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The Year In Review: June

30 December 2006

LOCAL Job losses: BlueScope Steel announces it will close down its tin plate mill at Port Kembla with the loss of 250 jobs. The firms said the cuts were a necessary response to massive increases in raw material costs and reduced demand for Australian tin plate... read full story

The Jolly Giant's Finest Hour - Finally

2 December 2006

For a while there yesterday Kim Beazley looked like a leader. The big man had been trying for weeks to convince everyone it was the media feeding on him, not the busy-busy Kevin Rudd from Brisbane. At 10.30 yesterday morning Beazley ended the pretence. His decision to call Monday's leadership ballot had more spine, not to mention self-respect, than anything we've seen from the Labor leader in ages. Beazley did not hang back any longer. He fronted his challenger on his own terms... read full story

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