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More arrests to come after drug-laced oil bust Police say they expect to make more arrests over an international drug syndicate with links to north Queensland. Blanchett fronts carbon tax campaign The Federal Government's negotiations for a carbon tax are set to get an on-screen push from a celebrity-backed campaign to boost support for a price on carbon. Police chief, soldiers killed in Afghan blast A regional police chief and three German soldiers are among seven people killed in a suicide bombing in northern Afghanistan. Magical Messi leads Barca to glory Barcelona confirmed its place in the pantheon of football's greatest sides by outclassing Manchester United 3-1 at Wembley to claim its second Champions League crown in three years. Australians back plain cigarette packaging: poll A new survey has found majority support for plain packaged cigarettes, despite a campaign from tobacco companies condemning the move.
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Slutwalk: for the free woman in all of us I'll be at Slutwalk with my three sons aged eight, nine and 13. They'll be wearing tee shirts that read 'YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO RAPE SLUTS EITHER'. My 13-year-old is all 'I know all of this. Why do I have to go?'. To set an example, to support, to perhaps find out something you didn't know. The question should not be why I am taking my sons to Slutwalk. But perhaps, what is more illuminating is why others would question it. What's their fear? To engage Coalition meltdown, press send The week began with Tony Abbott reminding his troops that success can be 'fleeting and ephemeral'. It ended with the Coalition trying to prove the truth of its leader's words. For those who do not waste precious moments of their lives following the baroque inanities of the Opposition, here's a brief recap. Catholic sexual abuse study greeted with incurious contempt I should no longer be surprised by the self-righteous cynicism and wilful ignorance of the media when it comes to reporting on Catholic affairs. Dylan's times, they changed everything The funny thing about Dylan was that he changed the landscape of an earth which he ceased to inhabit with anything like the same power of innovation himself. The weekly quiz
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Blanchett fronts carbon tax campaign The Federal Government's negotiations for a carbon tax are set to get an on-screen push from a celebrity-backed campaign to boost support for a price on carbon. Australians back plain cigarette packaging: poll A new survey has found majority support for plain packaged cigarettes, despite a campaign from tobacco companies condemning the move. Unlicensed drink driver caught twice in one day A man has been caught drink driving twice in the same day, north of Canberra.
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More die from tainted Spanish cucumbers German health chiefs fear bacteria blamed on tainted Spanish cucumbers has caused three more deaths in the country, amid efforts to trace the cause of an illness affecting hundreds. More arrests to come after drug-laced oil bust Police say they expect to make more arrests over an international drug syndicate with links to north Queensland. Police chief, soldiers killed in Afghan blast A regional police chief and three German soldiers are among seven people killed in a suicide bombing in northern Afghanistan.
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Blanchett fronts carbon tax campaign The Federal Government's negotiations for a carbon tax are set to get an on-screen push from a celebrity-backed campaign to boost support for a price on carbon. Business carbon price 'a vote of no-confidence' A weekend of intense negotiations on carbon tax has begun in Canberra as the multi-party committee on climate change continues to thrash out the details of the Government's pricing scheme. Trouble ahead for coal seam gas: Voelte Woodside's former chief executive officer Don Voelte says keeping the company away from coal seam gas projects was one of his greatest achievements.
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Australians back plain cigarette packaging: poll A new survey has found majority support for plain packaged cigarettes, despite a campaign from tobacco companies condemning the move. Blanchett fronts carbon tax campaign The Federal Government's negotiations for a carbon tax are set to get an on-screen push from a celebrity-backed campaign to boost support for a price on carbon. Carbon tax talks constructive: Combet Climate Change Minister Greg Combet says the multi-party talks on a carbon tax have so far been very constructive.
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Magical Messi leads Barca to glory Cats triumph in Suns' housewarming Hussey stars as Chennai wins IPL Sharapova restores order at French Open Cowboys blast into top two
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Lasers measure cows' methane emissions Researchers from the CSIRO have used laser technology to discover how much methane gas cows in northern Australia expel each day. Uluru skinks 'world's most social lizards' Scientists have discovered that the Northern Territory's great desert skink is the only one of the world's 5,000 species of lizard that builds a home for its family. Google launches Street View in India Internet powerhouse Google has launched an ambitious project to collect panoramic images across India's chaotic jumble of traffic jams and shanty towns to add to its Street View service.
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Blanchett fronts carbon tax campaign The Federal Government's negotiations for a carbon tax are set to get an on-screen push from a celebrity-backed campaign to boost support for a price on carbon. China admits Three Gorges Dam problems China's Three Gorges Dam has caused a host of ills that must be "urgently" addressed, the government has said, in a rare admission of problems in a project it has long praised as a world wonder. Carbon tax talks constructive: Combet Climate Change Minister Greg Combet says the multi-party talks on a carbon tax have so far been very constructive.
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