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Business warned to stop carbon tax attack Climate Change Minister Greg Combet is putting pressure on businesses to stop making public claims about the carbon tax and instead negotiate privately with the Government. Smith says Defence abuse compo possible Defence Minister Stephen Smith says Commonwealth compensation may be offered to people who have been abused while in the Defence Force. Roosters' Watts charged with assault Sydney Roosters forward Anthony Watts has is facing a domestic assault charge following a night out with team-mate Todd Carney. Wilkie to meet alleged bullying victim Federal Independent MP Andrew Wilkie says he is planning to meet a man he allegedly bullied while at the Duntroon Military College in the 1980s. Centrelink high-rollers ordered to pay back millions The Federal Government is ordering people caught losing huge amounts of money gambling while on Centrelink payments to pay back more than $9 million.
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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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Mexican drug massacre suspect arrested The Mexican navy says it has captured the main suspect in the murder of 145 people whose bodies were found in mass graves in northern Mexico earlier this month. Business warned to stop carbon tax attack Climate Change Minister Greg Combet is putting pressure on businesses to stop making public claims about the carbon tax and instead negotiate privately with the Government. Wilkie to meet alleged bullying victim Federal Independent MP Andrew Wilkie says he is planning to meet a man he allegedly bullied while at the Duntroon Military College in the 1980s.
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Mexican drug massacre suspect arrested The Mexican navy says it has captured the main suspect in the murder of 145 people whose bodies were found in mass graves in northern Mexico earlier this month. Mubarak's former party dissolved An Egyptian court dissolved the former ruling National Democratic Party and ordered its funds and property to be handed to the government, a judicial source said. Gbagbo's party calls for end to bloodshed Former Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo's political party has called on his supporters to "end the war" and "the escalation of violence" in the country following his arrest.
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Business warned to stop carbon tax attack Climate Change Minister Greg Combet is putting pressure on businesses to stop making public claims about the carbon tax and instead negotiate privately with the Government. Cancelled bus services causing problems for seniors The Council on the Ageing says industrial action affecting Canberra bus services needs to be resolved quickly. Bank of Melbourne pledges independence The Bank of Melbourne maintains it will act independently of Westpac, despite being owned by the Westpac Group.
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Whan questions campaign spending Former member for Monaro Steve Whan is calling on the New South Wales Electoral Funding Authority to scrutinise the National Party's campaign spending. Cancelled bus services causing problems for seniors The Council on the Ageing says industrial action affecting Canberra bus services needs to be resolved quickly. Green light for major irrigation scheme The Federal Government has approved an $88 million irrigation scheme for Tasmania's midlands.
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Van Gisbergen claims hometown win Ford youngster Shane van Gisbergen has secured his first V8 Supercar race win in the final 200-kilometre event in Hamilton. Australia in Fed Cup dogfight Australia and Ukraine are level at two rubbers each in their Fed Cup tie in Melbourne. Toure wrecks United's treble dream Yaya Toure has shattered Manchester United's treble dream, with Manchester City beating its bitter local rival 1-0 to reach next month's FA Cup final.
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Marine life discovered after iceberg moved The removal of a massive iceberg from the Mertz glacier in East Antarctica has revealed a huge diversity of new life. 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.
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Business warned to stop carbon tax attack Climate Change Minister Greg Combet is putting pressure on businesses to stop making public claims about the carbon tax and instead negotiate privately with the Government. Marine life discovered after iceberg moved The removal of a massive iceberg from the Mertz glacier in East Antarctica has revealed a huge diversity of new life. Squatters will fight to keep beach shacks The owners of squatters shacks in the small coastal communities of Wedge and Grey say they will fight a State Government decision to remove them.
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