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Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan The Defence Force has confirmed the death of an Australian commando during an incident in Afghanistan overnight. Grim search begins for tornado survivors Residents of a small town in the United States are frantically searching for survivors after a massive tornado flattened thousands of homes and businesses, killing at least 116 people. UN questions legality of Malaysia refugee swap The United Nations high commissioner for Human Rights has questioned Australia's asylum seeker deal with Malaysia, saying the plan could violate international law. 'Proud, resilient' Ireland embraces Obama A starstruck Ireland opened its heart to Barack Obama and the US president followed suit, telling the crisis-hit nation where he claims roots that its future was bright. Swan knew WA was lifting royalties: Opposition The Federal Opposition says Treasury documents show the Government was warned more than a year ago that Western Australia was planning to increase mining royalties.
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Climate change is real. We cause it. But then, you knew that Climate scientists, and those advocating a meaningful response to their findings, must feel trapped inside some sort of Groundhog Day. Another expert report tells us just what the last one did: we have a problem, a problem of our own making. But if the Climate CommissionÂ's report felt like scientific deja-vu, then so did the politicised and self-interested responses. Budget response a little bit rich Tony Abbott's attempts to turn the nation's richest households into welfare victims has resulted in a self-inflicted political wedge that turns the Coalition's creed of self-sufficiency onto its own support base. But as results from this week's Essential Report show, Labor's decision to finally begin winding back 'middle-class' welfare had the majority support of not just Labor and Green voters, but also Coalition voters and families earning above the threshold. What a great novelist can offer policy makers George Orwell spoke clearly about the interaction of politics, violence and war. What wisdom might he offer us as we approach the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks? The haves and have-nots of mental health policy The Government congratulate themselves on the funding boost to certain psychological services. Yet at the same time these new policies have effectively halved other mental health care programs. It's the end of the world as we know it Post-budget commentary has focused on how tough it was or wasn't, carbon tax, middle-class welfare and the deficit/surplus equation. But the big picture - the industrialisation of China and India - was all but ignored. In the first of a two-part analysis Ben Etham looks at the rise of industrialisation in the west and heralds the arrival of the Asian century. But what does it mean for ordinary Australians?
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Authorities step up watch on whale watchers Federal and state environment agencies are stepping up efforts to better protect whales during the migration season. Patrick accused of planning wharfie lock out A shipping company has been accused of planning to lock union members out of the docks over their campaign of industrial action. Coalition divisions emerge over climate report Divisions within the Federal Coalition over climate change have been on show after the Climate Commission released its first report.
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Wall St slides on Greek asset sale Wall Street investors fled risky stocks overnight, on concerns of a slowdown in manufacturing and fears over the financial health of Europe. Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan The Defence Force has confirmed the death of an Australian commando during an incident in Afghanistan overnight. UN questions legality of Malaysia refugee swap The United Nations high commissioner for Human Rights has questioned Australia's asylum seeker deal with Malaysia, saying the plan could violate international law.
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Patrick accused of planning wharfie lock out A shipping company has been accused of planning to lock union members out of the docks over their campaign of industrial action. Wall St slides on Greek asset sale Wall Street investors fled risky stocks overnight, on concerns of a slowdown in manufacturing and fears over the financial health of Europe. 'We won't foot solar bill': energy retailers Electricity retailers are warning against any changes to a solar rebate scheme in New South Wales that force them to foot the bill.
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Union praises Labor MP's budget attack The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has praised a Labor backbencher who spoke out against the Federal Government's increased efficiency dividend. Patrick accused of planning wharfie lock out A shipping company has been accused of planning to lock union members out of the docks over their campaign of industrial action. Coalition divisions emerge over climate report Divisions within the Federal Coalition over climate change have been on show after the Climate Commission released its first report.
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AFL probes betting plunges We played Socceroos while on drugs: Maradona Eels hammer Sharks Tomic bows out of French Open Smorgon backs Eade
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Researcher calls for greater koala funding A university researcher says more government funding is urgently needed to monitor koala numbers and rehabilitate land in Queensland. Scientists set new download speed record Scientists have set a new data speed record using just a single laser to transmit the equivalent of 700 DVDs in one second. Scientists fight deadly prawn virus Queensland researchers are working with scientists in India on a cure for a virus believed to be killing almost a third of the world's farmed prawns.
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Coalition divisions emerge over climate report Divisions within the Federal Coalition over climate change have been on show after the Climate Commission released its first report. Farmer waits for gas leak impact A farmer on southern Queensland's western Darling Downs says it could be weeks before he knows the full impact of a coal seam gas (CSG) incident on his property. Solar changes may be cut A local MP says the State Government is looking to reverse controversial changes to the solar rebate scheme.
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