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ADF Shuns Used Gear After Bungle On Choppers,
Brendan Nicholson, Age, 2006-02-16

Long delays and serious problems with a $1 billion contract to rebuild a fleet of 1960s helicopters for the navy have driven the Australian Defence Force to swear it will never again buy second-hand equipment.

New Iraq Role Ahead,
Patrick Walters and Peter Alford, Australian, 2006-02-14

Australian troops will stay in Iraq, most likely in training roles, after the expected wind-up of the al-Muthanna task group later this year. A scaled-down Australian ground force in Iraq is likely to be matched by a steady build-up in Afghanistan where about 500 Australians could be stationed by later this year.

Bird Flu Threatens Misery For Millions,
Peter Hartcher and John Garnaut, SMH, 2006-02-16

Avian flu could kill up to 214,000 Australians in a serious global outbreak according to a new projection by Professor Warwick McKibbin and Dr Alexandra Sidorenko. The findings will be presented at the Lowy Institute in Sydney.

• Global Macroeconomic Consequences Of Pandemic Influenza, Warwick McKibbin and Alexandra Sidorenko, Lowy Institute, February 2006

• A Primer On The Macroeconomic Effects Of An Influenza Pandemic, Steven Kennedy, Jim Thomson and Petar Vujanovic, Treasury Working Paper, February 2006

Briefing note: Australia, Japan and Southern Blue Fin Tuna

Japan Taking ‘Illegal’ Tuna , Verity Edwards, Australian, 2006-02-11
Hagen Stehr [Chairman, Clean Seas Tuna Ltd] has called on Canberra to impose sanctions on Japan in a crackdown against international poachers. A spokesman for federal Fisheries Minister Eric Abetz said the Government was aware of the discrepancies between international quotas and what appeared on the Japanese fish markets.

• Endangered Tuna Catch To Be Halved, AAP, Age, 2006-01-10

• The Facts: Southern Bluefin Tuna, CSIRO Marine Research

• Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery, Australian Fisheries Management Agency

• Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery: Environmental Assessment, Department of the Environment and Heritage, 25 January 2005

• Tasmanian Endangered Tuna Push, Port Lincoln Times, 2006-02-09

• ‘Death By Sashimi’: The Survival Of The Southern Bluefin Tuna, Richard Tanter, Arena Journal, New Series 14, 1999/2000.