FED: Milestones of the week

AAP General News (Australia)
08-01-2008
FED: Milestones of the week

SYDNEY, Aug 1 AAP - Milestones of the week:



SOFTENED - The federal government's mandatory detention laws, meaning that asylum seekers
will only be detained when they pose a threat to the community.



CLOSED - 61 Starbucks coffee shops in Australia, resulting in almost 700 job losses,
and two factories of iconic Australian company Don Smallgoods, axing 640 jobs.



DEPARTED - Bulldogs rugby league star Sonny Bill Williams, bound for France to play rugby union.



MERGED - Queensland's Liberal and National parties, to form a new conservative force
called the Liberal National Party (LNP).



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