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Labor supports sending Putin-Howard APEC agreement to Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade for examination

Posted by electricityweek on September 28, 2007

Labor supported the reference of the agreement to provide Australian uranium to Russia to the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, said Labor Senator George Campbell in the Commonwealth Senate on 17 September 2007.

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No ethical framework considered for uranium export deal with Russia; profits only motive, says Greens Senator

Posted by electricityweek on September 28, 2007

It was foolhardy in the extreme for Australia to put profits from uranium sales ahead of global security, and that was precisely what was going on with the Australia-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, said Greens Senator Christine Milne in the Commonwealth Senate on 17 September 2007 .

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Putin power grab: at least 14 journalists murdered, electoral laws changed, human rights trampled: Greens Senator wants Australia to exert pressure

Posted by electricityweek on September 28, 2007

An appalling pattern was emerging in Russia, said Greens Senator Christine Milne in the Commonwealth Senate on 17 September 2007.

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