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Shelving ETS the wrong call, says Rudd Former prime minister Kevin Rudd says he made the wrong decision when he shelved the Government's emissions trading scheme last year. French choppers blast Gbagbo strongholds French and UN helicopters have attacked forces loyal to Ivory Coast's incumbent leader, Laurent Gbagbo. Zahra's accused killer 'can't get fair trial' The lawyer for the woman accused of murdering 10-year-old Australian girl Zahra Baker in the US has complained his client is being treated differently because of the publicity around the case. Japan dumps radioactive water into sea Japan has started dumping more than 10,000 tonnes of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific. Bodies found in Atlantic jet crash wreckage Unmanned submarines have found the bodies of some passengers who died when an Air France plane crashed off Brazil in 2009, as well as wreckage from the aircraft, the French government said.
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Once upon a time on budget day The battlelines for this year's federal budget have been drawn with the government and opposition performing the ritual flexing of their fiscal muscles to show they can conquer the deficit. The PM has accepted the test of her leadership credentials will be her ability to return the budget to surplus by 2012/13. But the majority of voters across party lines say they would support delaying a return to surplus if it meant preventing cuts to services or extra tax. Banners, BDS, and Bob Brown's hypocrisy After the heat of 'Bitchgate', the surfacing of an old image has opened Bob Brown up to a charge of rank hypocrisy. Bad old days still haunt Queensland politics The reputation of Joh's Queensland is baggage his political successors continue to carry, and corruption is again on Queensland's mind this week. So much for parliament in Queensland There is something contemptuous and demeaning about what is happening to the institution of Parliament in Queensland. One year out from the scheduled election, a private citizen is presenting himself as the Leader of the Opposition. How many of the 34 LNP members of parliament felt the humiliation, indignity and powerlessness they demonstrated to the world this morning? Canberra, we have a problem In modern, economically rational Australia, Karl Marx's classic formula has required a slight adaptation: "From each, according to his disability; to each, according to his greed." This at least is the approach that Tony Abbott has already spelled out, and Julia Gillard has dropped numerous hints that a similar "tough love" policy will be included in a punishing budget next month. Meanwhile, NSW Labor are reversing the greek saying by first destroying the party and sending those left mad by appointing John Robertson.
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Al Fayed tells Jacko statue critics to beat it Fulham chairman Mohammed Al Fayed has told fans they can "go to hell" if they do not like the statue of Michael Jackson he has erected at the English soccer club's Craven Cottage stadium. Exploding boiler 'sounded like bomb' Residents of Ballarat, in central Victoria, were woken by what sounded like a bomb exploding. Italy backs Libyan rebel council Italy has recognised the Libyan rebels' National Transitional Council as the sole representative of the Libyan people.
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Italy backs Libyan rebel council Italy has recognised the Libyan rebels' National Transitional Council as the sole representative of the Libyan people. Zahra's accused killer 'can't get fair trial' The lawyer for the woman accused of murdering 10-year-old Australian girl Zahra Baker in the US has complained his client is being treated differently because of the publicity around the case. US calls on Yemen president to quit The US has publicly called on Yemen's president to relinquish power sooner rather than later, after his security forces killed at least 17 people south of the capital Saana.
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Regional Rail link gets go-ahead The Victorian Government has announced it is going ahead with the multi-billion dollar Regional Rail Link. Reserve tipped to keep rates on hold Economists say the Reserve Bank is likely to keep interest rates on hold until consumers start spending rather than saving. Carbon price crucial to mining prosperity: QRC The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) says current government policies are standing in the way of economic development in the state's north-west.
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Economic growth grounded by lack of second Sydney airport The Federal Government has admitted economic growth is being hurt by the lack of a second Sydney airport. Growers consider class action over flying fox laws Wide Bay farmers in southern Queensland are considering a class action against the State Government's flying fox mitigation laws. Police criticised over CSG protest handling Environmental campaigner Drew Hutton has accused police of acting like paramilitaries for the coal seam gas (CSG) mining company involved in a dispute in Queensland's southern inland.
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Palmer claims national record Kylie Palmer triumphed in another nail-biting showdown with Bronte Barratt, as the pair emerged as genuine world championship threats at the national titles in Sydney on Monday night. Aussies bid to end Masters hex No Australian has ever captured the Masters, but a handful of hopefuls with titles in the past year will try to break the hex this week at Augusta National Golf Club. Ervin and Cambage named MVPs Wollongong guard Gary Ervin has won the Andrew Gaze Trophy for the National Basketball League's Most Valuable Player at the 2011 awards ceremony in Melbourne.
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Possible links between autism and power stations The Federal Government is being urged to release statistics which could possibly identify a link between autism rates and coal fired power stations, including those in the New South Wales Hunter Valley. Global warming could make cyclones stronger: scientists Global warming may mean fewer cyclones in far north Queensland but they could get stronger, scientists say at a national climate change conference in Cairns. Oceans storing majority of excess heat, study finds A new study has found that more than half the excess heat being absorbed by the earth's oceans is being stored in the southern hemisphere.
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Growers consider class action over flying fox laws Wide Bay farmers in southern Queensland are considering a class action against the State Government's flying fox mitigation laws. Aboriginal communities to advise on water sharing plans The New South Wales Office of Water is looking to local Aboriginal communities for input into new water sharing plans for the Border and Gwydir Rivers. Shenhua disappointed with low CRG applications Chinese coal miner, Shenhua, says it has been forced to extend its deadline for Community Reference Groups because so few applications have been received.
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