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POLITIQUE EXTÉRIEURE

EUROPE/GLOBAL ECONOMY • Latest injection of money aimed at healing Europe (AGE-Bus) Malcolm Maiden JUST before Christmas last year, the European Central Bank lit the touchpaper on a global market rally by funnelling almost half a trillion euro into European banks on terms that even European bankers could make money out of: the dough was shipped for three years, at the ECB's official monetary policy interest rate of 1 per cent. • Bourse rises on hope of eurozone deal (AUS-Bus) David Rogers, Dow Jones Newswires THE sharemarket rose yesterday on the eve of the European Central Bank's long- term refinancing operation, which could help support the faltering European economy and increase demand for equities and commodities.

CHINA • China’s World Bank influence (AFR/Notebook) Der Spiegel Traditionally, the United States gets to appoint the president of the World Bank. But China is keen to make its influence felt in the search for a successor to Robert Zoellick, who will step down in June. • The risk of big trouble in not-so-little China (AGE-Bus) Yao Yang IF EVERYTHING goes right for China, it will surpass the United States as the world's largest economy, in current dollar terms (and more quickly in real terms), by 2021. Its per capita income will reach that of today's lower tier of high-income countries. But, despite its forward momentum, the Chinese economy faces risks in the coming decade. • China rules on foreign auditors (AFR-World) Helia Ebrahimi, London The big four auditors face being squeezed out of the Chinese market after a spate of high-profile accounting scandals sparked a backlash against international firms in China.

ASIA PACIFIC • Australia’s tongue tied at the most crucial time (AFR-World) Greg Earl The decline in Indonesian language study in Australia will undermine our stepping stone into the Asian economic renaissance. • Leighton Iraq bribes ‘likely’ (AFR/Une) Jason Koutsoukis Baghdad An anti-corruption unit inside the Iraqi Oil Ministry is investigating whether a Leighton Holdings subsidiary paid bribes for information that allowed it to win $US1.3 billion ($1.2 billion) of tenders known as the Sea Line Project. • Israel: it's not black and white (AUS/Opinion) Vic Alhadeff This week is the so-called "Israel Apartheid Week" on university campuses in Australia, so it bears reflecting on what apartheid really meant and why it is obscene that the apartheid descriptor has become the default position for the global delegitimisation campaign against Israel.

Ambassade de France en Australie – Service de Presse et Information Site : http://www.ambafrance-au.org/ Tél. : 61 (02) 6216 0150 Email : [email protected] US • Romney rolls on, though unlikely to be a Super star (AGE-World/Analysis) Christopher Rowland MITT Romney has completed another crucial defence in an important state. Once again, a combination of heavy spending, negative campaigning and establishment backing staved off what could have been a crisis in his campaign. • Romney wins in Michigan (AFR-World) Ben Potter, Novi (Michigan) Clawing his way to a narrow victory in a fiercely contested Michigan Republican Presidential primary, Mitt Romney averted a boilover at the hands of fiery insurgent Rick Santorum. • Hometown boy scrapes in but Santorum defiant (AGE-World) Todd Spangler, Detroit WITH a challenge in his native state putting the future of his campaign in question, Mitt Romney has scraped by rival Rick Santorum in Michigan's Republican presidential primary, ending one of the most fractious - and surprising - nominating contests in recent state history. • Mitt Romney staves off primaries calamity with wins in Michigan and Arizona (AUS) Brad Norington, Washington correspondent MITT Romney has evaded a threatened disaster for his Republican presidential campaign by edging out Rick Santorum to score a narrow victory in Michigan's party primary vote.

POLITIQUE INTÉRIEURE

Political parties • Rudd's challenge to the system (CAN/Opinion) John Warhurst The way candidates and leaders are selected may change as a result of a populist campaign that appealed to voters over and above the MPs who serve them. • Labor claims: fraud or for real? (CAN/Opinion) Barnaby Joyce So, do you believe that Labor is authentic now after being fraudulent in its representations made to us in the past, or was it fraudulent in the past and authentic now? • at odds with Julia Gillard on ministry bid (AUS/Une) Matthew Franklin, Dennis Shanahan FORMER NSW premier Bob Carr has directly contradicted Julia Gillard's denial that he was offered the post of foreign minister in her government this week. Indigenous Affairs • Carr drive-by a loss for Gillard (AUS/Opinion) Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor JULIA Gillard's failure to get former NSW premier Bob Carr as her foreign minister is a tragedy for her government and for Australia. • Gillard red-faced over Carr bungle (SMH/Une) Phillip Coorey A BUNGLED attempt to woo Bob Carr to to serve as foreign minister has raised fresh concerns about Julia Gillard's authority, just days after her resounding victory in the leadership ballot. • Gillard loses confidence under fire (AFR/Opinion /Une) Geoff Kitney Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s fresh start is already looking alarmingly like the old, ugly one. • Focus on Labor’s economic wins (AFR/Opinion) Stephen Koukoulas The coyness is over. Driven by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, the Labor Party is having a coming-of-age moment with its long overdue acceptance that it is a very good manager of the economy and the nation’s finances. • Senatorial processes work well (AFR/Opinion) Graeme Orr How we fill Senate vacancies is news again following Mark Arbib’s sudden resignation. The constitution is clear: the NSW Parliament will affirm whichever candidate Labor puts forward.

