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Afternoon Edition. Sat 11 Jun 2011
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Brown downplays electricity price rise Greens Leader Bob Brown has played down a report that says households will be forced to pay up to 30 per cent more for electricity by mid-2013. Shot soldier farewelled in Melbourne Hundreds of mourners have gathered to remember the life of Australian soldier Lance Corporal Andrew Jones, who was shot dead in Afghanistan. There is no future for NATO: Gates Just three weeks out from his retirement, United States defence secretary Robert Gates has told a European think tank there is no future for NATO under the current arrangement where the US is forced to foot 75 per cent of the bill. Rapist's flood hero award revoked The Queensland Government has revoked an award given to a flood volunteer because the man is a convicted rapist and armed robber. Long weekend road toll reaches eight Eight people have died on the nation's roads on the first day of the Queen's Birthday long weekend.
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Evading meaty realities that make us feel uncomfortable Meat and its by-products are central to Australian society and each and every year we kill some eight million cows, five million pigs and nearly half a billion chickens. There's something particularly morally distasteful about evading realities on the basis that they make us feel uncomfortable about ourselves. We kill animals in huge quantities and should be prepared to face up to what that actually means. Live export ban risks valuable Indigenous jobs Real Indigenous jobs are rare. But we do know this: there are 82 Indigenous cattle properties in northern Australia with strong links to the live export trade - 54 in the Territory, 22 in the Kimberley and Pilbara and six in far north Queensland. There is no excuse for the shocking animal cruelty in Indonesian abattoirs and the Government should play a role in ensuring that the live export trade is cleaned up. But just pulling the plug on it risks a catastrophic destruction of jobs and fragile regional economies. Skeptically threatening public debate and democracy Why are politicians and some media refusing to condemn those threatening to kill and sexually assault climate scientists? Coal seam gas is 'a disaster' Advocates of coal seam gas say it's the way of the future for Australia, environmentalists are less keen. 'Yes' the hardest word Let us say no to demonising and prolonging the persecution of those who have already suffered harm and seek our compassion and a safe harbour.
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Man missing after tug boat capsizes A man is missing and three others have been rescued after a tug boat capsized at Gladstone on the central Queensland coast. Rocker Jack White and wife throw divorce party Rocker Jack White and his model wife Karen Elson are parting ways with a bang, announcing they will celebrate their divorce by throwing a party for their nearest and dearest. Thieves target Japan's abandoned nuclear zone Japanese police say burglars are targeting vacant homes inside the no-go zone around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.
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Rocker Jack White and wife throw divorce party Rocker Jack White and his model wife Karen Elson are parting ways with a bang, announcing they will celebrate their divorce by throwing a party for their nearest and dearest. Thieves target Japan's abandoned nuclear zone Japanese police say burglars are targeting vacant homes inside the no-go zone around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Hundreds of tortoises smuggled in suitcases Customs officials in Thailand have intercepted an illegal shipment of 370 tortoises, hidden in two suitcases that were abandoned at Bangkok's Airport.
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Unions slam payrise for low income workers West Australian unions have described a $20 a week pay rise awarded to the state's lowest paid workers as miserable. Brown downplays electricity price rise Greens Leader Bob Brown has played down a report that says households will be forced to pay up to 30 per cent more for electricity by mid-2013. Victoria accused of secretly exporting timber The Wilderness Society says whole Victorian sawlogs are being secretly exported to China in breach of State Government policy.
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Unions slam payrise for low income workers West Australian unions have described a $20 a week pay rise awarded to the state's lowest paid workers as miserable. Coroner's finding into baby death A Tasmanian coroner has recommended the state's north have its own mother and baby unit as part of her findings into the death of a baby at the hands of his mother. Three arrested over Sony hack attack Spanish police have arrested three suspected members of internet vigilante group Anonymous on charges of cyber-attacks against targets including Sony's PlayStation Network.
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Yow Yeh expecting to be targeted We must win the close ones: Lyon Andy Irons died of heart attack, drugs Canucks bounce back to beat Bruins Hewitt happy despite Halle exit
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Love is in the air for red pandas As we head into winter, the plummeting mercury signals the start of the breeding season for some cold climate mammals. Man charged over internet grooming Police have charged a man from Sydney's west with grooming a 14-year-old girl for sex after a joint investigation between New South Wales and Queensland police. UN to upgrade space weather forecasts A UN plan to upgrade space weather forecasts would help the world cope with solar storms that might wreak up to $2 trillion in damage if the sun repeated a giant flare of 1859, according to experts.
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Carbon capture The South West town of Collie could become the home of WA's first onshore carbon capture and storage project. Brown downplays electricity price rise Greens Leader Bob Brown has played down a report that says households will be forced to pay up to 30 per cent more for electricity by mid-2013. Victoria accused of secretly exporting timber The Wilderness Society says whole Victorian sawlogs are being secretly exported to China in breach of State Government policy.
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