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Family, friends farewell Bill Hunter The life of one of Australia's most prolific actors, Bill Hunter, has been remembered with music and stories at a memorial service in Melbourne. Teen pulled knife from chest, stabbed accused The ABC understands CCTV footage shows the victim of a fatal stabbing at a train station in Sydney's south-west pulled the knife out of his own chest and stabbed his alleged killer. Farmer tackles desert trek in wheelchair A Central Australian cattle farmer left paralysed after a helicopter crash has launched his bid to become the first person to cross the remote Tanami Desert in a wheelchair. Turnbull lashes out at 'press release' email Former opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull has accused his own party of ensuring an embarrassing email about him was leaked to the media. Tech-savvy paedophiles challenging AFP Federal Police Commissioner Tony Negus has told a Senate hearing that the AFP is desperately trying to keep up with criminals who are increasingly using new technology to commit crimes.
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Australia leading the war on tobacco Tobacco is the only legal consumer product that kills up to half of its consumers when used exactly as the manufacturer intends. And it kills in prodigious numbers. Nearly 6 million people worldwide die each year from tobacco-related diseases. That's more than the total for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. What is happening in Australia is potentially a tipping point in the global war on the tobacco companies and their life-destroying product. Refugee crime wave nothing but hogwash The question of whether Australia is importing crime by accepting a large number of migrants and refugees is important. Fortunately it is also unfounded. Family law is failing kids Three major inquiries into the ability of the family law system to respond to family violence have found it unintentionally undermines the legislationÂ's clear aim to protect children. It's time it changed. The super injunction: what is it and does it matter? There was a time when only high-profile prosecutions for murder or very serious sexual assault would attract real public attention and interest, prurient or otherwise. Not any more. Why are we sending this man to Syria, perhaps to torture? The Australian Government is vocal in condemning the Syrian regime for its brutal crackdown against dissidents, and supporting sanctions. So why has it also rushed through the deportation of a Syrian-born asylum seeker who has good reason to believe he will be interrogated and tortured when he arrives?
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Patel lodges High Court appeal A Brisbane lawyer has lodged a High Court appeal on behalf of jailed former Bundaberg surgeon Jayant Patel. Wharf dispute to set Patrick back months Stevedoring company Patrick says crippling industrial action at three of its ports will cost the company $8 million and set its operations back up to two months. Driver who hit elderly couple jailed A Gold Coast driver who struck an elderly couple two years ago has been jailed for 18 months.
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Blasts strike Chinese government buildings Three explosions including two car blasts have struck government buildings in eastern China's Jiangxi province, an official said, with state media reporting at least five people have been injured. Civil war fears as conflict steps up in Yemen Months of anti-government unrest in Yemen have suddenly erupted into tribal warfare, with an influential sheikh leading the latest push to oust president Ali Abdullah Saleh from power. Egypt to open Gaza border crossing Egypt plans to permanently open its border crossing with the Gaza Strip in an attempt to ease the four-year blockade imposed by Israel.
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Plane boneyard destined for Red Centre The world's second aircraft storage facility will be set up on a site adjacent to the terminal at Alice Springs Airport. Austar receives $2b takeover bid from Foxtel Pay TV provider Austar says it has received a takeover offer from rival Foxtel, valuing the company at close to $2 billion. Greens' call to close down coal industry 'far-fetched' Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says the Australian Greens call to shut down the coal industry is a radical idea that does not help the climate change debate.
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Council anger over forest peace talk snub Local councils in Tasmania believe their needs have been ignored in the forestry peace talks process. WorkSafe agents manipulated incentives: ombudsman An investigation by the state ombudsman has found WorkSafe agents have manipulated incentive schemes to benefit financially. Labor pounces on OECD emissions report As the Federal Opposition continues its campaign against the proposed carbon tax, the Government has seized on the latest report from the OECD as further evidence for putting a price on carbon.
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Tandy charged with match-fixing Lockyer hails Queensland belief Magpies not worried about Swan Ennis cleared of stomping Power drop Salopek, Ebert on outer
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Tech-savvy paedophiles challenging AFP Federal Police Commissioner Tony Negus has told a Senate hearing that the AFP is desperately trying to keep up with criminals who are increasingly using new technology to commit crimes. UniSA wins grant for hydrogen research Renewable clean energy research at the University of South Australia will examine the potential of hydrogen to take over from fossil fuel use. Huge explosion most distant ever seen Scientists have set a new record for the most distant object ever observed - 13.14 billion light years way.
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Parly will see Shenhua's planning deal with Coalition The New South Wales Parliament will get to see the Coalition's major project planning arrangements with Chinese coal miner, Shenhua, following a call for papers in the Upper House. Council anger over forest peace talk snub Local councils in Tasmania believe their needs have been ignored in the forestry peace talks process. Zoo to breed endangered cassowaries A central Queensland zoo has started a Cassowary breeding program to try to boost numbers of the endangered bird.
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