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Smith steps up condemnation of Israel over 1600 new settler homes
12 March 2010
Sydney Morning Herald
In this report by Kirsty Needham the US Studies Centres' Associate Professor Brendon O'Connor and Postdoctoral Fellow Jeremy Pressman are interviewed about the significance of the latest controversy involving Israeli settlements on disputed land. Read article
Only a carbon tax and nuclear power can save us
11 March 2010
The Australian
In this article Professor James Hansen calls for courageous political leadership to move governments, businesses and communities away from fossil fuel addiction. Hansen is in Australia as a guest of the US Studies Centre and the University of Sydney. Read article
Obama's health Bill at crucial stage
10 March 2010
The Canberra Times
In this article Lesley Russell examines the likelihood of the new health Bill being signed prior to President leaving for this month's scheduled visit to Australia and Indonesia.
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Govt has to step up to the plate
9 March 2010
The Canberra Times
President Obama will undoubtedly be able to explain to Kevin Rudd that moving health-care reform from fine words to legislative reality is a difficult and tricky task, writes Lesley Russell. Read Article
The storms of James Hansen
8 March 2010
ABC Radio National
In this interview Professor James Hansen discusses how he came to be convinced about global warming theory, the hopes he has for action to be taken concerning climate change and the danger that business-as-usual thinking is doing to the environment. Listen Online
Reforming the global order
5 March 2010
Australian Review of Public Affairs
Dennis Phillips reviews two new books by four expert authors - The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and For All by Gareth Evans and Power & Responsibility: Building International Order in An Era of Transnational Threats, co-authored by Brent Jones, Carlos Pascual and Stephen John Stedman. Read Review
We're dealing to coal addicts: Hansen
4 March 2010
Sydney Morning Herald
Leading climate scientist Dr James Hansen has likened Australia's continued export of coal in the face of global warming to that of a "drug dealer" feeding the world's fossil fuel addiction. Read Article
Divided summit
3 March 2010
Inside Story: Current Affairs and Culture
Despite President Obama's mastery of the facts at last week's healthcare reform summit, the Republicans weren't budging, reports Lesley Russell. Read Article
The United States of Weirdness? From the 'birthers' to the Oath Keepers
3 March 2010
The Drum (ABC Online)
Associate Professor Brendon O'Connor discusses the latest anti-government and anti-Obama movements and the long history behind such groups' use of the American Revolution and the US Constitution as "their talismans and justifications in nearly every argument". Read Article
The grandfather of climate science
3 March 2010
ABC Radio National Breakfast with Fran Kelly
Often described as the grandfather of climate science, Dr James Hansen discusses in this interview the efficacy of global warming theory, the recent controversy surrounding the IPCC and his disappointment with world political leaders in regard to taking action on climate change. Listen Online
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