No need to go nuclear: minister

THE Federal Government helped initiate another uranium mine yesterday but held fast against growing calls from the Coalition and the mining industry for Australia to consider nuclear power.

London Will Take To Mega Mall, Westfield Insists

WESTFIELD GROUP is confident it can defy the current economic climate with the right retail mix when it opens its #1.7 billion ($4.35 billion) London shopping centre this week.

Benz Family Hip To New Generation

Wind in the hair and power beneath the foot is fine but it should be done with style. Brent Davison eased into the elegance of Mercedes-Benz's revised SL and SLK models.

Fairy Power

Despite often being on leasehold land, buyers pay mega millions for a slice of paradise.

Mega Deal Proves Bbw No Blow-in On Wind Farms

BABCOCK & Brown Wind Partners has boosted its development pipeline by 322 megawatts with two deals in Europe. It now plans to develop 1000 megawatts of wind power in Europe and the US in the next two years, managing director Peter O'Connell said.

Uranium Still Grey's Area

URANIUM exploration stocks continue to generate fast bucks for investors. The recently listed Hindmarsh Resources has been the subject of a generous $19.7 million scrip-only takeover bid from Canada's fast-growing Mega Uranium only six months after listing.

Canadians Bid $19.7m For Uranium Debutante

URANIUM exploration stocks continue to generate fast bucks for investors, with the recently listed Hindmarsh Resources becoming the subject of a generous $19.7 million scrip-only takeover bid from Canada's Mega Uranium.

Life In The Luxury Lane

Mega Test Part II: Mitsubishi's new 380 LX takes on the local luxury sixes from Ford and Holden.Which one is best? The Drive team finds out. By Bruce Newton.

Tomato Source - A Hothouse Power Finds Cold Comfort

Famous for its frosty weather, the New England town of Guyra is about to make a name for itself with tomatoes, thanks to the biggest - and highest - greenhouse in Australia.

Holding Shui Over Energy Flows

The woman known as the face of feng shui offers the West a new sense of direction, writes Liza Power.

Without Action, We Could End Up Like That Frog In A Pot

So climate change is real and it's serious ("Living in an oven - dire alert for NSW", Herald, November 15). Are we going to do anything about it? Will the Government pause for one minute longer before approving the next mega-freeway project, which just entrenches energy-intensive car use and urban sprawl? Of course not.

Power Plays And Powwows

James Bone and company decide the best tactic is a retreat to honour real valour.

Doctors' Jobs Linked To Travel

SYDNEY-BASED specialists who refuse to travel within their new mega health area risk losing their jobs, health bureaucrats have suggested.

Mega Lucky

Written off before Monday's election, President Megawati now has the favourite to succeed her scrambling for support, writes Matthew Moore.

Question Of Power A Heated Debate

Environmentalists and scientists are frustrated by Australia's dependence on fossil fuels, writes Geoff Strong.

Watchdog Warns Landlords Over Tenancy Disputes

The competition watchdog has issued a wake-up call to Australia's biggest shopping centre landlords after the biggest, Westfield Holdings, was forced to deliver an undertaking not to abuse its substantial power when settling retail tenancy disputes.

Your Money Or Your Life

Mega-bucks mean mega-misery to many workers trapped in jobs they hate.

Moore Poised To Undermine Alp Power Grab

CLOVER Moore, the inner-city independent MP who is feared and loathed by the Labor Party and referred to as ``the Witch of Oxford Street", is set to spoil the ALP's Sydney Council power grab.

Be It Ever So Humble

The Premier's push to halt the spread of the McMansion will be seen by the proud owners of these mega-houses as elitism, arrogant and unacceptable. No less than an Englishman's, the home of an Australian is his castle. The freedom to live as one chooses and to show one's material success is expressed in one's house. As with cars, which keep getting bigger, so with houses. The mass-produced, value-for-money, off-the-shelf project homes that make many of Sydney's newer suburbs look like none before them are j

Asia Rises As Europe Declines

Europe's golden age has passed. The new world belongs to America and Asia, says Martin Jacques.