Sunday October 4: Mineral fever

Published: 7:42PM Tuesday September 29, 2009 Source: Sunday

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Fever
It's lying there, waiting to be mined. Minerals worth billions of dollars to the country. The problem is that it lies in conservation land, protected land, inviolable land. But should it be unlocked?

Not so lucky land
They're Australia's new poor. They once had jobs and homes, but these families were broadsided by a triple whammy of global recession, Government neglect and a broken rental housing market. Across Australia's major cities there are huge numbers of families which can't afford to buy a home and can't afford to rent a home.

Pirates
A crack special action force is armed to the teeth with M16's, tear gas and anti-riot shotguns. They're about to launch a raid on a dangerous international crime ring gang. The racket is piracy, movie piracy in the sleazy backwaters of Manila.

SUNDAY - Where there's a story, we'll find it.

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