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Swan vetoes ASX takeover Treasurer Wayne Swan has officially prohibited the merger of the Australian and Singapore stock exchanges. Strong quake strikes devastated Japan A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 has jolted Japan's Miyagi prefecture, which was devastated by last month's deadly quake and tsunami. Academy cadets knew they were flouting sex ban The Australia Defence Association (ADA) says sex is not allowed among Defence Force cadets and those involved in the latest Defence scandal would have known that. Mum and baby escape moments before truck hits car A woman and baby have narrowly escaped being hit by a semi-trailer on the New South Wales north coast. Plane seized as part multi-million dollar drug bust Police have seized a light plane and arrested 13 people as part of a multi-million dollar drug bust.
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Semantics camouflages the tragedy of war We should look again with care, after this last week in the Middle East, at the word 'civilian' and what, of late, it has come to mean. It is almost always a hyphenate now, 'civilian-target' or 'civilian-casualty'. Its apparent meaning is 'someone who should not be killed'. As opposed to 'soldier' or 'service person' who is someone who can be killed. But instead of saying 'nine civilian casualties', we should say 'a mother aged 27 and three of her children, aged nine, seven and two, a man aged 70, a young man, a girl on her way to high school aged 13, and a coffee shop proprietor, aged 42.' See the difference? Criminalisation harms sex workers Defining sex workers as victims is unhealthy and criminalising their work will put them in greater danger, not less. Anti-smoking campaign just hot air The Federal Government's proposal to impose plain packaging and gruesome images on cigarette packets fundamentally ignores the reasons why young women smoke and will fail as a result. Taking the pulse on corporate tax Corporations dodging corporate tax leaves working Australian's with three quarters of the bill for government revenue. Rudd for the naughty corner? The PM can't risk it Kevin Rudd broke the rules when he breached Cabinet solidarity on Monday night. So why won't Prime Minister Gillard discipline her errant foreign minister? She's damned if she does, and in trouble if she doesn't. But then what has she got to lose, apart from authority, credibility ... and power.
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Plane seized as part multi-million dollar drug bust Police have seized a light plane and arrested 13 people as part of a multi-million dollar drug bust. Swan vetoes ASX takeover Treasurer Wayne Swan has officially prohibited the merger of the Australian and Singapore stock exchanges. Mum and baby escape moments before truck hits car A woman and baby have narrowly escaped being hit by a semi-trailer on the New South Wales north coast.
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Swan vetoes ASX takeover Treasurer Wayne Swan has officially prohibited the merger of the Australian and Singapore stock exchanges. Hamas, Israel trade blows over Gaza At least one Palestinian was killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza amid a fresh outbreak of violence around the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave. US troops to stay on duty during shutdown If the US government shuts down over a budget impasse, American troops and some private contractors will stay on the job but they will not get paid, the Pentagon said.
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Eurozone works on Portuguese bailout Portugal has gone cap in hand to its eurozone partners for a financial bailout, but the country's problems are being compounded by the European Central Bank's decision to raise interest rates. Pressure grows on Ranger mine to close The Australian company that produces 10 per cent of the world's uranium is under increasing pressure by Aboriginal traditional owners to shut up shop. Inquiry urged into 'poor' rail infrastructure Independent Senator Nick Xenophon is calling for a public inquiry into rail infrastructure.
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Councils stress need for better flood communication Two southern Queensland councils are calling for better communication between emergency authorities during flooding. Disasters blamed for delaying Wild Rivers inquiry The chairman of a federal parliamentary inquiry into Queensland's Wild Rivers laws says its findings have been delayed by the state's disasters. Water pricing plan doesn't address bulk charges: Council Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke says the high cost of bulk water from the Queensland Government is still a problem in the wake of Premier Anna Bligh's announcement of changes to water pricing in the south-east.
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Hastings hat-trick seals Aussie win A hat-trick from John Hastings helped Michael Clarke start life as Australia cricket captain with a win as his side beat a Bangladesh Cricket Board XI by 90 runs in Dhaka on Thursday. Nixon won't contest licence ban Disgraced AFL figure Ricky Nixon will accept the two-year suspension that has left his player management career in tatters. Ripia to take on Beale, Waratahs Willie Ripia's return to fitness has robbed Waratahs maestro Kurtley Beale and Force whiz-kid James O'Connor of the chance to go head-to-head in Saturday's Super Rugby clash in Perth.
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Students set sights on zero-gravity beer The first space tourist flights may be several years away but a group of thirsty Australian scientists are at work on the critical question - what makes a top zero-gravity beer? Hackers steal Dell customer information The personal information of thousands of Australians has been stolen by hackers who raided a US-based database company, in what some experts are calling the biggest data theft in US history. Peel picked for carbon storage study The Peel region has been chosen for a new study which aims to increase the amount of carbon that can be stored underground.
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Armidale to get new food waste system Armidale Dumaresq Council says it believes it is the first council in the New England North West to put in a residential compost system as a part of its waste collection service. Government's water pricing backflip 'embarrassing' The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) says councils in the south-east have been taken by surprise with the State Government's backflip on water pricing. Sydneysiders hear about Basin Plan Irrigators in the heart of the Murray Darling Basin, are being encouraged to read up about environmental benefits of returning water to the system.
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