Adelaide Airport Powder Quarantine

Hundreds of people remain in quarantine at Adelaide Airport in South Australia as emergency crews investigate the source of a yellow powder found over passengers' bags.
Passengers leaving from a Singapore Airlines flight just after 7.30 this morning found yellow powder over their cases on the baggage carousel.

The arrivals area was then immediately placed in quarantine

A Fire Brigade official says hazardous materials experts are going to the airport.

An airport official says passengers on other incoming international flights are also going into quarantine.

No Plans For Australian Nuclear Power Plant- Downer

In a coastal town at the shores of Mr Downer's Mayo electorate, the nuclear debate is rippling through the community.

Downer's fellow S.A. Senator Anne McEwen has cheekily suggested that the tourism city, known to many as "God's Waiting Room" would be an ideal site because of the abundance of water.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs has responded rather cattily to the suggestion, describing McEwen as a senator that nobody has heard of.

"There is no plan to build a nuclear power station anywhere in the whole of Australia, least of all in Victor Harbor." Mr Downer told the Victor Harbor Times.

Mr Downer was formerly President Bush's candidate as Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency

Adelaide Universities Become Military Schools

Three major defence companies yesterday signed deals with local universities to create "tailor made" defence degrees, and enable more work on defence technology to be carried out on South Australian campuses.

BAE, Tenix and ASC signed the joint agreement with Flinders University and the Universities of South Australia and Adelaide. The Universities will provide courses dedicated to the companies' contract requirements

The announcement closely follows British university Cranfield's decision to create a defence campus in Adelaide. Cranfield recently won a billion -pound contract from the UK Ministry of Defence to implement defence-based training programs.

By Richard Tonkin at 2 Jun 2006 - 2:03am |