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Manus Island riot: Asylum seeker speaks of witnessing Reza Berati's death
By Kerry Brewster and Deb Richards Updated April 05, 2014 17:43:04 The ABC has obtained an eyewitness account of the murder of 23-year-old Iranian asylum seeker Reza Berati during the February riot inside the Manus Island detention centre. The account is one of 12 from asylum seekers obtained by Lateline. They detail a series of alleged violent incidents leading up to and including the clashes on February 17 which left more than 60 asylum seekers injured.
Recycling companies stockpiling thousands of tonnes of glass
Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of glass are being stockpiled and landfilled instead of being recycled, threatening to seriously damage the community’s faith in the billion-dollar recycling industry.Key industry insiders interviewed by Four Corners have described an “unsustainable situation” with glass which has “nowhere to go” because there is “no viable market”.Australia consumes about 1.36 million tonnes of glass packaging per year: wine and beer bottles, glass jars and containers.Glass...
Organised network shifting waste to 'dumping capital of Australia' to avoid tariffs
Australia's waste industry is being undermined by unscrupulous middle-men contracted to shift rubbish interstate to avoid paying landfill levies. Regulators and governments know about this practice but have repeatedly failed to act. The Four Corners investigation has exposed an organised network of waste transporting and freighting companies sending waste by road and by rail to Queensland to avoid paying the high New South Wales landfill levy of $138 per tonne.
Recycling companies stockpiling thousands of tonnes of glass as cheap imports leave market in crisis
Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of glass are being stockpiled and landfilled instead of being recycled, threatening to seriously damage the community's faith in the billion-dollar recycling industry. Key industry insiders interviewed by Four Corners have described an "unsustainable situation" with glass which has "nowhere to go" because there is "no viable market". Australia consumes about 1.36 million tonnes of glass packaging per year: wine and beer bottles, glass jars and containers.
One Nation former candidates, party insiders reveal Pauline Hanson's 'brutal dictatorship'
Pauline Hanson's One Nation party has been accused of intimidating and financially pressuring its own candidates and senior staffers. Party insiders, candidates and long-term One Nation loyalists told Four Corners they had been used and discarded by Senator Hanson — the losers of a bitter internal power struggle now engulfing the party.
One Nation former candidates, party insiders reveal Pauline Hanson's 'brutal dictatorship'
One Nation former candidates, party insiders reveal Pauline Hanson's 'brutal dictatorship' Updated April 03, 2017 21:41:31 Pauline Hanson's One Nation party has been accused of intimidating and financially pressuring its own candidates and senior staffers.
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