Peter Cave

                   

US sharemarket enjoys bounce

abc.net.au     Jul 18, 2008   6 related          

PETER CAVE: There's been another bounce in the US sharemarket overnight, as investors jumped on falling oil prices and better than expected news from a major investment bank. But that doesn't mean the financial crisis engulfing...                

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Rudd rushes emission trading scheme: Fed Opposition

abc.net.au     Jul 18, 2008   30 related          

The Shadow Treasurer Malcolm Turnbull says the gas producers' concerns are a prime example of the need to proceed with great care on the route to a carbon emissions trading scheme. Mr Turnbull says it's not a question of...                

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Bali bombers to face death 'within the month'

abc.net.au     Jul 18, 2008   133 related          

The lawyer for three of the men convicted of the Bali Bombings predicts they'll be executed "within the month". An appeal for clemency to the President is their last chance to escape the death sentence, but they've already said...                

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US Senate looks at Lowy family taxes

abc.net.au     Jul 18, 2008   25 related          

A US Senate subcommittee hearing has been told that Australian billionaire Frank Lowy and his sons set up a secret bank account in the European principality of Liechtenstein. Mr Lowy insists that neither he nor his family tried...                

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Clinton cuts malaria drug deal

abc.net.au     Jul 18, 2008   81 related          

The former US president Bill Clinton has brokered a deal with six Chinese and Indian companies to cut the price of a key malaria drug by a third. Aid agencies say the move will save many lives, and would like to see the deal...                

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Victim's father rejects death penalty

abc.net.au     Jul 18, 2008          

PETER CAVE: Brian Deegan is a former South Australian magistrate whose 22-year-old son, Josh Deegan, was killed in the Bali bombings. Unlike many of the other victims' families, Brian Deegan has long been opposed to the three...                

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Architects say climate change could make suburbs more livable

abc.net.au     Jul 18, 2008   1 related          

Office blocks modelled on termite nests and buildings that can photosynthesise. That's the future of design in a time of climate change, according to leading architects and designers gathered at a conference in Melbourne this...                

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Teenagers plot international net safety plan

abc.net.au     Jul 18, 2008          

A meeting of 150 teenagers from around the world is aiming to find the best way to sell internet safety messages to their peers. The plan will be submitted to the UN for inclusion in the 2009 Convention on the Rights of the Child                

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Labor begins selling emission reduction policy

abc.net.au     Jul 17, 2008   223 related          

The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has dismissed concerns that the long awaited green paper on emissions trading lacks detail. Mr Rudd says it's only meant to be a general direction of policy, with detailed costings to be provided...                

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Aust boxers chase Olympic gold

abc.net.au     Jul 17, 2008   2 related          

PETER CAVE: Well boxing is the only Olympic sport where injuring a competitor is the traditional route to victory, but Australia's boxers say that the Olympic competition has come a long way over the years and the bouts are now...                

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