Oz PM Kevin Rudd has delivered a strongly worded warning to the UN that reform is necessary in global institutions and declared the G20 --which includes Australia - should be at the heart of a new international system.

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Swine flu deaths, Indigenous Genocide & Climate Genocide

The first swine flu-related death in Australia has been that of a 26 year old Indigenous (Aboriginal) Australian man with medical conditions, this highlighting the horrendous circumstance of Indigenous people in Australia.

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Global warming-exacerbated drought and huge upstream water use mean that the drying Murray River delta will be flooded with sea water to stop acidification and sealed from potable Murray River water by a barrage.

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Oz Opposition Water spokesperson and conservation groups have condemned Water and Climate Minister Wong and PM Rudd for their proposed passive destruction of the South Australia wetland lakes.

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Petrol prices have hit a record high in Australia. On the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Question and Answer program PM Kevin Rudd blamed the Iraq War in part for the record oil prices.

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