclear waste offshore. 14/07/2004. ABC News Online: Prime Minister John Howard says the Commonwealth may send its low-level radioactive waste to an offshore island after abandoning proposals for a national waste dump in South Australia. ... Opposition leader Mark Latham says the Government has scrapped its plan for a dump in South Australia because of the looming election. / NEWS.com.au | PM caves in over nuclear dump (July 14, 2004): After furious cabinet negotiations over the damaging political issue, John Howard has agreed that South Australia - where three key marginal Coalition seats are under threat at the coming election - will not be used as a national waste depository in either the short or long term.
NEWS.com.au | Tobacco's formula for attracting young (July 14, 2004): Australia is one of the nations where Formula One continues to brand cars with tobacco names, with a ban not due until 2006. In markets such as Europe, where bans are already in force, car liveries remain largely intact, leaving tobacco sponsors easily identifiable. This is why you see cars in some grand prix events done up with the driver's name in big letters - it replaces the cigarette brand name (eg. 'West', or whatever the brand is, becomes 'Kimi' on Makkinen's car).
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