Ambassade de France en Australie – Service de Presse et Information Site : http://www.ambafrance-au.org/ Tél. : 61 (02) 6216 0150 Email : [email protected] • Enough of these zombie ideas: let’s be bold (AFR/Opinion) John Quiggin Labor’s leadership struggle, reminiscent of the Howard-Peacock battles of the 1980s, has raised justified complaints that personality conflicts have obscured the need for a new reform agenda. • Let your dogs loose, Julia, and you may still have a chance (AGE/Opinion) Melanie La'Brooy One of the PM's advantages over Tony Abbott is her eloquent cabinet team. • Counting the many masks of Julia (CAN/On the Q.T.) Judith Ireland Prime ministers are just like other humans - no really. • Gillard under attack over reshuffle (AFR) Louise Dodson, John Kerin, Gemma Daley Prime Minister Julia Gillard was on Wednesday forced to defend her authority over the party amid messy manoeuvring around a cabinet reshuffle that might have involved former NSW premier Bob Carr. • LNP’s 100-day plan to reshape state (AFR) Tony Walker and Mark Ludlow Overhauling the public service, cutting government waste and streamlining the business approval process are part of a 100-day “business-friendly” action plan Queensland Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman has to revitalise the state’s flagging economy.

Queensland polls • Little hope for Labor in Qld (AUS/Opinion) Rob Borbidge ANNA Bligh's tactic of a long campaign to focus attention on the LNP and gain much-needed momentum is in tatters. • Newman rejects ‘malarkey’ donations claim (AFR) Mark Ludlow Queensland Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman has dismissed new allegations linking him to property developer donations during his time as Brisbane lord mayor. • Newman can’t wait to get down to business (AFR-Features) Tony Walker, Brisbane Once he gets over the hurdle of actually winning a seat, Queensland’s premier-in- waiting is determined to be off and running. • Bligh pours pressure on Newman over donations (AUS) Michael McKenna, Queensland political editor A DEVELOPER siphoned a further $20,000 into then Brisbane lord mayor Campbell Newman's re-election fund.

Indigenous affairs • Joint call for nation to apologise over forced adoptions (SMH) Dan Harrison THE government should make a national apology for its part in forcing mothers to give up their babies for adoption, a Senate committee has recommended.

Carbon • Business will have to live with carbon price (AFR/Opinion) John Daley The reality is dawning that companies really will start paying for carbon emissions on July 1. Some electricity generators are again calling for governments to reduce the burden. • Carbon tax will cost more, says McKibbin (AFR) Geoff Winestock Former Reserve Bank of Australia board member Warwick McKibbin has predicted the carbon tax will push up prices more than Treasury forecasts as the opposition seized on threats that generators would seek to protect profits by lifting power costs.

Forestry/ • Anger at secret deal on Tasmanian forests (AUS/Une) Matthew Denholm, Tasmania correspondent

Ambassade de France en Australie – Service de Presse et Information Site : http://www.ambafrance-au.org/ Tél. : 61 (02) 6216 0150 Email : [email protected] TASMANIA'S logging agency and peak timber body have secretly signed a deal giving ownership of all new conservation reserves under the federal forest peace agreement to the state's Aborigines.

Environment/Climate • Subsidies under fire as solar rebate axed (AUS/Une) Sid Maher JULIA Gillard faces calls for a massive overhaul of government subsidy programs after the sudden decision to wind up a $320 million solar hot-water program left the industry reeling and sparked warnings that up to 7200 jobs were in jeopardy.

Livestock • MPs renew push for stunning in export abattoirs (AGE) Richard Willingham Government MPs have seized on new footage showing cattle being mistreated in Indonesian abattoirs to renew a push for mandatory pre-slaughter stunning of all exported Australian animals.

Mining/Gas • Mining gas in NSW is viable if it's controlled (SMH/Opinion) John Williams The transition from coal-based electricity generation to gas-based electricity, which emits less carbon dioxide, has become a fraught issue in NSW.

