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Harbour Bridge protest throws city into chaos A man has climbed on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge to make a protest, throwing the city into traffic chaos. Abbott pushes for poll in budget reply speech Tony Abbott has used his budget reply speech to set out his case for an early election. Chaplains investigated over student 'disciples' The religious organisation that provides chaplains to Victorian schools appears to have breached federal guidelines that forbid it from trying to convert children. Queen becomes second-longest serving monarch Queen Elizabeth II has become the second-longest reigning monarch in British history, overtaking King George III after reigning for 59 years and 111 days. Villawood rioters sent to Melbourne Two detainees allegedly involved in the riots at Sydney's Villawood Immigration Detention Centre last month have been moved to Melbourne.
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Great Chifley's ghost: Abbott dreams of a better yesterday Tony Abbott's invocation of "class war" raises the spectre of Bunnings offering a deal on pitchforks perfectly suited to the tight budgets of 200k-a-year-battlers. It would be wrong to think that Tony Abbott is doing anything other than issuing a call to arms. His method is to fight a war of attrition against the Government, taking fire whenever a flank opens itself. Use and abuse of FOI Stories that abuse Freedom of Information laws do enormous damage to the valuable campaign that Michael McKinnon and others of his ilk in the media are waging on our behalf. The bin Laden wedge Most debate following the death of Osama bin Laden has focused on the Al Qaeda leader's personality and deeds, but ignored the political context that created his ideology and support. Boldly going where no newspaper has gone before Fairfax today completely rewrote the process of its newspaper production, a clear indicator of the depth of commercial crisis faced by our leading quality newspapers. To overcome the challenges that face Fairfax, challenges it can only face, let alone master, it must engage in thinking that takes it into the realms of journalistic science fiction. And make it fact. Doing it tough, far from a typical Australian income What does the typical Australian worker really earn? If it's $150,000 a year they're in the top 3 per cent of taxpayers by income. In 2007-08 the median gross household income was $67,003 a year, less than half what the $150k-$200k "battlers" of News Ltd's imagination scrape by on.
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Red Shirt leaders jailed ahead of poll Two key anti-government Red Shirt leaders have been sent to jail in Bangkok just over a month before a landmark general election. Fine could drive Nuttall into bankruptcy The lawyer for jailed former Queensland MP Gordon Nuttall says the $82,000 fine handed down against him yesterday could drive his client to bankruptcy. Villawood rioters sent to Melbourne Two detainees allegedly involved in the riots at Sydney's Villawood Immigration Detention Centre last month have been moved to Melbourne.
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Red Shirt leaders jailed ahead of poll Two key anti-government Red Shirt leaders have been sent to jail in Bangkok just over a month before a landmark general election. Queen becomes second-longest serving monarch Queen Elizabeth II has become the second-longest reigning monarch in British history, overtaking King George III after reigning for 59 years and 111 days. Japan to cull nuclear-affected livestock Japan will start culling thousands of livestock abandoned inside the 20-kilometre evacuation zone around the earthquake and tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant.
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Harbour Bridge protest throws city into chaos A man has climbed on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge to make a protest, throwing the city into traffic chaos. Government axes levy in new foreign worker plan The Federal Government has scrapped a levy that was to apply to businesses as part of a new foreign worker plan handed down in Tuesday's budget. Fairfax journos heading back to work After a day of stop work meetings, Fairfax journalists will return to work on Friday despite the decision to axe 82 jobs.
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NRMA slams Sydney traffic management The NRMA has criticised the way congestion is being managed on Sydney roads. Forest protesters board ship Protesters have boarded a ship at the Bell Bay in northern Tasmania to stop a woodchipping shipment bound for Taiwan. Gallagher for chief minister ACT Treasurer Katy Gallagher will today be nominated for the Territory's top job.
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Planets align for awesome foursome showcase Astronomers and stargazers were looking to the dawn sky Friday as planets Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter aligned over the southern hemisphere. Scientists generate liver cells from skin A team of scientists in China has found a way to restore damaged livers using adult skin stem cells. Australia's science budget 'uninspiring' Australia's scientific community has given a muted response to the country's latest budget.
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Forest protesters board ship Protesters have boarded a ship at the Bell Bay in northern Tasmania to stop a woodchipping shipment bound for Taiwan. 'No Carbon' rally in Port Macquarie this weekend The Federal government's proposed carbon tax has sparked a protest rally in the Port Macquarie-Hastings area. Health researcher backs lowering of safe lead level A rural health researcher has backed suggestions that the safe blood lead level in Australia should be lowered, because it is still an issue locally.
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