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Exclude steel industry from carbon tax: union Australia's biggest manufacturing union, the Australian Workers Union (AWU), says it wants the steel industry to be excluded from a carbon tax. Lane gets 18 years for baby's murder Former Sydney athlete Keli Lane has been jailed for 18 years for the murder of her daughter Tegan, 15 years after the baby disappeared. Quilty wins Archibald Prize NSW artist Ben Quilty has won Australia's most prestigious portraiture prize, the Archibald, with his painting of esteemed artist Margaret Olley. Man jailed for bashing wife after wedding A man who bashed his bride during a limousine ride to their wedding celebration has been jailed for at least 15 months. Clubs boss demands apology from Wilkie Clubs Australia is calling on independent MP Andrew Wilkie to apologise for claiming his past at the Duntroon Royal Military College is being brought up as part of a smear campaign against his push for poker machine reform.
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Carbon, pokies, deficit... now a fight with the army Defence Minister Stephen Smith is wrestling with the leadership of Australia's Defence Force. The scale of the fight has one key principle: civilians control the military. That point seems to be lost on some commanders in the ADF, who apparently believe that the correct role for their Minister is compliant figurehead. Stephen Smith has picked a worthy fight. But maybe declaring war on the military is a fight too far for the Gillard Government. Marching for Anzac in the 51st state The insidious, merciless, life-long damage of war taught many of us to recognise the difference between the empty symbolism of war and the actual meaning. Working towards a more productive society Work matters, but there's more to life than work for work's sake, which gets overlooked when talk is about 'getting bludgers off the dole'. Misogynistic schmuck week Paul Sheehan and Bob Ellis elected themselves under the campaign slogan "women are a bunch of whingers and feminism has failed". Green China? You'd better believe it China's green energy is expected to generate 290 GW power in 2020, equivalent to 15 per cent of the country's total energy consumption. And Australia? By 2030 green energy will share 8 per cent of our total energy consumption. While Australian politicians are arguing what to do about climate change control, Chinese policy makers have moved quietly and leave us well behind.
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Indonesian mosque bomber targets police A bomb has exploded in a police compound in Indonesia's West Java province, injuring 17 people and killing the suspected bomber. Brisbane judge jails people smugglers A Brisbane judge has jailed four Indonesian people smugglers. Running away is not resisting police: court Police in Victoria are considering challenging a court ruling that determined a man who led police on a chase through Melbourne's CBD was not guilty of resisting police.
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Indonesian mosque bomber targets police A bomb has exploded in a police compound in Indonesia's West Java province, injuring 17 people and killing the suspected bomber. Brisbane judge jails people smugglers A Brisbane judge has jailed four Indonesian people smugglers. Habib sues Egyptian VP over alleged torture Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Mamdouh Habib is suing some of the biggest names in Egypt over torture allegations.
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Victorian Government working with car companies The Victorian Government said it is working with Toyota and Ford to minimise the impact of job cuts. G20 divided over economic risk list G20 major economies are divided over a plan to publish a list of countries that could pose a systemic risk to global stability. House vote cuts Wall St losses Stocks reversed an early slump in New York, after the US House of Representatives passed a crucial budget bill to fund the government until September.
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Upper House candidates finalised Fifteen candidates will contest next month's Legislative Council elections in Tasmania. Victorian Government working with car companies The Victorian Government said it is working with Toyota and Ford to minimise the impact of job cuts. Revolve loses legal bid to stop eviction The recycling organisation Revolve has lost its latest attempt to prevent the ACT Government from evicting it from its Canberra site.
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Stewart a slim chance to meet Warriors Manly full-back Brett Stewart may still take his place for Saturday's match with the Warriors at Brookvale Oval. Brumbies make four changes The Brumbies have made four changes for their home Super Rugby clash with Western Force on Sunday. Hille left on sideline again Essendon has decided against bringing ruckman David Hille into its line-up to face Carlton at the MCG on Saturday.
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Researchers rally against major funding cuts About 100 people have gathered in Darwin's CBD to protest against possible funding cuts by the Federal Government to medical research. Funding on the table for science festival Chief Minister Jon Stanhope says the Government is considering new organisations to take over running the Australian Science Festival. Scientists teleport Schrodinger's cat Researchers from Australia and Japan have successfully teleported wave packets of light, potentially revolutionising quantum communications and computing.
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Premier urges calm over water price pressure The Tasmanian Premier has called for calm after a report showed household water bills could jump by 20 per cent next year. Revolve loses legal bid to stop eviction The recycling organisation Revolve has lost its latest attempt to prevent the ACT Government from evicting it from its Canberra site. Cane toad stowaway found in Tasmania Tasmania's quarantine service is investigating the discovery of a cane toad in the state's north.
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