What Australian newspapers say Thursday, April 10
SYDNEY, April 10 AAP - The Greenpeace stunt which aimed at halting HMAS Sydney's exitto the Gulf on Tuesday should be condemned by the anti-war movement, The Australian saysin its editorial today.
People who marched against the war "should now turn their attention to ensuring a prosperousand democratic post-war Iraq," the paper says.
The staff on on HMAS Sydney were going to Iraq to help with the humanitarian effortand remove landmines - "hardly acts of aggression".
The paper says the anti-war movement should never condemn our military personnel anddoing so will only strengthen the prime ministers position.
The Daily Telegraph says in its editorial that guitarist Carlos Santana mentioned thatif women ruled the world their would be peace - and the idea is worth thinking about.
"If women ruled the world it would be more peaceful because women's experiences causethem to think differently about the value of human life," the paper says.
"Women's traditional roles as carers, listeners and negotiators make them determinedto keep the peace and find another avenue before human lives are sacrificed."
The Australian Financial Review says in its editorial the Howard government's decisionto start free-trade agreement talks with the United States has come "under unfriendlyfire".
The paper says cynics say Australia got poll position by joining the war against Iraq.
"Thinking critics argue the deal will damage relations with East Asia, distract attentionfrom multilateral talks, expose our companies to the predatory actions of giant US rivalsand never produce the promised economic gains," the paper says.
"The government should ignore this well-meaning advice, forget the cynics and continuethe talks."
The advantages of an agreement are significant and the risks are exaggerated, the paper says.
The Sydney Morning Herald says in its editorial today that the Rail InfrastructureCorporation's failure to close Sydney's dangerous Menangle Bridge was a scandal but itrepresents a broader failure of rail administration.
New Transport Services Minister, Michael Costa has made a quick start trying to reinstatea "safety culture".
"Mr Costa seems likely to undo the disastrous break-up seven years ago of a singlerail entity into separate businesses with separate, unco-ordinated functions," the papersays.
"So embedded is the harm done by these changes, however, that there is a real riskof worse safety failures before the system recovers."
Banks have forced their customers onto the street to be served by ATMs and must nowbe prepared to spend money to protect people using them, the Herald Sun editorial saystoday.
"The Labor Party gave an election pledge to make the massively profitable banks acceptthe responsibility for their actions in putting their customers at risk.
"If they have the effrontery to pass on the costs of keeping their customers safe,the Government should examine what consumer legislation can do to protect customers' wallets,"
The Herald Sun said.
The death toll among journalists reporting the Iraq war seems unusually high for theshort duration of the conflict and some incidents in particular deserve investigation,says The Age editorial today.
"The American strikes this week on Baghdad's Hotel Palestine, which claimed the livesof two television cameramen, warrants a full inquiry," the editorial said.
"Similarly, the death of an al-Jazeera reporter who died after American missiles struckthe Arabic cable news service premises in Baghdad should also be examined," the papersaid.
The Courier-Mail says the Qantas job cuts are drastic but the airline and its staffare faring better than most of the world's major airlines.
"In the US several of the largest airlines are operating under the protection of thebankruptcy laws, while several others are close to bankruptcy," the paper says.
"US airlines collectively lost almost $20 billion last year, despite American federalsubsidies that were provided to them after the September 11, 2001, hijackings.
"Airlines in Canada, Britain, Europe and Asia were all in trouble before the threatof the Iraq War undermined international tourism.
"Several established airlines in Europe and America have failed to survive in a marketthat is extremely competitive because of the advent of low-cost, no-frills airlines."
The South Australian Economic Growth Summit, starting today, is the ideal forum toprovide the creative spark and vision the state needs to plan its future, the Advertisereditorial says today.
"This is the chance for South Australian men and women with the power and influenceto make things happen, to ... create a blueprint for not only economic growth but advancesin education, population and social policies to equip SA to determine its own future,"
the Advertiser said.
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