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Richard Tonkin's blogTreasurer bends for Multinationals' EmployeesThe Australian push for imported corporated labour is picking up speed. Released on the Treasurer's website yesterday
"International Aspects" Of Australian Bribery Inquiries
As discussed earliear, US Wheat Associates were pondering the I'll take my favourtie
Prime Minister Should Intervene On Halliburton Visas- UnionsReprint of Australian Council of Trade Unions Media Release, February 14 The ACTU calls on the Prime Minister to ACTU President Sharan Burrow said today: "There is mounting evidence that the Federal Government's migrant
Immigration Minister supports Halliburton "Australian Slave Trade" DenialSenator Vanstone will need to look after Halliburton. They're the quickest way to generate a globally-competitive population increase. I'm extrapolating from the story in tomorrow's Australian: [extract] IMMIGRATION Minister Amanda Vanstone has rejected claims construction company Halliburton Australia exploited Indonesian workers hired to work in the South Australian desert. The Adelaide Advertiser newspaper reported that the company, a subsidiary of US giant Halliburton, had paid the Indonesians as little as $40 a day.
The Emperor Rann's New Clothes With four weeks to the SA election, Rann will be busy convincing the Annoouncements like this, even three months late, would be fine if the SA Labor Government had any involvement with Tenix's securing of this Defence contract. However, the decision would probably have been made by former Defence Minister Reith, who retired from the Defence portfolio into a Tenix consultancy [from ABC News On Line]
Halliburton Australia Imports Slave Labor, Refers Inquires To HoustonHalliburton Australia. has a major part of South Australian business activities It's Adelaide office was fomerly the company's global headquarters for infrastruture. Under the trading name of KBR it is employed by the State government and local councils. It has been involved in construction of the Port River Expressway and has proposed a development project for Lake Alexandrina. Halliburton is also employed by the Department Of Foreign Affairs and Trade to carry out international aid contracts on Australia's behalf, and has many defence industry contracts. In South Australia's outback, Halliburton has been flouting Australia's Industrial Relations laws by employing foreigners at wage levels inappropriate to Australian ethics.
ASIO And The O'ReillysFor a change, it's nothing to do with Scott Parkin, and I think this gentleman may be a little more aggressive in his activism techniques..Ciaron O'Reilly, who has had his photo taken with both Nelson Mandela and East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao, was, while returning to Australia last week, detained for questioning by ASIO. O'Reilly was reportedly was a member of the"
The Win-Win War
Looking at South Australia's purchase of a new batch of security cameras for buses and trains, I've realised how well the Great Cash-In is coming along
War On Terror's Qinetiq-ally Generated ProfitQinetiq, the privatised arm of the UK MInistry of Defence, currently controlled by the Bush/Bin Laden firm Carlyle, are keen to take care of us all at sporting events. Mr Simon Stringer, director of Qinetiq's Security and Intelligence Division said recently that he"would never encourage the use of technology for technology's sake. There may be instances, for example, where the best course of action is to change the way your security personnel are trained and briefed before an event. Alternatively, a simple process change like altering the way spectators are directed into a venue may produce the required result. However, when appropriate, properly applied and deployed technology is what the military refer to as a real force multiplier." "The military is well versed at detailed planning for massively complex operations. To ensure preparedness they exploit a variety of tools, such as planning software, 3D modelling and synthetic environments which use highly accurate immersive models against which blast modelling and vulnerability analysis can be conducted. Other technologies and capabilities such as digital mapping, multiple sensor integration and surveillance optimisation models have consistently proven their worth to the armed forces in critical operational situations and these capabilities are increasingly available to civil security operators." he said. "Building on its defence technology research has allowed QinetiQ to develop an in-depth understanding of how this technology and science can be applied to the security market and, in this instance, best address the threats and vulnerabilities faced by sport event organisers. With a track record in counter-terrorism and associated projects aimed at protecting the UK's critical national infrastructure we are excited by the prospect of bringing this expertise to bear in the area of event security."
Halliburton Takes Port AdelaideThe former global leader of Halliburton's infrastructure activities is now in control of shipbuilding in South Australia. An expanded maritime site announced today is now owned by a corporation controlled by ex-Halliburton/KBR chief Andrew Fletcher, who had been recruited last November to "oversee" the warship project. Fletcher, while still in his Halliburton job, held a seat on the South Australian Economic Development Board
The Halliburton Peanut Butter FilesAfter this week's revelations that the Pentagon, on behalf of Halliburton, has been spying on a US protest organiser "in the national interest" I would like to know, as an Australian Halliburton "activist", how much the Australian Government has been spying on me. I would also like to know how our Government can continue to rely upon, in matters of national security and international invasion, an intelligence system that can make such a stupid mistake. Every "conspiracy theorist" looks in shadows for faces but perhaps some have greater cause for concern than others. Looking at what's happenned to Parkin I reckon that I qualify for an extra dose of paranoia.
Something There In Your Neighbourhood... Who You Gonna Call?This will need remembering. For some reason I find this to be quite disturbing. No doubt an Australian equivalent will follow. KBR awarded U.S. Department of Homeland Security project
Halliburton Watch continues:
SA Defence Land Acquisition approved- Hill Halliburtonises South AustraliaAs he steps down as Defence Minister, Robert Hill is completing the militarisation of South Australia MR Hill says that said he had written to the
The training centre, currently used by Army units for manoeuvre and
US Government Spied On Scott Parkin- NewsweekIf this is the information that ASIO used to deport Parkin, some questions will need to be asked. Firstly, was ASIO acting based on a current profile of Parkin, or outdated infomation it had previously received from TALON Secondly, Thirdly:
Halliburton Australia-Moment Of Truth Has Arrived"Contractors with conflicts of interest would be prohibited from conducting oversight or writing contract requirements they could bid on, as Halliburton did for its $7 billion no-bid Iraqi oil contract awarded in 2003." Australian aside:..... and the warship environmental measures, and the nuclear dump safety consultancies, and South Australia's Major Works Development Adding to the statement in the introductory paragraph, US Democrats believe what is needed is “closing the revolving door between federal contract officials and private contractors.”
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