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Slanging match erupts over inflation figures Treasurer Wayne Swan has laid the blame for Australia's inflation spike at the feet of the summer's devastating floods and Cyclone Yasi, calling today's CPI figures "unsurprising". ABC forced to pull Chaser wedding coverage Just two days before Prince William and Kate Middleton are due to tie the knot, ABC TV has been forced to cancel The Chaser's one-off live coverage of the event. PlayStation users warned of identity theft risk Australian users of the Sony PlayStation are being told to change their passwords or risk identity theft after hackers accessed the personal information of millions of customers. Flood emergency processes inadequate, inquiry told Queensland's Assistant Police Commissioner has told the flood inquiry into the January crisis that normal disaster management processes were inadequate. Bowen softens temporary visa rhetoric Immigration Minister Chris Bowen has indicated refugees who commit an offence while in detention may still have the chance to be granted a permanent visa.
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The PM in China: avoiding the dancing elephants China and the USA are two big and powerful friends, with some potentially divisive differences. Australia has never faced a foreign policy dilemma like it. Julia Gillard has no background and little prior interest in international relations, but now has to walk the tight rope between the USA and China. A government full of non-believers Easter is, for some, a time for reflecting on beliefs. But if you look at Australian politics now it is an open question whether anyone believes in anything. Resilience, the media, and media resilience Australians are described as a resilient race, but how can we tell, if the media's resilience to follow up a disaster is non-existent? Morality and humanity in the gambling debate Opposition to gambling has always been somewhat aesthetic and moralistic. The character of that moralising has, however, changed over time. Today, the vast bulk of anti-gambling opinion has a medical hue. We now see gambling mostly through the prism of illness and addiction. But the aesthetic and moralistic critique of gambling has not disappeared. Time for US Republicans to deliver If the US government is on the wrong track, where are the Republicans? Where is the rush to claim the right to challenge Barack Obama?
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ABC forced to pull Chaser wedding coverage Just two days before Prince William and Kate Middleton are due to tie the knot, ABC TV has been forced to cancel The Chaser's one-off live coverage of the event. Woman arrested over fatal stabbing A woman has been arrested over a fatal stabbing on the New South Wales north coast. Forbidden City closed off for Gillard tour The Forbidden City in China's capital Beijing has been sealed off for a short time to allow Prime Minister Julia Gillard to have a special guided tour.
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ABC forced to pull Chaser wedding coverage Just two days before Prince William and Kate Middleton are due to tie the knot, ABC TV has been forced to cancel The Chaser's one-off live coverage of the event. Forbidden City closed off for Gillard tour The Forbidden City in China's capital Beijing has been sealed off for a short time to allow Prime Minister Julia Gillard to have a special guided tour. Taliban prisoners recount Afghan tunnel escape Taliban fighters who escaped from an Afghan prison alongside hundreds of comrades have described how they crawled to freedom along a stifling tunnel lined with lights and an air pipe.
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Uncertainty, higher rates dampen home loan demand A report has found economic uncertainty and higher interest rates are dampening demand for home loans in Australia. I was scapegoat, says ex-boss of cattle death station The former manager of Mataranka Station in the Northern Territory says he was made a scapegoat for the deaths of hundreds of cattle at the training facility. NT economy spinning its wheels: report The Northern Territory economy is all revved up, with no place to go, a key economic report says.
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Forbidden City closed off for Gillard tour The Forbidden City in China's capital Beijing has been sealed off for a short time to allow Prime Minister Julia Gillard to have a special guided tour. Uncertainty, higher rates dampen home loan demand A report has found economic uncertainty and higher interest rates are dampening demand for home loans in Australia. Ord workers lose work camp to flood victims The director of the Ord Irrigation Scheme expansion project says Ord stage two workers are having to stay in hotels and caravan parks in Kununurra, in north-west Western Australia, while flood evacuees from Warmun are housed at its camp.
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Dorsey delays Breakers' title charge Ron Dorsey hit two clutch three-pointers to keep Cairns' hopes of a maiden NBL championship alive with an 85-81 win in double-overtime in game two against New Zealand at the Snakepit on Sunday. Tendulkar gets win as birthday gift Mumbai Indians gifted birthday boy and skipper Sachin Tendulkar a 37-run victory in an Indian Premier League match against Deccan Chargers overnight. Sharks' Smith fined for pub incident Cronulla half-back Tim Smith has been fined by police for remaining in the vicinity of a licensed premises after being refused entry.
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PlayStation users warned of identity theft risk Australian users of the Sony PlayStation are being told to change their passwords or risk identity theft after hackers accessed the personal information of millions of customers. I was scapegoat, says ex-boss of cattle death station The former manager of Mataranka Station in the Northern Territory says he was made a scapegoat for the deaths of hundreds of cattle at the training facility. Fast bowlers a 'shoe-in' for injuries Cricket fast bowlers are particularly at risk of injury and the practice of creating their own custom footwear could be making things worse, a new study shows.
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Police called to Aboriginal protest in Newcastle Police were called to remove demonstrators from State Government offices in Newcastle this morning, during a protest over the destruction of aboriginal heritage from mining activity. Flood damage keeps camping ground closed Parks Victoria says it could be months before the Wilsons Promontory National Park is completely reopened. Climate change experts consider weather changes Scientists in Perth are studying various coral and tree species in Western Australia to determine how climate has changed over the past 2,000 years.
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