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Poor staff training blamed for Villawood riot A former immigration detention guard says the corporation running Australia's detention centres, Serco, has been throwing raw recruits into Villawood without proper training. Parents charged with missing girl's murder The mother and stepfather of a six-year-old girl who disappeared from her Mount Druitt home last year have been charged with her murder. Cup runneth over in Madrid football parade Star Spanish footballer Sergio Ramos suffered an embarrassing mishap during Real Madrid's celebration of their King's Cup triumph, when he dropped the trophy under a bus at their victory parade. Ex-detainees claim AFP officer witnessed torture The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) has expressed concern over the conduct of security forces working in cooperation with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in Sri Lanka. Japan PM moved by Perth boy's sympathy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has given her Japanese counterpart a letter written by an eight-year-old Perth boy who offered sympathy to a young victim of the recent earthquake and tsunami.
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Values of this Easter season go far beyond any faith Passover and Easter are upon us. I grew up knowing little about Passover. When my great-grandfather was still alive, my largely secular Jewish family celebrated it in a "two-four-six-eight-dig-in-don't-wait" manner. When he died, we barely marked it at all. I didn't know much about Easter either, other than that it involved my best friend getting seriously frocked up for her weekly foray to Church. Christ's perfect storm delivers the fresh wind of God What might happen if each of us were to approach Good Friday praying humbly for the powerful fresh wind of God to blow? The radical love of the Cross One may not readily accept this Easter narrative (it is hard even for Christians!), but we should recognise the power of what is being claimed. 100 things better than watching the crucifixion I imagined myself going back in time and came up with a list of 100 events in history I would much rather have been at than the crucifixion. Walter Slurry's bumper Easter quiz
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US launches Predator drones in Libya conflict The United States is using armed Predator drones in Libya to target Moamar Gaddafi's forces with the approval of president Barack Obama. Bomb rips through Pakistani gambling den An explosion has killed at least 15 people and injured more than 20 in Pakistan's biggest city. Parents charged with missing girl's murder The mother and stepfather of a six-year-old girl who disappeared from her Mount Druitt home last year have been charged with her murder.
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US launches Predator drones in Libya conflict The United States is using armed Predator drones in Libya to target Moamar Gaddafi's forces with the approval of president Barack Obama. Bomb rips through Pakistani gambling den An explosion has killed at least 15 people and injured more than 20 in Pakistan's biggest city. Japan PM moved by Perth boy's sympathy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has given her Japanese counterpart a letter written by an eight-year-old Perth boy who offered sympathy to a young victim of the recent earthquake and tsunami.
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Dollar surges as market gains The Australian dollar has surged today, up over 0.5 per cent to reach a new record of 107.7 US cents. Wholesale goods prices 'could trigger rate rise' A leading economist is warning interest rates may rise as early as next month after the price of wholesale goods rose higher than expected in the March quarter. Old drive-in site makes way for houses The Northern Territory Government is closing down an historic Alice Springs drive-in theatre to make way for housing.
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Question mark over health plan The Tasmanian Premier, Lara Giddings has indicated the plan to split the state's health system into three local health networks could become a casualty of planned budget cuts. Japan PM moved by Perth boy's sympathy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has given her Japanese counterpart a letter written by an eight-year-old Perth boy who offered sympathy to a young victim of the recent earthquake and tsunami. Poor staff training blamed for Villawood riot A former immigration detention guard says the corporation running Australia's detention centres, Serco, has been throwing raw recruits into Villawood without proper training.
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Walshy and Wills: Round Five Ill Houllier recovering in hospital Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier was recovering in hospital on Thursday after being taken ill the night before. Martinez shocks Burrow at Bells American surfer Bobby Martinez was equal parts anger and elation after his shock win over Australian star Taj Burrow at Bells Beach.
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Surveillance needed to track hospital superbug A microbiologist who is trying to combat a deadly new superbug says it will not be possible to know how far it has spread without better surveillance in hospitals and nursing homes. Devil sanctuary to boost wild stocks The latest effort to create a disease-free population of tasmanian devils is underway in Tasmania's north. Balloon tumbles from high-flyer to rubbish A massive scientific balloon launched in Alice Springs this week has touched down in the central west of Queensland.
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Gillard, Japanese PM pledge nuclear cooperation The prime ministers of Australia and Japan have agreed to work together to help promote safer nuclear power generation. Scientists want end to PNG land leases A large group of scientists is calling on the Papua New Guinea government to stop granting controversial leases that already cover 10 per cent of the country. Japan gets tough on people found in nuclear zone The Japanese government is strengthening the exclusion zone around the Fukushima nuclear plant.
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