Defence /Security • ASIO plays a risky game of trust with Sri Lanka (CAN/Opinion) Bruce Haigh A lack of scrutiny of security organisations' powers is dangerous, writes Bruce Haigh. • Time for government to stand ground and protect Assange (SMH/Opinion) Jennifer Robinson WikiLeaks's latest release of confidential emails obtained from the US private intelligence firm Stratfor indicate the US Department of Justice has issued a secret, sealed indictment against Julian Assange. • Ex-senator named by WikiLeaks (SMH) Philip Dorling, Dylan Welch THE former National Party senator and businessman Bill O'Chee has been revealed as the most prolific Australian informant of a controversial private global intelligence company that is the target of a new campaign by WikiLeaks. • Time to build closer ties between nations with common values (SMH/Opinion) Neville Roach The timing of the white paper on Australia in the Asian century is very fortuitous for the Australia-India relationship. After being developed by an expert panel chaired by Ken Henry, it will be received by a new foreign minister, who, one hopes, will bring a fresh mind to a country that has for too long been the ''elephant in the room''. • National interest and pride demand we fight to join the UN Security Council (AGE/Opinion) Gareth Evans Julia Gillard is right to ignore the critics who are calling for our bid to be dumped. • Drones, lives and liberties (AUS) Cameron Stewart, Associate Editor AS holidaymakers lie on the beach at Queensland's North Stradbroke Island this Easter, they may be startled to see a miniature plane flying low over them.

Economy • Return to surplus essential if we're to tame the rampant dollar (AUS/Opinion) Tony Makin THE trade-weighted value of the exchange rate is now 20 per cent above its average value since the Australian dollar was floated by the Hawke-Keating government in 1983.

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• French presidential candidate pushes high tax for rich (AGE-World) Henry Samuel, Paris THE Socialist front-runner for the French presidential election has announced plans for a 75 per cent tax rate on millionaires, drawing accusations that he is trying to create a ''Marxist'' economy. • Controversial French genocide law fails (AGE-World) New York Times, Paris FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy has vowed to submit new wording for a bill to criminalise denial of the Armenian genocide, after the French Constitutional Council struck down a draft law that has soured relations between France and Turkey. • Peugeot stake sale to GM included in alliance (AFR-Global Business) Zijing Wu, Jacqueline Simmons, London PSA Peugeot Citroen may announce this week plans to sell a stake of about 7 per cent in the French car maker to General Motors as part of a development alliance.

EDITORIAUX DU JOUR

The Australian • Wisdom of premiers past is needed in Canberra EXPERIENCE, wisdom and intellect are scarce resources in politics and should not be squandered. The demand for quality candidates prepared to stand for public office far exceeds supply, contributing to a loss of trust and confidence in our polity and the lacklustre performance of governments. • Too far ahead in pricing carbon FIVE years ago, the joint government-business Task Group on Emissions Trading, established by and chaired by the then-secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Peter Shergold, recommended that Australia set up a market mechanism to adapt to a carbon-constrained future.

Financial Review • Better policy trumps talk The creation of the government’s national broadband network has cleared another hurdle, with news that the competition regulator has ticked off on the structural separation of Telstra. • Green schemes are well into the red The federal government’s decision to cut the rebate it offered for solar hot water systems marks the end of another in a long series of disastrous government attempts to incentivise households to save carbon.

Sydney morning Herald • The science of education IF AUSTRALIA wants to reap the benefits of the knowledge economy it needs the skills to compete. That means more education for many more people. Higher education levels deliver better workforce productivity - an individual with a bachelor's degree is about 40 per cent more productive than a year 12 school leaver and post-graduate qualifications push the productivity bonus up to 59 per cent, according to Universities Australia. • Don't give up, foreign minister AMONG the baggage left at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Kevin Rudd is the bid for election to one of the non-permanent seats in the United Nations Security Council later this year. The ambition has come in for considerable mockery, mostly outside foreign policy circles and among the federal opposition.

Ambassade de France en Australie – Service de Presse et Information Site : http://www.ambafrance-au.org/ Tél. : 61 (02) 6216 0150 Email : [email protected] The Melbourne Age • Report demands state action on child safety Ending the systemic crisis must become a political priority. • Answer the question? Yes, minister. STUDENTS visiting Canberra on school trips, or even watching question time beamed into their classrooms, marvel that adults they should be looking up to behave in a way that would never be tolerated by their teachers.

The Canberra Times • Assuaging pain of forcible adoptions • Health cover rises

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